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Tue, Dec 6, 2022·Prudential Center, Newark

Chicago Blackhawks 0, New Jersey Devils 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 77% of the time.

NJD winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI0130704024
NJD11021009329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 11:27NJDDougie HamiltonGWGAssists: Jack Hughes · Snap, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:30NJDNico HischierAssists: Jonas Siegenthaler, Dougie Hamilton · Slap, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P2 14:58NJDJesper BrattPPAssists: Jack Hughes, Dougie Hamilton · Snap, 0.09 xG0–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 18:45NJDDawson Mercer: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 0:52CHIConnor Murphy: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 6:16NJDBrendan Smith: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 14:32CHIReese Johnson: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. P3 8:00NJDJohn Marino: High sticking2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NJD
49% to win51% to win
← CHI attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Domi won the faceoff against Hischier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHINJD
24Shots on goal29
1.8Expected goals3.4
40Shot attempts68
25Faceoffs won23
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
13Hits7
22Blocked shots11
6Giveaways12
3Takeaways7

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestDickinson – Raddysh – Reichel6:27

    xG 0.15–0.05 (75%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  2. Athanasiou – Raddysh – Reichel2:59

    xG 0.15–0.08 (66%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  3. Blackwell – Khaira – Athanasiou6:15

    xG 0.20–0.22 (47%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  4. Blackwell – Khaira – Dickinson2:19

    xG 0.00–0.26 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMurphy – Roos5:19

    xG 0.38–0.18 (68%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. McCabe – Jones8:48

    xG 0.44–0.44 (50%)attempts 5–9goals 0–1

  3. Jones – Roos4:54

    xG 0.10–0.20 (33%)attempts 2–6goals 0–1

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestTatar – Bratt – Hischier10:44

    xG 1.10–0.12 (90%)attempts 17–5goals 1–0

  2. Wood – McLeod – Zetterlund9:47

    xG 0.84–0.40 (68%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  3. Haula – Hughes – Mercer12:48

    xG 0.54–0.29 (65%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  4. Boqvist – Sharangovich – Holtz9:15

    xG 0.38–0.17 (68%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamilton – Siegenthaler16:43

    xG 1.73–0.24 (88%)attempts 25–8goals 1–0

  2. Severson – Graves2:03

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Smith – Severson14:20

    xG 0.53–0.65 (45%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

NJD 3.4 xGCHI 1.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

NJD's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line NJD is favoured, below it CHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 6/100 · #1273 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.63 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 77% of the time.

NJD winsCHI wins

Simulated goal difference (NJD − CHI), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).