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Wed, Jan 4, 2023·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

New Jersey Devils 5, Detroit Red Wings 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 67% of the time.

DET winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD06210311527
DET010011112133

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 9:17NJDDougie HamiltonPPAssists: Jack Hughes, Nico Hischier · Slap, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P2 16:20NJDNico HischierPPGWGAssists: Dougie Hamilton, Jesper Bratt · Tip-in, 0.13 xG2–0
  3. P3 1:51NJDMichael McLeodAssists: Alexander Holtz, Miles Wood · Wrist, 0.14 xG3–0
  4. P3 6:40NJDAlexander HoltzAssists: Miles Wood, Damon Severson · Wrist, 0.07 xG4–0
  5. P3 13:59NJDJack HughesAssists: Erik Haula, Tomas Tatar · Wrist, 0.11 xG5–0
  6. P3 18:00DETLucas RaymondPPAssists: Dylan Larkin, Moritz Seider · Tip-in, 0.10 xG5–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 6:58NJDJonas Siegenthaler: Interference2 min
  2. P2 9:12DETBen Chiarot: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 15:40DETJake Walman: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P3 4:38DETJake Walman: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 17:43NJDBrendan Smith: Hooking2 min · PPG

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.

NJD00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
49% to win51% to win
← NJD attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Haula won the faceoff against Rasmussen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDDET
27Shots on goal33
2.2Expected goals3.1
46Shot attempts60
26Faceoffs won40
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
17Hits18
13Blocked shots13
4Giveaways1
2Takeaways0

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.

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. Tatar – Haula – Hughes11:27

    xG 0.71–0.67 (51%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  2. Bratt – Hischier – Boqvist2:47

    xG 0.06–0.06 (51%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  3. Zetterlund – Sharangovich – Mercer2:22

    xG 0.01–0.04 (19%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Wood – Boqvist – Zetterlund5:30

    xG 0.20–0.26 (43%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Smith – Siegenthaler2:40

    xG 0.00–0.11 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  2. Smith – Graves2:02

    xG 0.08–0.20 (29%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  3. Severson – Graves18:10

    xG 0.70–0.83 (46%)attempts 16–19goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestPerron – Larkin – Rasmussen11:20

    xG 0.91–0.24 (79%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  2. Kubalik – Veleno – Soderblom11:10

    xG 0.76–0.21 (79%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  3. Copp – Berggren – Raymond11:35

    xG 0.44–0.32 (58%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  4. Sundqvist – Fabbri – Suter11:12

    xG 0.49–0.66 (43%)attempts 10–10goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestWalman – Seider15:18

    xG 1.33–0.53 (72%)attempts 22–9goals 0–1

  2. Chiarot – Hronek19:22

    xG 0.78–0.63 (55%)attempts 19–14goals 0–0

  3. Maatta – Oesterle17:16

    xG 0.69–0.60 (53%)attempts 13–14goals 0–1

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.

DET 3.1 xGNJD 2.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETNJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 13/100 · #1181 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.61 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 67% of the time.

DET winsNJD wins

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

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