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Sun, Mar 5, 2023·Mullett Arena, Tempe

New Jersey Devils 5, Arizona Coyotes 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 55% of the time.

ARI winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NJD21221501211540
ARI115152801429

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:09NJDTimo MeierAssists: Dougie Hamilton, Jack Hughes · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:19ARIMatias MaccelliAssists: Jack McBain, Victor Soderstrom · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P1 18:18NJDJesper BoqvistAssists: Damon Severson, Erik Haula · Snap, 0.14 xG2–1
  4. P2 4:44NJDDamon SeversonPPAssists: Dawson Mercer, Erik Haula · Snap, 0.04 xG3–1
  5. P2 16:23ARIZack KassianAssists: Liam O'Brien, Connor Mackey · Slap, 0.14 xG3–2
  6. P2 19:19NJDJesper BoqvistAssists: Ondrej Palat · Snap, 0.13 xG4–2
  7. P3 1:29ARINick SchmaltzAssists: Clayton Keller, Juuso Välimäki · Slap, 0.08 xG4–3
  8. P3 18:00ARIJack McBainAssists: Juuso Välimäki, Lawson Crouse · Wrist, 0.14 xG4–4
  9. OT 0:23NJDNico HischierGWGAssists: Dougie Hamilton · Wrist, 0.07 xG5–4
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 6:09NJDTomas Tatar: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 2:52ARIZack Kassian: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  3. P3 8:19NJDTimo Meier: 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.

NJD00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ARI
49% to win51% to win
← NJD attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hayton won the faceoff against Hischier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDARI
40Shots on goal29
3.2Expected goals2.9
64Shot attempts53
24Faceoffs won27
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
22Hits33
15Blocked shots20
11Giveaways6
10Takeaways6

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. bestHaula – Palat – Boqvist9:57

    xG 0.84–0.10 (89%)attempts 17–4goals 2–0

  2. Tatar – Hischier – Mercer13:41

    xG 0.79–0.45 (64%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

  3. Wood – Bastian – McLeod7:58

    xG 0.36–0.35 (51%)attempts 13–7goals 0–1

  4. Meier – Bratt – Hughes13:29

    xG 0.57–0.74 (43%)attempts 13–14goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamilton – Siegenthaler16:26

    xG 1.13–0.65 (63%)attempts 24–14goals 1–2

  2. Severson – Graves2:11

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Graves – Marino13:57

    xG 0.73–0.84 (47%)attempts 11–12goals 0–2

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestCrouse – McBain – Maccelli13:01

    xG 0.89–0.27 (76%)attempts 11–10goals 2–0

  2. O'Brien – Dauphin – Fischer2:40

    xG 0.44–0.01 (97%)attempts 9–1goals 0–0

  3. Boyd – Dea – Fischer9:17

    xG 0.23–0.51 (31%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

  4. Kassian – O'Brien – Dauphin5:40

    xG 0.35–0.77 (31%)attempts 7–9goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSoderstrom – Mackey10:54

    xG 1.27–0.85 (60%)attempts 18–12goals 2–0

  2. Nemeth – Moser19:28

    xG 0.30–0.77 (28%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  3. Brown – Välimäki16:37

    xG 0.39–0.88 (30%)attempts 11–28goals 1–1

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.

ARI 2.9 xGNJD 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARINJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 97/100 · #60 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.53 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +46 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 55% of the time.

ARI winsNJD wins

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

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