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Wed, Nov 22, 2023·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

New Jersey Devils 0, Detroit Red Wings 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 65% of the time.

DET winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD070702016
DET31011107428

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:58DETLucas RaymondGWGAssists: Robby Fabbri, J.T. Compher · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:18DETDylan LarkinAssists: Alex DeBrincat · Backhand, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P1 18:10DETRobby FabbriAssists: Daniel Sprong, Joseph Veleno · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–3
  4. P2 9:05DETMoritz SeiderPPAssists: Daniel Sprong, Jake Walman · Slap, 0.04 xG0–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 6:39NJDAlexander Holtz: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P2 7:05NJDKevin Bahl: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  3. P2 17:34DETDylan Larkin: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 4:35NJDErik Haula: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 9:11NJDDougie Hamilton: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 11:53DETDavid Perron: Tripping2 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

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
46% to win54% to win
← NJD attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Haula won the faceoff against Compher
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDDET
16Shots on goal28
1.6Expected goals2.2
55Shot attempts45
22Faceoffs won22
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
29Hits18
8Blocked shots20
7Giveaways6
6Takeaways8

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. bestToffoli – Bratt – Hughes4:05

    xG 0.38–0.07 (85%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  2. Haula – Bastian – McLeod3:00

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  3. Palat – McLeod – Holtz2:16

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  4. Haula – Lazar – McLeod2:44

    xG 0.05–0.05 (52%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamilton – Hughes8:23

    xG 0.33–0.23 (59%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Miller – Bahl2:27

    xG 0.14–0.07 (67%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Marino – Bahl6:14

    xG 0.23–0.19 (55%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestFischer – Sprong – Rasmussen3:19

    xG 0.29–0.04 (89%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Larkin – DeBrincat – Raymond2:29

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  3. Compher – DeBrincat – Rasmussen3:40

    xG 0.13–0.21 (37%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Perron – Copp – Fabbri3:46

    xG 0.05–0.15 (25%)attempts 2–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMaatta – Gostisbehere4:12

    xG 0.32–0.09 (79%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Petry – Maatta4:14

    xG 0.24–0.04 (87%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Petry – Gostisbehere3:05

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 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.

DET 2.2 xGNJD 1.6 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 3/100 · #1281 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.52 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50DET 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, Detroit Red Wings win this game 65% 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).