Skip to content
Ice Lab

Sat, Dec 9, 2023·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

New Jersey Devils 4, Calgary Flames 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 78% of the time.

CGY winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD07211212430
CGY1130517225

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:41CGYYegor SharangovichSHAssists: Blake Coleman, Ilya Solovyov · Backhand, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:28NJDNico HischierAssists: Jesper Bratt, Luke Hughes · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 12:31NJDJesper BrattUnassisted · Wrist, 0.21 xG2–1
  4. P3 8:59NJDAlexander HoltzGWGUnassisted · Tip-in, 0.22 xG3–1
  5. P3 14:46CGYNazem KadriAssists: Rasmus Andersson, Noah Hanifin · Snap, 0.06 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:22NJDNico HischierENAssists: John Marino · Wrist, 0.32 xG4–2
Penalties (2)
  1. P1 17:44CGYRasmus Andersson: Interference2 min
  2. P2 12:31CGYJonathan Huberdeau: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 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 SOG0CGY
46% to win54% to win
← NJD attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backlund won the faceoff against Hischier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDCGY
30Shots on goal25
3.8Expected goals2.0
63Shot attempts56
27Faceoffs won23
2Power plays0
0Penalty minutes4
22Hits14
16Blocked shots19
9Giveaways11
14Takeaways14

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. bestPalat – Bratt – Hischier12:06

    xG 1.04–0.72 (59%)attempts 13–17goals 2–0

  2. Haula – Toffoli – Hughes11:31

    xG 0.42–0.16 (73%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  3. Lazar – Bastian – McLeod8:40

    xG 0.28–0.13 (67%)attempts 8–4goals 0–1

  4. Meier – Mercer – Holtz6:08

    xG 0.30–0.16 (65%)attempts 4–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMarino – Bahl11:54

    xG 0.89–0.56 (61%)attempts 11–20goals 1–1

  2. Miller – Hughes15:31

    xG 0.71–0.39 (64%)attempts 18–9goals 2–0

  3. Siegenthaler – Nemec16:01

    xG 0.48–0.40 (55%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestLindholm – Mangiapane – Sharangovich11:11

    xG 0.33–0.25 (58%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  2. Kadri – Lindholm – Zary2:10

    xG 0.07–0.06 (53%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

  3. Greer – Dube – Ruzicka7:21

    xG 0.21–0.31 (40%)attempts 11–7goals 0–1

  4. Kadri – Zary – Coronato12:13

    xG 0.14–0.25 (36%)attempts 6–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGilbert – Solovyov12:20

    xG 0.37–0.29 (56%)attempts 10–16goals 0–0

  2. Hanifin – Andersson3:33

    xG 0.08–0.07 (52%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  3. Tanev – Hanifin15:49

    xG 0.49–0.82 (37%)attempts 15–9goals 0–2

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.

CGY 2.0 xGNJD 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYNJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 45/100 · #773 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.28 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 78% of the time.

CGY winsNJD wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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