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Sun, Dec 10, 2023·Rogers Place, Edmonton

New Jersey Devils 1, Edmonton Oilers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 76% of the time.

EDM winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD0705114126
EDM18111211430

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:36EDMDerek RyanAssists: Sam Gagner, Brett Kulak · Snap, 0.19 xG0–1
  2. P2 14:20EDMEvan BouchardPPGWGAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Slap, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P3 4:23EDMConnor McDavidAssists: Evander Kane · Snap, 0.25 xG0–3
  4. P3 4:53NJDJesper BrattAssists: Nico Hischier, Ondrej Palat · Slap, 0.20 xG1–3
  5. P3 16:52EDMEvander KaneENAssists: Connor McDavid · Wrist, 0.74 xG1–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 8:25NJDNico Hischier: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 10:37EDMDarnell Nurse: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 15:01EDMZach Hyman: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P2 1:42NJDJonas Siegenthaler: Interference2 min
  5. P2 14:01NJDCurtis Lazar: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P2 18:43EDMMattias Ekholm: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 7:01EDMConnor Brown: 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 SOG0EDM
46% to win54% to win
← NJD attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00McLeod won the faceoff against Hischier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDEDM
26Shots on goal30
2.9Expected goals4.6
66Shot attempts54
31Faceoffs won30
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
14Hits21
11Blocked shots22
9Giveaways9
6Takeaways6

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. bestTierney – Mercer – Holtz3:29

    xG 0.27–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  2. Toffoli – Hughes – Holtz5:14

    xG 0.51–0.30 (63%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Lazar – Bastian – McLeod7:19

    xG 0.05–0.27 (16%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  4. Meier – McLeod – Mercer2:18

    xG 0.02–0.36 (4%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHughes – Nemec6:01

    xG 0.52–0.28 (65%)attempts 15–5goals 1–0

  2. Siegenthaler – Marino3:57

    xG 0.22–0.30 (42%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Siegenthaler – Nemec7:33

    xG 0.14–0.23 (38%)attempts 5–6goals 0–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHyman – Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid9:45

    xG 0.94–0.04 (96%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. Gagner – Ryan – Hamblin5:52

    xG 0.67–0.09 (88%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

  3. Kane – Draisaitl – McDavid3:55

    xG 0.43–0.06 (87%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  4. Janmark – Foegele – McLeod8:10

    xG 0.46–0.27 (63%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkholm – Bouchard15:10

    xG 1.13–0.20 (85%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  2. Kulak – Desharnais10:38

    xG 1.00–0.14 (87%)attempts 12–10goals 1–0

  3. Ceci – Nurse15:26

    xG 0.75–1.35 (36%)attempts 9–22goals 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.

EDM 4.6 xGNJD 2.9 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMNJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 25/100 · #1012 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.78 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 76% of the time.

EDM winsNJD wins

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

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