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Thu, Jan 11, 2024·Amalie Arena, Tampa

New Jersey Devils 3, Tampa Bay Lightning 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 54% of the time.

TBL winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NJD1101101802330
TBL26190411420

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:42NJDDawson MercerAssists: Erik Haula, Colin Miller · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:35TBLLuke GlendeningAssists: Nick Perbix, Austin Watson · Backhand, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P1 18:22TBLLuke GlendeningSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P2 10:34TBLBrayden PointAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Nick Perbix · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–3
  5. P2 16:54NJDJesper BrattAssists: John Marino, Tyler Toffoli · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–3
  6. P3 3:53NJDNathan BastianUnassisted · Wrist, 0.19 xG3–3
  7. OT 1:52TBLDarren RaddyshGWGAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Andrei Vasilevskiy · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 17:59TBLGage Goncalves: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 17:59TBLGage Goncalves: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 17:59NJDNathan Bastian: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 7:29NJDBrendan Smith: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 17:59TBLBrandon Hagel: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 17:59NJDSimon Nemec: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 19:08NJDColin Miller: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 15:51NJDErik Haula: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 SOG0TBL
46% to win54% to win
← NJD attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cirelli won the faceoff against Hischier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDTBL
30Shots on goal20
2.5Expected goals2.7
57Shot attempts44
24Faceoffs won23
1Power plays3
10Penalty minutes6
24Hits30
7Blocked shots15
1Giveaways5
3Takeaways12

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 – Hischier – Mercer13:34

    xG 0.85–0.01 (99%)attempts 16–4goals 1–0

  2. Toffoli – Bratt – McLeod11:41

    xG 0.64–0.09 (87%)attempts 19–7goals 1–0

  3. Willman – Bastian – Bowers6:44

    xG 0.32–0.23 (59%)attempts 6–3goals 1–0

  4. Tierney – Lazar – Holtz8:06

    xG 0.14–0.51 (21%)attempts 4–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMarino – Hughes15:39

    xG 0.78–0.10 (89%)attempts 18–8goals 1–0

  2. Smith – Nemec10:06

    xG 0.63–0.30 (67%)attempts 12–4goals 1–1

  3. Miller – Bahl17:53

    xG 0.51–0.26 (66%)attempts 17–15goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestMotte – Sheary – Goncalves5:08

    xG 0.29–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Cirelli – Hagel – Eyssimont2:17

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Watson – Glendening – Eyssimont3:56

    xG 0.09–0.11 (45%)attempts 4–4goals 1–0

  4. Paul – Cirelli – Hagel10:14

    xG 0.01–0.18 (6%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. de Haan – Raddysh3:55

    xG 0.04–0.02 (61%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. de Haan – Perbix7:15

    xG 0.16–0.16 (50%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

  3. de Haan – Cernak6:01

    xG 0.14–0.14 (50%)attempts 2–6goals 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.

TBL 2.7 xGNJD 2.5 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLNJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 83/100 · #272 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.01 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 37% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +26 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 54% of the time.

TBL winsNJD wins

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

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