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Sat, Mar 16, 2024·Mullett Arena, Tempe

New Jersey Devils 1, Arizona Coyotes 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 70% of the time.

ARI winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD013112013138
ARI3150819432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:37ARIJ.J. MoserAssists: Sean Durzi, Nick Schmaltz · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:02ARIDylan GuentherPPGWGAssists: Nick Schmaltz, Clayton Keller · Snap, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P1 17:32ARILogan CooleyAssists: Lawson Crouse · Wrist, 0.24 xG0–3
  4. P2 7:01NJDNick DeSimoneAssists: Curtis Lazar, Jack Hughes · Deflected, 0.11 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:29ARIClayton KellerENAssists: Nick Schmaltz · Wrist, 0.56 xG1–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 3:39NJDErik Haula: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 10:02ARIMichael Kesselring: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 13:15NJDTomas Nosek: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 18:18ARITravis Dermott: Interference2 min
  5. P3 3:14NJDKurtis MacDermid: Fighting5 min
  6. P3 3:14ARIJoshua Brown: Fighting5 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 SOG0ARI
46% to win54% to win
← NJD attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bjugstad won the faceoff against Haula
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDARI
38Shots on goal32
2.9Expected goals4.1
76Shot attempts56
32Faceoffs won24
2Power plays2
9Penalty minutes9
25Hits12
15Blocked shots22
6Giveaways8
2Takeaways4

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 – Holtz4:43

    xG 0.50–0.22 (69%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Bratt – Hischier – Hughes10:11

    xG 0.68–0.48 (59%)attempts 13–7goals 0–1

  3. Tierney – MacDermid – Nosek3:30

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  4. Hischier – Hughes – Mercer2:21

    xG 0.18–0.00 (99%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeSimone – Bahl10:27

    xG 0.63–0.30 (68%)attempts 15–10goals 1–1

  2. Smith – Hatakka10:36

    xG 0.62–0.34 (64%)attempts 17–10goals 0–1

  3. Hughes – Nemec19:13

    xG 0.88–0.70 (56%)attempts 24–15goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. Crouse – Guenther – Cooley11:16

    xG 0.30–0.47 (39%)attempts 6–16goals 1–0

  2. O'Brien – McBain – Leonard6:49

    xG 0.12–0.29 (29%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  3. Kerfoot – Carcone – Maccelli10:49

    xG 0.20–0.45 (31%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

  4. Schmaltz – Keller – McBain5:12

    xG 0.20–0.45 (31%)attempts 3–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDurzi – Moser13:24

    xG 0.46–0.35 (57%)attempts 16–14goals 1–1

  2. Brown – Dermott13:59

    xG 0.59–0.90 (40%)attempts 9–21goals 1–0

  3. Välimäki – Kesselring14:37

    xG 0.32–0.94 (25%)attempts 10–25goals 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.

ARI 4.1 xGNJD 2.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 24/100 · #1030 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.72 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 70% of the time.

ARI winsNJD wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).