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Mon, Oct 14, 2024·Prudential Center, Newark

Utah Hockey Club 0, New Jersey Devils 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 84% of the time.

NJD winsUTA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
UTA060509020
NJD05215112332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:14NJDSeamus CaseyPPGWGAssists: Nico Hischier · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P2 8:13NJDStefan NoesenAssists: Seamus Casey · Backhand, 0.16 xG0–2
  3. P3 10:13NJDNico HischierPPAssists: Jack Hughes, Jesper Bratt · Snap, 0.32 xG0–3
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 8:23UTAIan Cole: Interference2 min
  2. P1 11:20NJDJohnathan Kovacevic: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 19:11NJDDougie Hamilton: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 19:31UTAMikhail Sergachev: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P2 3:12UTAIan Cole: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 8:43NJDTomas Tatar: Holding2 min
  7. P2 14:12UTALiam O'Brien: Too many men on the ice2 min
  8. P2 19:43UTALawson Crouse: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 4:19NJDPaul Cotter: Interference2 min
  10. P3 8:55UTAJuuso Välimäki: High sticking2 min · PPG
  11. P3 17:29UTAJosh Doan: Hooking2 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.

UTA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NJD
43% to win57% to win
← UTA attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Haula won the faceoff against Hayton
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

UTANJD
20Shots on goal32
1.7Expected goals3.8
43Shot attempts62
25Faceoffs won19
4Power plays7
14Penalty minutes8
8Hits29
21Blocked shots9
16Giveaways10
6Takeaways3

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.

Utah Hockey Club

Forward lines

  1. bestKerfoot – Crouse – Doan5:58

    xG 0.31–0.14 (69%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. McBain – Guenther – Cooley3:31

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Schmaltz – Keller – Hayton9:06

    xG 0.33–0.58 (36%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  4. O'Brien – Stenlund – Maccelli5:42

    xG 0.00–0.48 (0%)attempts 1–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSergachev – Durzi3:43

    xG 0.30–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  2. Sergachev – Kolyachonok5:37

    xG 0.28–0.05 (86%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  3. Välimäki – Kolyachonok2:08

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestMeier – Cotter – Hughes2:35

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Palat – Lazar – Bastian6:53

    xG 0.42–0.30 (58%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  3. Tatar – Hischier – Mercer6:02

    xG 0.10–0.06 (63%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  4. Haula – Noesen – Cotter8:28

    xG 0.31–0.41 (43%)attempts 4–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCasey – Nemec10:47

    xG 0.47–0.12 (80%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  2. Siegenthaler – Kovacevic9:57

    xG 0.37–0.21 (64%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  3. Dillon – Hamilton10:10

    xG 0.25–0.28 (47%)attempts 9–7goals 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.

NJD 3.8 xGUTA 1.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDUTA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 9/100 · #1199 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.73 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
UTA 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 84% of the time.

NJD winsUTA wins

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

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

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