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Thu, Oct 17, 2024·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

New Jersey Devils 3, Ottawa Senators 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 69% of the time.

OTT winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD09214112335
OTT09010112131

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:39NJDErik HaulaAssists: Johnathan Kovacevic, Timo Meier · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P2 6:26NJDNathan BastianSHGWGUnassisted · Snap, 0.10 xG2–0
  3. P3 12:39NJDPaul CotterAssists: Dougie Hamilton, Brenden Dillon · Snap, 0.17 xG3–0
  4. P3 18:55OTTBrady TkachukPPAssists: Claude Giroux, Jake Sanderson · Deflected, 0.15 xG3–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 1:50NJDJonas Siegenthaler: Holding the stick2 min
  2. P2 0:26OTTJosh Norris: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 5:17NJDJonas Siegenthaler: Interference2 min
  4. P2 10:44OTTTyler Kleven: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 17:19NJDSimon Nemec: Tripping2 min · PPG

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 SOG0OTT
43% to win57% to win
← NJD attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Norris won the faceoff against Hischier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDOTT
35Shots on goal31
3.5Expected goals2.3
71Shot attempts63
23Faceoffs won25
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
22Hits27
11Blocked shots18
14Giveaways16
3Takeaways4

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. bestMeier – Hischier – Mercer10:31

    xG 0.52–0.36 (59%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

  2. Tatar – Haula – Noesen5:29

    xG 0.18–0.04 (82%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Bratt – Cotter – Hughes10:20

    xG 0.27–0.32 (46%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  4. Palat – Lazar – Bastian7:09

    xG 0.05–0.27 (15%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSiegenthaler – Kovacevic16:06

    xG 0.88–0.38 (70%)attempts 17–13goals 1–0

  2. Dillon – Hamilton12:59

    xG 0.80–0.38 (67%)attempts 24–9goals 1–0

  3. Dillon – Nemec2:43

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestCousins – Gaudette – MacEwen6:24

    xG 0.30–0.03 (92%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  2. Perron – Amadio – Pinto6:48

    xG 0.27–0.10 (74%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  3. Giroux – Tkachuk – Stützle9:12

    xG 0.24–0.25 (49%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  4. Gregor – Norris – Batherson7:27

    xG 0.31–0.39 (44%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBernard-Docker – Kleven12:57

    xG 0.52–0.37 (58%)attempts 17–9goals 0–1

  2. Hamonic – Sanderson15:16

    xG 0.59–0.73 (44%)attempts 16–21goals 0–0

  3. Jensen – Chabot15:18

    xG 0.31–0.61 (34%)attempts 9–20goals 0–1

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.

OTT 2.3 xGNJD 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTNJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 16/100 · #1109 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.77 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 41% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 69% of the time.

OTT winsNJD wins

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

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