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Sat, Nov 9, 2024·UBS Arena, Elmont

New Jersey Devils 4, New York Islanders 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 67% of the time.

NYI winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NJD01011021211433
NYI150621001322

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:09NYISimon HolmstromAssists: Kyle MacLean · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:57NJDJack HughesPPAssists: Dougie Hamilton, Jesper Bratt · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P3 10:30NYIDennis CholowskiAssists: Simon Holmstrom, Pierre Engvall · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P3 12:26NYIBrock NelsonAssists: Kyle Palmieri, Maxim Tsyplakov · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–3
  5. P3 15:33NJDDawson MercerAssists: Paul Cotter, Jonas Siegenthaler · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:10NJDStefan NoesenAssists: Jack Hughes, Dougie Hamilton · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–3
  7. OT 2:35NJDJack HughesGWGAssists: Dougie Hamilton · Wrist, 0.19 xG4–3
Penalties (2)
  1. P1 8:14NYIPierre Engvall: Holding2 min
  2. P2 5:17NYIDennis Cholowski: High sticking2 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 SOG0NYI
43% to win57% to win
← NJD attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Horvat won the faceoff against Hughes
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDNYI
33Shots on goal22
3.9Expected goals2.7
63Shot attempts47
24Faceoffs won30
2Power plays0
0Penalty minutes4
24Hits34
10Blocked shots13
11Giveaways16
14Takeaways8

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. bestPalat – Bratt – Hughes12:11

    xG 0.71–0.50 (59%)attempts 16–11goals 0–1

  2. Haula – Noesen – Cotter11:17

    xG 0.41–0.22 (65%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Tatar – Dowling – MacDermid3:51

    xG 0.08–0.22 (27%)attempts 7–3goals 0–2

  4. Meier – Hischier – Mercer14:00

    xG 0.22–0.66 (25%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSiegenthaler – Kovacevic19:10

    xG 0.98–0.44 (69%)attempts 18–12goals 1–0

  2. Dillon – Hamilton14:52

    xG 0.72–0.56 (56%)attempts 20–15goals 0–1

  3. Pesce – Hughes15:26

    xG 0.55–1.07 (34%)attempts 8–11goals 0–2

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestPalmieri – Nelson – Tsyplakov12:27

    xG 0.98–0.51 (66%)attempts 15–12goals 1–0

  2. Cizikas – Engvall – Holmstrom11:07

    xG 0.41–0.32 (56%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  3. Lee – Pageau – Horvat14:53

    xG 0.39–0.42 (49%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

  4. Martin – Wahlstrom – MacLean5:17

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 0–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDobson – George21:27

    xG 0.92–0.75 (55%)attempts 18–20goals 1–1

  2. Hutton – Dobson2:00

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Pulock – Hutton3:53

    xG 0.09–0.04 (69%)attempts 1–5goals 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.

NYI 2.7 xGNJD 3.9 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYINJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 80/100 · #247 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.95 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 1% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +42 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 67% of the time.

NYI winsNJD wins

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

-7
-6
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-3
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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