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Wed, Apr 16, 2025·Prudential Center, Newark

Detroit Red Wings 5, New Jersey Devils 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 59% of the time.

NJD winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET11017310527
NJD01007213230

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:07DETJonatan BerggrenAssists: Simon Edvinsson, Lucas Raymond · Snap, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P2 5:20DETJ.T. CompherAssists: Michael Rasmussen, Jeff Petry · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–0
  3. P3 2:55DETDylan LarkinGWGAssists: Simon Edvinsson, Moritz Seider · Snap, 0.10 xG3–0
  4. P3 11:32NJDErik HaulaPPAssists: Daniel Sprong, Seamus Casey · Tip-in, 0.12 xG3–1
  5. P3 14:21NJDDawson MercerAssists: Erik Haula, Mike Hardman · Snap, 0.33 xG3–2
  6. P3 17:09DETAlex DeBrincatAssists: Dylan Larkin, Moritz Seider · Wrist, 0.07 xG4–2
  7. P3 19:50DETMarco KasperENAssists: Lucas Raymond, Jonatan Berggren · Wrist, 0.77 xG5–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 6:33NJDBrenden Dillon: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 7:06DETDylan Larkin: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 16:30NJDDougie Hamilton: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 19:02NJDDaniel Sprong: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P3 0:14DETSimon Edvinsson: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  6. P3 0:50NJDSimon Nemec: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 10:25DETBen Chiarot: Tripping2 min · PPG
  8. P3 16:15DETJ.T. Compher: Holding2 min
  9. P3 16:15NJDCody Glass: Roughing2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETNJD
27Shots on goal30
3.2Expected goals2.7
54Shot attempts64
23Faceoffs won26
4Power plays2
8Penalty minutes10
17Hits18
16Blocked shots12
10Giveaways13
6Takeaways5

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestKane – DeBrincat – Kasper11:03

    xG 0.52–0.43 (55%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  2. Smith – Watson – Motte5:56

    xG 0.02–0.09 (19%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Tarasenko – Compher – Rasmussen9:42

    xG 0.36–0.53 (40%)attempts 11–11goals 1–0

  4. Larkin – Berggren – Raymond10:23

    xG 0.14–0.48 (23%)attempts 4–12goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeider – Edvinsson13:06

    xG 0.53–0.25 (68%)attempts 9–7goals 2–0

  2. Petry – Chiarot13:09

    xG 0.31–0.89 (26%)attempts 14–22goals 1–0

  3. Lagesson – Johansson10:51

    xG 0.06–0.69 (8%)attempts 8–14goals 0–1

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestHaula – Mercer – Hardman7:57

    xG 0.50–0.30 (63%)attempts 9–4goals 1–1

  2. Sprong – Glass – Foote9:43

    xG 0.50–0.32 (61%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  3. Tatar – Dowling – Bastian8:18

    xG 0.30–0.22 (57%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  4. MacDermid – Lazar – McLaughlin6:12

    xG 0.07–0.10 (39%)attempts 3–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDillon – Hamilton12:00

    xG 1.11–0.16 (87%)attempts 22–6goals 1–0

  2. Hamilton – Cholowski2:06

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Dumoulin – Hamilton2:03

    xG 0.04–0.01 (77%)attempts 2–2goals 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 2.7 xGDET 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 69/100 · #405 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.00 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 42% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 59% of the time.

NJD winsDET wins

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

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