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Sun, Nov 2, 2025·Honda Center, Anaheim

New Jersey Devils 1, Anaheim Ducks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 72% of the time.

ANA winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD01407112133
ANA2919111429

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:13ANABeckett SenneckeAssists: Cutter Gauthier, Ryan Poehling · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:24ANAFrank VatranoGWGAssists: Jackson LaCombe · Snap, 0.16 xG0–2
  3. P2 1:54ANACutter GauthierAssists: Jacob Trouba, Beckett Sennecke · Snap, 0.04 xG0–3
  4. P3 7:43NJDJack HughesAssists: Dawson Mercer, Timo Meier · Snap, 0.12 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:06ANAChris KreiderENAssists: Leo Carlsson, Pavel Mintyukov · Wrist, 0.79 xG1–4
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 10:10ANABeckett Sennecke: Holding2 min
  2. P1 14:48NJDLuke Hughes: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 5:34NJDDawson Mercer: 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.

NJD00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ANA
47% to win53% to win
← NJD attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Carlsson won the faceoff against Hughes
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDANA
33Shots on goal29
2.8Expected goals4.1
70Shot attempts67
25Faceoffs won23
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
15Hits18
19Blocked shots18
13Giveaways20
4Takeaways6

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. bestNoesen – Bratt – Hughes12:14

    xG 0.54–0.37 (60%)attempts 17–15goals 0–0

  2. Palat – Lammikko – Gritsyuk6:00

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Glendening – Cotter – Halonen4:47

    xG 0.02–0.24 (7%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  4. Meier – Hischier – Mercer10:21

    xG 0.18–1.07 (14%)attempts 8–18goals 0–3

Defence pairs

  1. bestDillon – Hughes15:43

    xG 0.90–0.66 (58%)attempts 23–19goals 0–1

  2. Hamilton – Siegenthaler14:39

    xG 0.50–0.50 (50%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  3. Cholowski – Nemec14:40

    xG 0.22–0.72 (24%)attempts 9–20goals 0–1

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestKreider – Terry – Carlsson9:59

    xG 0.72–0.23 (76%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  2. McTavish – Gauthier – Sennecke10:54

    xG 0.91–0.43 (68%)attempts 24–8goals 1–0

  3. Killorn – Poehling – Nesterenko10:47

    xG 0.45–0.28 (62%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  4. Johnston – Vatrano – Harkins8:12

    xG 0.20–0.32 (39%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMoore – Mintyukov12:37

    xG 1.11–0.43 (72%)attempts 19–9goals 0–0

  2. Helleson – LaCombe15:07

    xG 0.64–0.29 (69%)attempts 11–15goals 1–0

  3. Helleson – Zellweger2:59

    xG 0.00–0.36 (0%)attempts 0–9goals 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.

ANA 4.1 xGNJD 2.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANANJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 22/100 · #1079 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.61 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +13 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 72% of the time.

ANA winsNJD wins

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

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