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New Jersey Devils

#17 Puckigree (final) · +0.142-33-7 · 16th in standingsMetropolitan · Eastern
Why #17 at season’s end
Puckigree#17 · +0.1Standings16thChance share (xGF% 5v5)11thSchedule faced13th hardest

Results rank, standings, how the team drove play, and schedule strength side by side.

Final
Record42-33-7Points91Games82Goals for – against242–222
CF%51.09th of 32
GF/GP2.9320th of 32
GA/GP2.685th of 32
PP%28.23rd of 32
PK%82.72nd of 32
PDO99.619th of 32
SV% 5v5.91117th of 32
SF/GP28.117th of 32

Playoff odds

From simulations of the games left, using Team Puckigree.
FinalMade the playoffs
Lowest along the way46%
Playoff chance through the season: high 100% (Mar 31), low 46% (Oct 26). On the timeline · All teams

Player Puckigree

How much each player adds over a replacement-level player, in goals. See them against the league →
Roster total+96.8goals above replacement · 8th of 32
Forwards +58.5Defence +10.7Goalies +27.7

Goals above a replacement-level player (someone outside a team’s regular rotation): how he did against an average player, plus credit for the workload a replacement would otherwise take. About 6.2 goals make one win.

Who’s driving it
HischierC+17.1
AllenGSAx +7.6G+13.4
HughesC+12.1
MarkstromGSAx −0.3G+8.7
BrattL+8.4
NoesenR+6.7
DawsGSAx +4.7G+5.6
TatarL+5.1
CotterL−1.6
NemecD−1.5
MacDermidL−1.1

Chances

From our expected-goals model: what each shot was worth, given where and how it was taken.
Where the goal difference came fromxg-v1.1
Even-strength chances EV xGD+14.1
Power play and penalty kill ST xGD+12.9
Finishing GF−xGF−15.0
Goaltending GSAx+12.0
Goal difference GD+24

Each bar starts where the last one ended. Chances are what the shots were worth; finishing and goaltending are what happened to them.

Record by the chances
Chances say45-30-797.5 pts
Actually42-33-791 pts

6.5 points behind their chances.

xGF% 5v551.811th of 32
HDCF% 5v551.512th of 32
GF−xGF−15.025th of 32
GSAx+12.08th of 32
Last gamesGame log →
  • Apr 16vs DETL 2-5
  • Apr 15@ BOSW 5-4
  • Apr 13vs NYIL 0-1
  • Apr 11vs PITL 2-4
  • Apr 8vs BOSL 2-7

Source: NHL.com data. Results through Apr 17.

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