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Thu, Nov 18, 2010·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

New Jersey Devils 1, Toronto Maple Leafs 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 51% of the time.

TOR winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD06112012130
TOR0921117327

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:42TORMikhail GrabovskiPPAssists: Nikolay Kulemin, Clarke MacArthur · Snap, 0.21 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:29TORPhil KesselGWGAssists: Nazem Kadri, Mike Komisarek · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P2 10:14NJDDainius ZubrusAssists: Alexander Vasyunov, Ilya Kovalchuk · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P3 13:17TORKris VersteegPPAssists: Nazem Kadri, Tomas Kaberle · Snap, 0.03 xG1–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 10:33NJDAnton Volchenkov: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 19:48NJDBrian Rolston: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 2:18TORJohn Mitchell: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P2 18:46TORLuke Schenn: Cross checking2 min
  5. P3 12:14NJDMatthew Corrente: Cross checking2 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 SOG0TOR
47% to win53% to win
← NJD attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Grabovski won the faceoff against Zajac
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDTOR
30Shots on goal27
2.2Expected goals2.2
70Shot attempts43
23Faceoffs won22
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
26Hits14
8Blocked shots23
7Giveaways5
10Takeaways5

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. bestArnott – Elias – Tedenby10:51

    xG 0.60–0.08 (88%)attempts 19–8goals 0–0

  2. Rolston – Clarkson – Zajac10:18

    xG 0.48–0.29 (63%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  3. Zubrus – Kovalchuk – Vasyunov11:38

    xG 0.33–0.19 (64%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  4. Mair – Pelley – Gionta4:14

    xG 0.17–0.08 (68%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWhite – Tallinder11:28

    xG 0.47–0.09 (84%)attempts 15–4goals 1–0

  2. Greene – Corrente8:32

    xG 0.49–0.29 (63%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. Volchenkov – Magnan10:29

    xG 0.24–0.15 (61%)attempts 9–5goals 0–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. Sjostrom – Brent – Versteeg4:32

    xG 0.05–0.01 (78%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Sjostrom – Mitchell – Versteeg5:53

    xG 0.13–0.17 (42%)attempts 6–3goals 0–1

  3. Orr – Mitchell – Brown2:20

    xG 0.10–0.17 (36%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  4. MacArthur – Grabovski – Kulemin12:22

    xG 0.22–0.34 (39%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Aulie – Gunnarsson7:57

    xG 0.08–0.11 (43%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  2. Beauchemin – Komisarek15:48

    xG 0.34–0.44 (44%)attempts 13–14goals 1–1

  3. Kaberle – Schenn17:03

    xG 0.24–0.44 (36%)attempts 10–24goals 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.

TOR 2.2 xGNJD 2.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORNJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 19/100 · #959 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.97 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 51% of the time.

TOR winsNJD wins

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

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