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Thu, Feb 10, 2011·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

New Jersey Devils 2, Toronto Maple Leafs 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 60% of the time.

TOR winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NJD01101311312239
TOR0811301001132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 5:18TORNikolay KuleminAssists: Phil Kessel, Mikhail Grabovski · Wrist, 0.26 xG0–1
  2. P3 3:23NJDDainius ZubrusAssists: Mark Fayne, Patrik Elias · Tip-in, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. OT 4:36NJDIlya KovalchukGWGAssists: Anssi Salmela · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–1
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 9:54NJDPatrik Elias: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 13:36NJDDavid Clarkson: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 13:36TORJay Rosehill: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 1:36NJDColin White: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 9:39TORColby Armstrong: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 10:09NJDMark Fayne: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 11:14TORJoffrey Lupul: Slashing2 min
  8. P2 13:31NJDMark Fraser: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 2:38NJDMark Fraser: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 2:38TORColby Armstrong: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 4:02NJDJason Arnott: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  12. P3 8:49TORJay Rosehill: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  13. P3 11:56TORDarryl Boyce: Tripping2 min
  14. P3 12:18NJDBrian Rolston: Holding2 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 SOG0TOR
47% to win53% to win
← NJD attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bozak won the faceoff against Zajac
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDTOR
39Shots on goal32
2.5Expected goals2.0
83Shot attempts63
33Faceoffs won31
4Power plays5
19Penalty minutes15
15Hits22
16Blocked shots23
10Giveaways17
9Takeaways6

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. bestMair – Clarkson – Pelley6:58

    xG 0.38–0.04 (90%)attempts 14–4goals 0–0

  2. Arnott – Zharkov – Tedenby5:42

    xG 0.19–0.03 (85%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Rolston – Elias – Zubrus9:34

    xG 0.56–0.52 (52%)attempts 16–10goals 0–0

  4. Kovalchuk – Zajac – Palmieri8:58

    xG 0.07–0.26 (21%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWhite – Fayne8:20

    xG 0.43–0.17 (71%)attempts 14–5goals 0–0

  2. Tallinder – Fraser7:46

    xG 0.33–0.14 (71%)attempts 15–4goals 0–0

  3. Tallinder – Fayne3:35

    xG 0.12–0.09 (58%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestGrabovski – Kessel – Kulemin9:52

    xG 0.79–0.56 (58%)attempts 14–13goals 1–0

  2. Lupul – MacArthur – Bozak12:08

    xG 0.25–0.26 (49%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  3. Armstrong – Boyce – Versteeg9:31

    xG 0.16–0.22 (41%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  4. Crabb – Brent – Rosehill4:22

    xG 0.01–0.19 (3%)attempts 2–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKaberle – Schenn16:09

    xG 0.70–0.58 (54%)attempts 16–16goals 0–0

  2. Phaneuf – Aulie14:17

    xG 0.30–0.38 (44%)attempts 11–17goals 0–0

  3. Komisarek – Lebda5:35

    xG 0.06–0.17 (26%)attempts 6–6goals 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 2.0 xGNJD 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 48/100 · #604 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.53 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 22% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +28 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 60% of the time.

TOR winsNJD wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+5
+6
+7

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