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Wed, Apr 6, 2011·Prudential Center, Newark

Toronto Maple Leafs 2, New Jersey Devils 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 81% of the time.

NJD winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR0110627224
NJD111210112433

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:47NJDIlya KovalchukPPAssists: Jacob Josefson, Mark Fayne · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 14:29NJDMattias TedenbyAssists: Ilya Kovalchuk, Patrik Elias · Slap, 0.06 xG0–2
  3. P2 15:34NJDHenrik TallinderGWGAssists: Adam Mair, Rod Pelley · Slap, 0.11 xG0–3
  4. P3 6:18TORPhil KesselPPAssists: Joffrey Lupul, Matt Lashoff · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–3
  5. P3 12:42TORTyler BozakSHUnassisted · Backhand, 0.09 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:50NJDPatrik EliasENUnassisted · Backhand, 0.69 xG2–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 11:54TORJoey Crabb: Boarding2 min · PPG
  2. P2 19:39TORClarke MacArthur: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P3 1:47TORKeith Aulie: Cross checking2 min
  4. P3 5:05NJDJacob Josefson: Holding2 min · PPG
  5. P3 11:02TORNikolay Kulemin: Interference2 min
  6. P3 12:34TORDion Phaneuf: Elbowing2 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.

TOR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NJD
47% to win53% to win
← TOR attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Grabovski won the faceoff against Elias
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORNJD
24Shots on goal33
1.5Expected goals3.3
32Shot attempts52
23Faceoffs won24
1Power plays5
10Penalty minutes2
14Hits16
13Blocked shots4
4Giveaways6
2Takeaways5

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.

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestLupul – Kessel – Bozak11:44

    xG 0.71–0.34 (68%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  2. MacArthur – Grabovski – Kulemin10:42

    xG 0.10–0.01 (90%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Sjostrom – Rosehill – Brown5:14

    xG 0.08–0.12 (40%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Crabb – Boyce – Kadri6:26

    xG 0.12–0.35 (25%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhaneuf – Aulie14:17

    xG 0.54–0.38 (59%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  2. Lashoff – Schenn4:15

    xG 0.41–0.37 (53%)attempts 5–5goals 0–1

  3. Komisarek – Gunnarsson3:04

    xG 0.03–0.06 (33%)attempts 1–1goals 0–1

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestRolston – Elias – Tedenby10:54

    xG 0.39–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  2. Kovalchuk – Steckel – Clarkson3:47

    xG 0.26–0.08 (77%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Kovalchuk – Zajac – Palmieri11:58

    xG 0.41–0.41 (50%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

  4. Zubrus – Steckel – Clarkson2:35

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTallinder – Salmela2:31

    xG 0.28–0.02 (93%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Tallinder – Fayne6:28

    xG 0.32–0.22 (58%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Leach – Fayne6:55

    xG 0.08–0.02 (80%)attempts 3–2goals 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 3.3 xGTOR 1.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDTOR

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 TOR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 63/100 · #436 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.88 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 81% of the time.

NJD winsTOR wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).