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Wed, Nov 2, 2011·Prudential Center, Newark

Toronto Maple Leafs 5, New Jersey Devils 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 50% of the time.

NJD winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR273907523
NJD1621105322

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:37TORJoey CrabbAssists: Matthew Lombardi, John-Michael Liles · Slap, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:16NJDDainius ZubrusPPAssists: Adam Henrique · Wrist, 0.27 xG1–1
  3. P1 15:50TORMikhail GrabovskiAssists: Jake Gardiner, Jonas Gustavsson · Snap, 0.14 xG2–1
  4. P2 3:29NJDPatrik EliasPPAssists: Adam Larsson, Ilya Kovalchuk · Slap, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P2 6:31TORJoffrey LupulAssists: Mike Komisarek, Tim Connolly · Snap, 0.17 xG3–2
  6. P2 8:15NJDDavid ClarksonAssists: Nick Palmieri, Brad Mills · Backhand, 0.10 xG3–3
  7. P2 9:45TORJoffrey LupulGWGAssists: Phil Kessel, Tim Connolly · Wrist, 0.05 xG4–3
  8. P2 13:13TORJoffrey LupulAssists: Mikhail Grabovski, Phil Kessel · Snap, 0.12 xG5–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 5:08NJDBrad Mills: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 5:08TORMike Brown: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 10:21TORPhilippe Dupuis: Holding the stick2 min · PPG
  4. P1 19:42NJDPetr Sykora: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 2:09TORJonas Gustavsson: Interference2 min · PPG
  6. P2 17:41NJDDavid Clarkson: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 17:41TORLuke Schenn: Fighting5 min
  8. P3 8:03NJDMattias Tedenby: Interference goalkeeper2 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
45% to win55% to win
← TOR attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Carter won the faceoff against Grabovski
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORNJD
23Shots on goal22
1.9Expected goals1.8
40Shot attempts38
30Faceoffs won18
2Power plays2
14Penalty minutes14
9Hits20
10Blocked shots6
1Giveaways8
1Takeaways3

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. bestConnolly – Lupul – Kessel11:19

    xG 0.38–0.09 (80%)attempts 6–6goals 1–0

  2. Steckel – Dupuis – Brown8:11

    xG 0.19–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Lombardi – Crabb – Bozak11:40

    xG 0.31–0.22 (58%)attempts 7–7goals 1–1

  4. MacArthur – Grabovski – Kulemin12:24

    xG 0.39–0.70 (36%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLiles – Komisarek15:23

    xG 0.66–0.23 (74%)attempts 15–6goals 3–0

  2. Phaneuf – Gunnarsson15:20

    xG 0.69–0.45 (61%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  3. Liles – Gunnarsson3:01

    xG 0.09–0.05 (63%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestClarkson – Mills – Palmieri3:03

    xG 0.12–0.02 (85%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

  2. Janssen – Carter – Tedenby2:26

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  3. Kovalchuk – Parise – Henrique12:59

    xG 0.23–0.38 (38%)attempts 6–8goals 0–1

  4. Clarkson – Carter – Tedenby5:40

    xG 0.08–0.32 (20%)attempts 3–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Tallinder – Fayne8:56

    xG 0.15–0.15 (48%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  2. Salvador – Volchenkov12:23

    xG 0.26–0.27 (49%)attempts 8–5goals 1–1

  3. Greene – Larsson8:49

    xG 0.04–0.15 (22%)attempts 5–4goals 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 1.8 xGTOR 1.9 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 77/100 · #252 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.83 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 50% of the time.

NJD winsTOR wins

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

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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).