Tue, Dec 6, 2011·Air Canada Centre, Toronto
New Jersey Devils 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 2 (OT)
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 57% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | OT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NJD | 211 | 05 | 09 | 11 | 326 |
| TOR | 04 | 116 | 110 | 01 | 231 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 5:03NJDIlya KovalchukPPAssists: Petr Sykora, Adam Henrique · Slap, 0.05 xG1–0
- P1 8:59NJDDavid ClarksonPPAssists: Zach Parise, Patrik Elias · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–0
- P2 11:29TORPhil KesselAssists: Joffrey Lupul, Luke Schenn · Snap, 0.49 xG2–1
- P3 1:56TORMatt FrattinAssists: Mikhail Grabovski, Cody Franson · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–2
- OT 2:40NJDDavid ClarksonGWGAssists: Dainius Zubrus · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–2
Penalties (6)
- P1 3:09TORJohn-Michael Liles: High sticking2 min · PPG
- P1 8:07TORTim Connolly: Slashing2 min · PPG
- P1 19:51TORJohn-Michael Liles: Interference2 min
- P2 2:09NJDPetr Sykora: Hooking2 min
- P2 14:18TORNikolay Kulemin: Holding2 min
- P3 17:44NJDPatrik Elias: Slashing2 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Henrique won the faceoff against Bozak
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach 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
- bestSykora – Elias – Tedenby9:06
xG 0.75–0.17 (81%)attempts 10–5goals 0–1
- Zubrus – Clarkson – Carter9:01
xG 0.17–0.10 (63%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0
- Sykora – Elias – Zubrus2:27
xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–6goals 0–0
- Boulton – Sestito – Palmieri3:54
xG 0.32–0.63 (34%)attempts 4–4goals 0–1
Defence pairs
- bestTallinder – Fayne16:07
xG 1.02–0.34 (75%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0
- Volchenkov – Greene12:48
xG 0.30–0.11 (73%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0
- Salvador – Larsson14:00
xG 0.40–1.01 (28%)attempts 12–18goals 0–2
Toronto Maple Leafs
Forward lines
- bestLupul – Kessel – Bozak12:49
xG 0.77–0.16 (83%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0
- Connolly – Crabb – Colborne6:54
xG 0.07–0.17 (30%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0
- Connolly – Crabb – Frattin4:03
xG 0.01–0.14 (8%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0
- Grabovski – Kulemin – Frattin5:22
xG 0.34–0.47 (42%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0
Defence pairs
- bestPhaneuf – Gunnarsson13:32
xG 0.67–0.20 (77%)attempts 16–10goals 0–0
- Liles – Franson13:34
xG 0.29–0.38 (44%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0
- Schenn – Gardiner16:28
xG 0.09–0.88 (9%)attempts 7–22goals 0–0
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
TOR's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line TOR is favoured, below it NJD. Dots are goals.
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 57% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (TOR − NJD), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).