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Mon, Apr 15, 2013·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

New Jersey Devils 0, Toronto Maple Leafs 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 75% of the time.

TOR winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD0907016032
TOR030228213

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 13:28TORPhil KesselPPGWGAssists: Dion Phaneuf, Cody Franson · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P3 19:23TORJay McClementENAssists: Mark Fraser, James Reimer · Wrist, 0.71 xG0–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 0:49NJDMarek Zidlicky: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 11:34TORColton Orr: Charging2 min
  3. P2 3:59NJDSteve Sullivan: Holding2 min
  4. P2 7:10TORRyan O'Byrne: Interference2 min
  5. P2 9:59TORRyan O'Byrne: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 8:56TORRyan O'Byrne: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P3 13:20NJDMarek Zidlicky: Holding2 min · PPG
  8. P3 19:39TORDion Phaneuf: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 19:39NJDStephen Gionta: Roughing2 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
43% to win57% to win
← NJD attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kadri won the faceoff against Henrique
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDTOR
32Shots on goal13
3.0Expected goals1.6
73Shot attempts33
29Faceoffs won30
4Power plays3
8Penalty minutes10
18Hits52
13Blocked shots22
8Giveaways22
6Takeaways7

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. bestZubrus – Clarkson – Henrique11:41

    xG 0.34–0.01 (97%)attempts 15–3goals 0–0

  2. Elias – Zajac – D'Agostini2:31

    xG 0.21–0.06 (79%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Elias – Sullivan – Zajac6:53

    xG 0.25–0.11 (69%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  4. Bernier – Gionta – Carter8:51

    xG 0.39–0.28 (58%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTallinder – Zidlicky13:31

    xG 0.72–0.00 (100%)attempts 23–3goals 0–0

  2. Fayne – Harrold9:13

    xG 0.50–0.14 (78%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  3. Greene – Larsson15:07

    xG 0.61–0.39 (61%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. Kessel – van Riemsdyk – Bozak12:12

    xG 0.43–0.45 (49%)attempts 10–17goals 0–0

  2. Orr – McClement – McLaren4:45

    xG 0.15–0.22 (41%)attempts 1–8goals 0–0

  3. MacArthur – Grabovski – Komarov8:43

    xG 0.09–0.24 (27%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Kulemin – Frattin – Kadri10:00

    xG 0.05–0.67 (7%)attempts 3–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Phaneuf – Gardiner12:54

    xG 0.23–0.46 (33%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  2. Liles – O'Byrne11:59

    xG 0.18–0.60 (23%)attempts 4–22goals 0–0

  3. Franson – Fraser13:23

    xG 0.18–0.63 (22%)attempts 5–13goals 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 1.6 xGNJD 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 21/100 · #558 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.14 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +38 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 75% 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).