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Fri, Nov 8, 2013·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

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

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 68% of the time.

TOR winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NJD07015111020135
TOR0808110021228

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 8:12TORPhil KesselPPAssists: Cody Franson · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P3 15:15NJDMichael RyderPPAssists: Eric Gelinas, Andy Greene · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. TOR Mason Raymond stopped
  2. 2. NJD Michael Ryder stopped
  3. 3. TOR Phil Kessel stopped
  4. 4. NJD Travis Zajac stopped
  5. 5. TOR James van Riemsdyk scored
  6. 6. NJD Adam Henrique stopped
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 6:36NJDMattias Tedenby: High sticking double minor4 min
  2. P1 9:52NJDPeter Harrold: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 6:59NJDRyan Carter: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 1:47TORDion Phaneuf: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 7:17NJDAndy Greene: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 8:12NJDMarek Zidlicky: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 10:51TORNikolay Kulemin: Holding2 min
  8. P3 13:26TORPhil Kessel: Slashing2 min · PPG

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
48% to win52% 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
35Shots on goal28
1.9Expected goals2.9
60Shot attempts52
25Faceoffs won31
3Power plays6
12Penalty minutes6
35Hits47
10Blocked shots13
9Giveaways15
12Takeaways6

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. bestBernier – Zajac – Brunner7:18

    xG 0.40–0.01 (96%)attempts 14–1goals 0–0

  2. Bernier – Gionta – Carter2:15

    xG 0.15–0.06 (72%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Janssen – Gionta – Carter2:52

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

  4. Jagr – Zubrus – Loktionov10:05

    xG 0.45–0.52 (47%)attempts 16–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGelinas – Larsson9:35

    xG 0.59–0.06 (90%)attempts 14–3goals 0–0

  2. Greene – Larsson2:28

    xG 0.22–0.13 (64%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Volchenkov – Zidlicky12:09

    xG 0.28–0.20 (59%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestClarkson – Raymond – Kadri11:19

    xG 0.80–0.31 (72%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

  2. Smithson – McClement – Kulemin2:13

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  3. Lupul – Kessel – van Riemsdyk11:35

    xG 0.03–0.21 (12%)attempts 3–12goals 0–0

  4. McClement – Bodie – Kulemin7:29

    xG 0.02–0.32 (7%)attempts 1–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFranson – Rielly5:55

    xG 0.26–0.04 (86%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Franson – Gardiner7:57

    xG 0.39–0.36 (52%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Ranger – Fraser10:49

    xG 0.17–0.47 (27%)attempts 4–16goals 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 2.9 xGNJD 1.9 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 · #590 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.55 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 68% 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).