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Sun, Jan 12, 2014·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

New Jersey Devils 2, Toronto Maple Leafs 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 56% of the time.

TOR winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NJD01321407040238
TOR1911006001325

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:53TORTyler BozakAssists: Phil Kessel, Tim Gleason · Snap, 0.32 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:39NJDAdam HenriquePPAssists: Ryane Clowe, Andy Greene · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:56TORJames van RiemsdykPPAssists: Cody Franson, Phil Kessel · Wrist, 0.42 xG1–2
  4. P2 6:23NJDRyane CloweAssists: Marek Zidlicky, Eric Gelinas · Backhand, 0.08 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. TOR James van Riemsdyk scored
  2. 2. NJD Jaromir Jagr stopped
  3. 3. TOR Joffrey Lupul stopped
  4. 4. NJD Ryane Clowe stopped
  5. 5. TOR Tyler Bozak stopped
  6. 6. NJD Reid Boucher stopped
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 16:38TORDavid Clarkson: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 0:43TORNikolay Kulemin: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P2 3:08NJDJaromir Jagr: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 5:43NJDReid Boucher: High sticking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 8:56NJDAdam Henrique: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 11:53TORNazem Kadri: Interference2 min
  7. P2 15:16NJDBryce Salvador: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 14:06TORJoffrey Lupul: Tripping2 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
48% to win52% to win
← NJD attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bozak won the faceoff against Henrique
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDTOR
38Shots on goal25
2.5Expected goals2.8
83Shot attempts48
24Faceoffs won39
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
30Hits35
14Blocked shots22
12Giveaways22
10Takeaways6

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 – Gionta – Carter8:22

    xG 0.50–0.11 (81%)attempts 15–6goals 0–0

  2. Jagr – Zubrus – Zajac11:54

    xG 0.40–0.03 (93%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  3. Loktionov – Sislo – Boucher3:28

    xG 0.10–0.08 (55%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  4. Ryder – Clowe – Henrique9:55

    xG 0.31–0.72 (30%)attempts 10–12goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSalvador – Fayne3:37

    xG 0.43–0.00 (100%)attempts 11–0goals 0–0

  2. Zidlicky – Gelinas5:31

    xG 0.25–0.03 (90%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  3. Zidlicky – Greene3:14

    xG 0.19–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestKessel – van Riemsdyk – Bozak11:28

    xG 0.81–0.49 (62%)attempts 12–14goals 1–0

  2. Orr – Ashton – D'Amigo3:51

    xG 0.02–0.05 (32%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. McClement – Clarkson – Kulemin10:34

    xG 0.10–0.27 (27%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  4. Lupul – Raymond – Kadri9:44

    xG 0.11–0.35 (24%)attempts 5–16goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGleason – Franson10:34

    xG 0.65–0.28 (70%)attempts 11–9goals 1–1

  2. Phaneuf – Gunnarsson12:26

    xG 0.20–0.31 (40%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

  3. Gardiner – Rielly16:04

    xG 0.28–0.74 (27%)attempts 8–26goals 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 2.8 xGNJD 2.5 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 57/100 · #483 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.71 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +23 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 56% 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).