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Wed, Jan 28, 2015·Prudential Center, Newark

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

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 79% of the time.

NJD winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
TOR0701119030130
NJD060719012223

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 11:49TORJames van RiemsdykAssists: Tyler Bozak, David Clarkson · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P3 17:10NJDAdam LarssonAssists: Martin Havlat, Patrik Elias · Snap, 0.05 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. NJD Scott Gomez stopped
  2. 2. TOR Mike Santorelli stopped
  3. 3. NJD Jacob Josefson scored
  4. 4. TOR Tyler Bozak stopped
  5. 5. NJD Patrik Elias scored
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 13:00NJDJordin Tootoo: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 18:11TORMike Santorelli: Delaying game2 min
  3. P2 1:50TORDavid Clarkson: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 4:20NJDDainius Zubrus: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 7:57TORJake Gardiner: Holding2 min
  6. P2 18:52NJDTravis Zajac: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 1:53NJDMark Fraser: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 1:53TORPeter Holland: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 3:42NJDJaromir Jagr: Holding2 min
  10. P3 12:59NJDAdam Larsson: 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.

TOR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NJD
46% to win54% to win
← TOR attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Gomez won the faceoff against Bozak
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORNJD
30Shots on goal23
3.2Expected goals1.6
46Shot attempts35
31Faceoffs won36
5Power plays3
8Penalty minutes12
21Hits14
5Blocked shots10
7Giveaways1
2Takeaways7

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. bestClarkson – van Riemsdyk – Bozak7:57

    xG 0.27–0.11 (71%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

  2. Santorelli – Winnik – Holland11:38

    xG 0.26–0.19 (58%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Booth – Smith – Panik4:56

    xG 0.09–0.03 (73%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Komarov – Kessel – Kadri7:47

    xG 0.22–0.39 (36%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPolak – Rielly15:47

    xG 0.64–0.30 (68%)attempts 12–9goals 1–1

  2. Polak – Holzer2:00

    xG 0.13–0.12 (52%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Holzer – Granberg2:24

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestElias – Havlat – Zajac11:20

    xG 0.53–0.02 (97%)attempts 11–1goals 1–0

  2. Ruutu – Tootoo – Josefson3:21

    xG 0.24–0.09 (74%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Zubrus – Cammalleri – Bernier9:29

    xG 0.17–0.25 (41%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  4. Jagr – Gomez – Henrique8:52

    xG 0.04–0.14 (24%)attempts 3–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreene – Larsson13:24

    xG 0.62–0.22 (74%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  2. Gelinas – Merrill8:31

    xG 0.05–0.24 (16%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  3. Zidlicky – Fraser13:34

    xG 0.06–0.38 (14%)attempts 4–7goals 0–1

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 1.6 xGTOR 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 59/100 · #461 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.78 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 9% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +41 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 79% of the time.

NJD winsTOR wins

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

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