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Tue, Dec 8, 2015·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 88% of the time.

TOR winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NJD1711008021227
TOR1161809042337

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:24NJDLee StempniakPPAssists: John Moore, Patrik Elias · Slap, 0.32 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:13TORPA ParenteauAssists: Roman Polak · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:12TORJames van RiemsdykPPAssists: Dion Phaneuf, Tyler Bozak · Tip-in, 0.15 xG1–2
  4. P2 13:20NJDKyle PalmieriPPAssists: David Schlemko, Jacob Josefson · Slap, 0.04 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. TOR PA Parenteau stopped
  2. 2. NJD Lee Stempniak stopped
  3. 3. TOR Peter Holland stopped
  4. 4. NJD Jacob Josefson stopped
  5. 5. TOR Tyler Bozak scored
  6. 6. NJD Michael Cammalleri scored
  7. 7. TOR James van Riemsdyk stopped
  8. 8. NJD Patrik Elias stopped
  9. 9. TOR Nazem Kadri scored
  10. 10. NJD David Schlemko stopped
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 0:39TORRoman Polak: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 8:48NJDJacob Josefson: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 14:57TORNazem Kadri: Cross checking2 min
  4. P1 17:52NJDDamon Severson: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 1:55NJDJon Merrill: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P2 8:44NJDPatrik Elias: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 11:41TORByron Froese: Holding the stick2 min · PPG
  8. P2 14:27TORDion Phaneuf: Interference2 min
  9. P2 18:30NJDMichael Cammalleri: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 16:13TORMorgan Rielly: 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
47% to win54% to win
← NJD attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Henrique won the faceoff against Spaling
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDTOR
27Shots on goal37
1.9Expected goals4.7
47Shot attempts73
29Faceoffs won41
5Power plays5
10Penalty minutes10
36Hits33
17Blocked shots8
10Giveaways10
12Takeaways10

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. bestCammalleri – Stempniak – Josefson2:16

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Tootoo – Josefson – O'Neill3:17

    xG 0.03–0.02 (60%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Cammalleri – Stempniak – Henrique3:00

    xG 0.03–0.04 (46%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Gionta – Farnham – Kalinin4:23

    xG 0.03–0.11 (22%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMoore – Severson11:11

    xG 0.27–0.12 (68%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

  2. Greene – Severson2:09

    xG 0.03–0.05 (42%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Greene – Larsson11:00

    xG 0.07–0.18 (29%)attempts 4–8goals 0–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestWinnik – Grabner – Spaling7:46

    xG 0.44–0.08 (85%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  2. Parenteau – van Riemsdyk – Bozak10:36

    xG 0.59–0.26 (70%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  3. Komarov – Kadri – Holland13:18

    xG 0.22–0.17 (56%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  4. Boyes – Matthias – Froese5:59

    xG 0.03–0.03 (46%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhaneuf – Gardiner12:13

    xG 0.67–0.15 (82%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  2. Polak – Rielly2:53

    xG 0.28–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Polak – Marincin7:53

    xG 0.06–0.07 (45%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

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 4.7 xGNJD 1.9 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 67/100 · #383 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.91 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +26 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 88% 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).