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Thu, Feb 4, 2016·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 58% of the time.

TOR winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NJD111011110020234
TOR11401418031339

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:16NJDJacob JosefsonPPAssists: David Schlemko, Travis Zajac · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:34TORShawn MatthiasAssists: Tyler Bozak, PA Parenteau · Snap, 0.20 xG1–1
  3. P3 6:27NJDDavid SchlemkoAssists: Eric Gelinas, Joseph Blandisi · Slap, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P3 17:54TORTyler BozakAssists: Peter Holland, Dion Phaneuf · Snap, 0.05 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. TOR Peter Holland stopped
  2. 2. NJD Reid Boucher stopped
  3. 3. TOR PA Parenteau scored
  4. 4. NJD Jacob Josefson stopped
  5. 5. TOR Tyler Bozak stopped
  6. 6. NJD Lee Stempniak stopped
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 4:07TORMatt Hunwick: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  2. P1 6:31NJDTravis Zajac: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 9:54NJDBobby Farnham: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 12:25TORRoman Polak: Holding2 min
  5. P2 5:55NJDAdam Henrique: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 6:37TORShawn Matthias: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 15:17TORFrank Corrado: Interference2 min
  8. P2 19:44TORPA Parenteau: Too many men on the ice2 min
  9. P3 8:45NJDAdam Henrique: Interference2 min
  10. P3 13:46TORMichael Grabner: 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 20:00Kadri won the faceoff against Henrique
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDTOR
34Shots on goal39
2.4Expected goals2.8
61Shot attempts92
27Faceoffs won47
6Power plays4
8Penalty minutes12
30Hits38
29Blocked shots12
5Giveaways6
9Takeaways16

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. bestTootoo – Gionta – Farnham7:08

    xG 0.45–0.06 (88%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Kennedy – Josefson – Boucher4:47

    xG 0.11–0.12 (46%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

  3. Zajac – Palmieri – Boucher5:13

    xG 0.07–0.14 (33%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  4. Stempniak – Henrique – Blandisi8:24

    xG 0.31–0.67 (31%)attempts 7–13goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMoore – Helgeson9:48

    xG 0.68–0.23 (74%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  2. Schlemko – Gelinas7:17

    xG 0.44–0.31 (59%)attempts 11–17goals 1–0

  3. Schlemko – Moore3:01

    xG 0.03–0.25 (11%)attempts 2–4goals 0–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestParenteau – Winnik – Bozak12:11

    xG 0.69–0.07 (91%)attempts 26–6goals 0–0

  2. Komarov – Grabner – Kadri10:57

    xG 0.64–0.03 (95%)attempts 17–2goals 0–0

  3. Lupul – Matthias – Spaling4:36

    xG 0.05–0.31 (14%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  4. Clune – Holland – Froese5:24

    xG 0.09–0.37 (20%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHunwick – Rielly11:05

    xG 0.66–0.06 (92%)attempts 19–5goals 0–0

  2. Polak – Gardiner10:58

    xG 0.50–0.30 (62%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  3. Phaneuf – Rielly2:04

    xG 0.02–0.04 (29%)attempts 1–5goals 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 2.4 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 88/100 · #150 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.40 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 8% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +43 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 58% 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).