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Thu, Nov 16, 2017·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

New Jersey Devils 0, Toronto Maple Leafs 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 68% of the time.

TOR winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NJD01001001408042
TOR012040712125

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. OT 4:57TORWilliam NylanderGWGAssists: Nazem Kadri, Morgan Rielly · Snap, 0.16 xG0–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 11:29NJDBlake Coleman: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 16:05TORJames van Riemsdyk: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 7:29TORConnor Brown: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P3 12:14NJDBlake Coleman: Holding2 min
  5. OT 0:42TORJake Gardiner: Interference2 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
46% to win54% to win
← NJD attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bozak won the faceoff against Boyle
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDTOR
42Shots on goal25
4.2Expected goals2.9
73Shot attempts61
31Faceoffs won38
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
22Hits29
19Blocked shots15
19Giveaways17
5Takeaways9

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. bestPalmieri – Hall – Hischier11:25

    xG 0.83–0.61 (58%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

  2. Boyle – Henrique – Wood9:27

    xG 0.50–0.35 (59%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  3. Stafford – Zajac – Bratt10:20

    xG 0.08–0.19 (30%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  4. Gibbons – Coleman – Noesen10:14

    xG 0.25–0.37 (40%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLovejoy – Butcher9:39

    xG 0.65–0.09 (88%)attempts 13–3goals 0–0

  2. Severson – Butcher2:55

    xG 0.08–0.04 (68%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Lovejoy – Moore2:40

    xG 0.06–0.03 (65%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestMarleau – Hyman – Brown12:19

    xG 0.78–0.08 (91%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  2. van Riemsdyk – Bozak – Marner11:59

    xG 0.33–0.39 (46%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  3. Moore – Martin – Soshnikov7:26

    xG 0.15–0.25 (38%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  4. Komarov – Kadri – Nylander12:16

    xG 0.66–0.86 (44%)attempts 12–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGardiner – Zaitsev17:49

    xG 0.86–0.54 (61%)attempts 17–16goals 0–0

  2. Carrick – Borgman13:16

    xG 0.55–0.37 (60%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  3. Hainsey – Rielly14:56

    xG 0.60–0.80 (43%)attempts 13–19goals 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 4.2 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 9/100 · #1158 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.72 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3OTEnd

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils 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).