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Thu, Apr 5, 2018·Prudential Center, Newark

Toronto Maple Leafs 1, New Jersey Devils 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 62% of the time.

NJD winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR19011012132
NJD014214011239

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:56TORWilliam NylanderPPAssists: Patrick Marleau, Auston Matthews · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:55NJDPavel ZachaAssists: Patrick Maroon · Snap, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P2 17:02NJDMiles WoodGWGAssists: Patrick Maroon · Snap, 0.17 xG1–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 6:44NJDNico Hischier: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 9:33NJDStefan Noesen: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 3:52TORWilliam Nylander: Throwing equipment2 min
  4. P3 19:29TORMitch Marner: 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.

TOR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORNJD
32Shots on goal39
1.9Expected goals2.5
58Shot attempts63
33Faceoffs won29
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
17Hits14
9Blocked shots12
10Giveaways4
9Takeaways10

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. bestMarleau – Kadri – Marner13:36

    xG 0.72–0.55 (57%)attempts 18–10goals 0–1

  2. van Riemsdyk – Bozak – Brown10:40

    xG 0.33–0.54 (38%)attempts 11–13goals 0–1

  3. Plekanec – Komarov – Kapanen7:55

    xG 0.07–0.29 (19%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  4. Hyman – Nylander – Matthews14:51

    xG 0.35–0.59 (37%)attempts 12–18goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Rielly10:33

    xG 0.42–0.12 (78%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. Polak – Carrick6:56

    xG 0.36–0.23 (61%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. Hainsey – Zaitsev3:20

    xG 0.11–0.11 (49%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestZajac – Coleman – Noesen12:27

    xG 0.64–0.22 (74%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  2. Boyle – Grabner – Gibbons9:20

    xG 0.33–0.07 (84%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Maroon – Wood – Zacha9:58

    xG 0.37–0.47 (44%)attempts 14–15goals 1–0

  4. Palmieri – Hall – Hischier11:54

    xG 0.27–0.51 (35%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMoore – Mueller15:53

    xG 0.77–0.45 (63%)attempts 19–12goals 1–0

  2. Lovejoy – Butcher10:57

    xG 0.54–0.35 (61%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

  3. Greene – Vatanen20:27

    xG 0.62–0.64 (49%)attempts 20–22goals 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.

NJD 2.5 xGTOR 1.9 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 19/100 · #1035 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.99 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 33% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 pts

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 62% 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).