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Tue, Jan 14, 2020·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

New Jersey Devils 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 80% of the time.

TOR winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD07110312429
TOR31626212734

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:18TORJohn TavaresSHAssists: Rasmus Sandin, William Nylander · Tip-in, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:10TORFrederik GauthierUnassisted · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P1 19:56TORZach HymanAssists: Rasmus Sandin, Jason Spezza · Tip-in, 0.07 xG0–3
  4. P2 2:12TORWilliam NylanderAssists: Pierre Engvall, John Tavares · Tip-in, 0.12 xG0–4
  5. P2 6:56NJDBlake ColemanAssists: Miles Wood, Will Butcher · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–4
  6. P2 10:39TORAuston MatthewsPPGWGAssists: Mitch Marner, John Tavares · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–5
  7. P3 3:58TORAuston MatthewsAssists: Mitch Marner, Zach Hyman · Slap, 0.20 xG1–6
  8. P3 12:00NJDBlake ColemanAssists: Nikita Gusev, Connor Carrick · Backhand, 0.10 xG2–6
  9. P3 15:35NJDBlake ColemanAssists: Will Butcher, Travis Zajac · Wrist, 0.18 xG3–6
  10. P3 18:02NJDP.K. SubbanPPAssists: Jesper Bratt, Wayne Simmonds · Slap, 0.06 xG4–6
  11. P3 18:40TORAuston MatthewsENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.60 xG4–7
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 9:27TORPierre Engvall: Holding2 min
  2. P1 12:47NJDConnor Carrick: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 18:24NJDP.K. Subban: Interference2 min
  4. P2 4:38TORAlexander Kerfoot: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 9:34NJDBlake Coleman: High sticking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 13:08NJDMiles Wood: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 13:08TORPierre Engvall: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 15:02NJDTravis Zajac: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 15:55TORCody Ceci: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 17:40TORMartin Marincin: Hooking2 min · PPG

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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
45% to win55% to win
← NJD attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hischier won the faceoff against Matthews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDTOR
29Shots on goal34
3.2Expected goals5.3
61Shot attempts58
27Faceoffs won39
4Power plays4
10Penalty minutes10
20Hits17
12Blocked shots17
8Giveaways16
5Takeaways13

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestHayden – Rooney – Boqvist6:10

    xG 0.23–0.04 (85%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Simmonds – Wood – Hughes4:45

    xG 0.03–0.20 (12%)attempts 4–5goals 0–1

  3. Zacha – Bratt – Hischier4:51

    xG 0.02–0.21 (7%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  4. Bratt – Hischier – Boqvist4:31

    xG 0.01–0.25 (5%)attempts 4–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestVatanen – Severson11:43

    xG 0.62–0.39 (61%)attempts 14–5goals 0–2

  2. Carrick – Butcher14:29

    xG 0.70–1.27 (35%)attempts 14–13goals 2–1

  3. Greene – Subban11:39

    xG 0.45–1.42 (24%)attempts 9–15goals 0–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestHyman – Marner – Matthews11:20

    xG 1.21–0.29 (81%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  2. Tavares – Nylander – Engvall9:27

    xG 1.11–0.81 (58%)attempts 8–13goals 2–2

  3. Kerfoot – Johnsson – Kapanen11:01

    xG 0.57–0.63 (48%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

  4. Spezza – Gauthier – Timashov6:27

    xG 0.16–0.36 (31%)attempts 3–8goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBarrie – Marincin9:16

    xG 1.62–0.29 (85%)attempts 11–5goals 2–1

  2. Holl – Dermott16:01

    xG 1.04–0.92 (53%)attempts 13–22goals 0–2

  3. Holl – Ceci2:06

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 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 5.3 xGNJD 3.2 xG
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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 87/100 · #140 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.68 · 8 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 80% 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).