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Tue, Feb 1, 2022·Prudential Center, Newark

Toronto Maple Leafs 7, New Jersey Devils 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 64% of the time.

NJD winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR41821018736
NJD0909114132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:13TORJason SpezzaAssists: Pierre Engvall · Snap, 0.28 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:38TORAuston MatthewsGWGAssists: Mitch Marner, Michael Bunting · Snap, 0.06 xG2–0
  3. P1 9:04TORDavid KampfAssists: Ilya Mikheyev, Justin Holl · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–0
  4. P1 15:31TORMitch MarnerAssists: Auston Matthews · Snap, 0.27 xG4–0
  5. P2 8:25TORMichael BuntingAssists: Mitch Marner, David Kampf · Snap, 0.21 xG5–0
  6. P2 15:12TORPierre EngvallAssists: Wayne Simmonds · Wrist, 0.06 xG6–0
  7. P3 3:31NJDJack HughesAssists: Yegor Sharangovich, Jesper Bratt · Snap, 0.03 xG6–1
  8. P3 5:57TORMitch MarnerUnassisted · Snap, 0.06 xG7–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 2:30TORWayne Simmonds: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 16:28NJDPavel Zacha: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 18:09NJDDamon Severson: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 10:15TORAlexander Kerfoot: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 10:29TORTJ Brodie: Cross checking2 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
48% to win52% to win
← TOR attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Hughes
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORNJD
36Shots on goal32
4.1Expected goals3.2
52Shot attempts53
38Faceoffs won31
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
9Hits12
12Blocked shots6
6Giveaways10
6Takeaways2

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. bestBunting – Marner – Matthews10:37

    xG 1.27–0.57 (69%)attempts 15–9goals 3–0

  2. Tavares – Kerfoot – Nylander11:40

    xG 0.70–0.41 (63%)attempts 11–10goals 0–1

  3. Spezza – Simmonds – Engvall10:41

    xG 0.59–0.47 (56%)attempts 6–10goals 2–0

  4. Kase – Kampf – Mikheyev11:37

    xG 0.27–0.24 (53%)attempts 7–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDermott – Liljegren15:21

    xG 1.39–0.48 (74%)attempts 17–8goals 2–0

  2. Holl – Sandin15:52

    xG 1.18–0.47 (71%)attempts 14–17goals 3–0

  3. Brodie – Rielly13:58

    xG 0.73–0.84 (46%)attempts 10–13goals 2–1

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestVesey – Hischier – Mercer5:56

    xG 0.55–0.01 (99%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  2. Vesey – Johnsson – Hischier3:55

    xG 0.25–0.38 (40%)attempts 4–5goals 0–2

  3. Tatar – Zacha – Mercer4:27

    xG 0.05–0.19 (22%)attempts 3–4goals 0–1

  4. Bratt – Sharangovich – Hughes12:38

    xG 0.61–0.76 (44%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Subban – White14:42

    xG 0.42–0.43 (50%)attempts 13–10goals 0–2

  2. Severson – Siegenthaler16:10

    xG 1.00–1.63 (38%)attempts 15–18goals 0–2

  3. Graves – Smith18:10

    xG 0.44–1.39 (24%)attempts 13–17goals 1–3

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 3.2 xGTOR 4.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 13/100 · #1148 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.58 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 64% 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).