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Thu, Nov 17, 2022·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

New Jersey Devils 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 77% of the time.

TOR winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NJD1121801112333
TOR190611200227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:15TORAuston MatthewsPPAssists: Michael Bunting, Mitch Marner · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:39NJDJesper BrattAssists: Erik Haula, Brendan Smith · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 3:02NJDNico HischierAssists: Fabian Zetterlund · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P3 17:51TORWilliam NylanderAssists: Auston Matthews, Morgan Rielly · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. OT 0:57NJDYegor SharangovichGWGAssists: Jack Hughes · Wrist, 0.25 xG3–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 10:46TORZachary Aston-Reese: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 14:02NJDDougie Hamilton: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 11:28NJDJonas Siegenthaler: Interference2 min
  4. P2 17:36TORJordie Benn: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 18:10NJDNathan Bastian: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  6. P3 7:41NJDDamon Severson: Cross checking2 min
  7. P3 14:43NJDMichael McLeod: Delaying game puck over glass2 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
49% to win51% to win
← NJD attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Hischier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDTOR
33Shots on goal27
3.5Expected goals1.8
57Shot attempts54
20Faceoffs won30
2Power plays5
10Penalty minutes4
30Hits23
17Blocked shots12
14Giveaways22
8Takeaways12

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. bestBoqvist – Sharangovich – Mercer5:34

    xG 0.73–0.01 (98%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  2. Tatar – Hischier – Zetterlund9:04

    xG 0.69–0.18 (79%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  3. Haula – Bratt – Hughes6:16

    xG 0.51–0.04 (92%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

  4. Wood – Bastian – McLeod8:16

    xG 0.24–0.32 (43%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamilton – Siegenthaler17:20

    xG 1.20–0.32 (79%)attempts 19–17goals 0–0

  2. Smith – Severson10:48

    xG 0.68–0.37 (64%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  3. Graves – Marino14:00

    xG 0.24–0.27 (46%)attempts 8–13goals 1–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. Nylander – Bunting – Matthews10:35

    xG 0.37–0.34 (52%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  2. Engvall – Aston-Reese – Kampf2:04

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Jarnkrok – Engvall – Holmberg6:33

    xG 0.15–0.46 (24%)attempts 4–7goals 0–1

  4. Malgin – Aston-Reese – Kampf7:45

    xG 0.07–0.48 (13%)attempts 6–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Benn – Rielly13:39

    xG 0.43–0.41 (51%)attempts 14–14goals 0–1

  2. Liljegren – Sandin10:55

    xG 0.18–0.84 (18%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0

  3. Giordano – Holl15:02

    xG 0.23–1.08 (17%)attempts 8–14goals 0–1

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 1.8 xGNJD 3.5 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 78/100 · #350 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.10 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +45 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 77% 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).