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New Jersey Devils 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 0 — Recap
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Game Recap
The New Jersey Devils defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-0 on Wednesday, backed by a 21-save shutout from Connor Hellebuyck and a multi-goal performance from Timo Meier. SportsFBI's model correctly leaned toward the New Jersey victory at 62%, as the Devils outshot Toronto 29-23 and steadily pulled away over the final two periods. Anthony Stolarz stopped 25 of 28 shots for the Maple Leafs, who fell to 8-8-2.
After a scoreless opening period, Meier broke the deadlock at 8:28 of the second period with assists from Declan Chisholm and Nico Hischier. Meier struck again at 12:44, converting feeds from Jack Hughes and Jesper Bratt to extend the lead to 2-0 before the intermission.
The Devils continued applying pressure in the third period. Hischier pushed the advantage to 3-0 at 9:49, assisted once more by Jack Hughes and Jesper Bratt. Connor Brown capped the scoring at 17:23 with help from Cody Glass, sealing the 4-0 final score and improving the Devils' record to 12-5-0.
How the Prediction Fared
Before puck drop, DraftKings favored the New Jersey Devils (-162, 62% implied) over the Toronto Maple Leafs.
SportsFBI's model, locked before puck drop, favored the New Jersey Devils (62% confidence). It gave a 34% chance of a 3+ goal margin; the game was decided by 4 goals.
💵 Betting Result FanDuel closing line
Standouts
Every skater's and goalie's line is in the box score below.
📊 Game Flow
- P2 8:28 Timo Meier (Declan Chisholm, Nico Hischier) NJD · snap shot · NJD 1, TOR 0
- P2 12:44 Timo Meier (Jack Hughes, Jesper Bratt) NJD · tip-in shot · NJD 2, TOR 0
- P3 9:49 Nico Hischier (Jack Hughes, Jesper Bratt) NJD · Power play · snap shot · NJD 3, TOR 0
- P3 17:23 Connor Brown (Cody Glass) NJD · Empty net · wrist shot · NJD 4, TOR 0
📋 Team Stats
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NJD | 7 | 13 | 9 | 29 |
| TOR | 7 | 6 | 9 | 22 |
🎯 Shot Map
- 4Goals11% of attempts
- 25Saved71% of attempts
- 6Missed the net17% of attempts
- 0Goals0% of attempts
- 22Saved52% of attempts
- 20Missed the net48% of attempts
● goal (large) · ● saved · ✕ missed the net; blocked shots are not located. Each team attacks to the right.
🏒 Box Score
| Player | Pos | G | A | P | +/- | SOG | HIT | BLK | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timo Meier | R | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18:35 |
| Nico Hischier | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:52 |
| Jack Hughes | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20:06 |
| Jesper Bratt | L | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15:52 |
| Connor Brown | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17:29 |
| Cody Glass | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13:33 |
| Declan Chisholm | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:07 |
| Brett Pesce | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:33 |
| Luke Hughes | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 21:30 |
| Jonas Siegenthaler | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20:31 |
| Dougie Hamilton | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 18:51 |
| Luke Evangelista | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17:01 |
| Amadeus Lombardi | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15:38 |
| Evan Rodrigues | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15:07 |
| Jesper Boqvist | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14:25 |
| Arseny Gritsyuk | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:38 |
| Johnathan Kovacevic | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:39 |
| Brenden Dillon | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 09:33 |
| Player | Dec | SV | SA | SV% | GA | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connor Hellebuyck | — | 21 | 21 | 100.0 | 0 | 59:00 |
| Player | Pos | G | A | P | +/- | SOG | HIT | BLK | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Raddysh | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 25:05 |
| Jake McCabe | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22:11 |
| Oliver Ekman-Larsson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 20:06 |
| Troy Stecher | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:53 |
| Auston Matthews | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 19:30 |
| John Tavares | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17:32 |
| Gavin McKenna | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:22 |
| Easton Cowan | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 17:12 |
| William Nylander | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 16:51 |
| Nick Paul | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 16:22 |
| Cole McWard | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15:11 |
| Teddy Blueger | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14:40 |
| Dakota Mermis | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14:21 |
| Brandon Duhaime | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12:51 |
| Dakota Joshua | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 11:16 |
| Zack MacEwen | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10:19 |
| Colton Sissons | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:55 |
| Vinni Lettieri | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 08:30 |
| Player | Dec | SV | SA | SV% | GA | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Stolarz | — | 25 | 28 | 89.3 | 3 | 57:45 |
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