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Toronto Maple Leafs at New Jersey Devils NHL Predictions

2024-10-10 • Prudential Center
New Jersey Devils 2 - 4 Toronto Maple Leafs
🚨 Upset Loss (63% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
NJD: 62.7%
TOR: 37.3%
Expected Goals
NJD: 3.26
TOR: 3.14
Total Goals
Median: 5.9
Over 5.5: 53%
Over 6.5: 44%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

NJD
Jacob Markstrom - 9-9-1 | 0.884 SV% | 3.32 GAA
TOR
Dennis Hildeby - 3-5-4 | 0.912 SV% | 2.90 GAA
StatNJDTOR
Season SV%0.8840.912
Last 5 SV%
SV% vs Opponent
GAA3.322.90
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats. Confirmed goalie row used when available; otherwise current projected starter is shown.

Goalie Game Metrics

TeamGoalieSASavesGASV%xGAHD FacedGSAx
NJDJacob Markstrom2218481.8%1.921-2.08
TORDennis Hildeby2321291.3%2.3300.33
SA uses shots on goal plus goals. xGA, high-danger faced, and GSAx use modeled scoring attempts against. GSAx is xGA minus goals against.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 33% • NJD at home vs TOR: 1-3
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-03-04NJD 4 - 3 TORNJDNJD
2025-12-30TOR 4 - 0 NJDTORNJD
2025-10-21TOR 2 - 5 NJDNJDTOR
2025-01-16TOR 4 - 3 NJDTORNJD
2024-12-10NJD 1 - 2 TORTORNJD

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1NJD1300.81
1TOR1300.42
2NJD1900.98
2TOR1100.75
3NJD1100.54
3TOR610.74
Shots are modeled attempts: shots on goal, goals, and missed shots. Blocked shots are excluded. High danger is xG >= 0.20.

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
❌ Incorrect
Confidence: 62.7%
Total Goals
Actual: 6.0
Expected: 6.4
Score Breakdown
New Jersey Devils 2 - 4 Toronto Maple Leafs
Expected: 3.3 - 3.1