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Fri, Oct 30, 2009·HSBC Arena, Buffalo

Toronto Maple Leafs 2, Buffalo Sabres 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 65% of the time.

BUF winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
TOR1901011600235
BUF171140512328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:11BUFDrew StaffordPPAssists: Thomas Vanek, Tim Connolly · Slap, 0.64 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:53TORIan WhitePPAssists: Tomas Kaberle, Niklas Hagman · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:39BUFTim ConnollyAssists: Jason Pominville · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:22TORMikhail GrabovskiSHAssists: Tomas Kaberle, John Mitchell · Tip-in, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:04BUFTim ConnollyPPGWGAssists: Derek Roy, Jason Pominville · Slap, 0.12 xG2–3
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 3:46BUFTim Kennedy: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 3:46TORIan White: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 8:30BUFCraig Rivet: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 13:57TORTomas Kaberle: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P1 14:57TORLee Stempniak: High sticking2 min
  6. P1 15:54TORRickard Wallin: Tripping2 min
  7. P1 16:53BUFDrew Stafford: High sticking2 min · PPG
  8. P2 3:29TORColton Orr: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 14:22TORGarnet Exelby: Roughing2 min
  10. P2 14:22BUFPatrick Kaleta: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 0:22BUFTyler Myers: Hooking2 min
  12. P3 6:27BUFTyler Myers: Holding2 min
  13. P3 11:04TORWayne Primeau: Tripping2 min
  14. P3 19:06TORMatt Stajan: Interference2 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.

TOR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BUF
43% to win57% to win
← TOR attackBUF attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stajan won the faceoff against Kennedy
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORBUF
35Shots on goal28
2.4Expected goals3.2
68Shot attempts56
33Faceoffs won31
4Power plays6
16Penalty minutes12
13Hits19
16Blocked shots18
14Giveaways11
2Takeaways7

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.

BUF 3.2 xGTOR 2.4 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BUFTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

BUF's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line BUF is favoured, below it TOR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 73/100 · #308 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.98 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50BUF 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +31 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 65% of the time.

BUF winsTOR wins

Simulated goal difference (BUF − TOR), 10,000 replays

-7
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-1
0
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+7

The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).