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Mon, Oct 18, 2010·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

New York Islanders 2, Toronto Maple Leafs 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 76% of the time.

TOR winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NYI08150611220
TOR0801011200130

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:17NYIMatt MoulsonAssists: John Tavares, Frans Nielsen · Backhand, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P3 17:55TORPhil KesselPPAssists: Dion Phaneuf, Tomas Kaberle · Snap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. OT 3:26NYIJohn TavaresPPGWGAssists: James Wisniewski, PA Parenteau · Slap, 0.09 xG2–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P2 0:12TORFrancois Beauchemin: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 12:51TORMike Brown: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 12:51NYIZenon Konopka: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 16:19NYIJohn Tavares: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  5. P2 19:44TORKris Versteeg: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 8:08NYIAndrew MacDonald: Holding2 min
  7. P3 17:20NYIJames Wisniewski: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  8. OT 3:07TORBrett Lebda: Interference goalkeeper2 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
47% to win53% to win
← NYI attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Grabovski won the faceoff against Konopka
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYITOR
20Shots on goal30
1.4Expected goals2.8
38Shot attempts74
34Faceoffs won22
3Power plays3
11Penalty minutes11
18Hits23
23Blocked shots10
14Giveaways20
3Takeaways10

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 York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestWeight – Parenteau – Comeau3:38

    xG 0.16–0.01 (92%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Sim – Nielsen – Grabner2:49

    xG 0.06–0.04 (59%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  3. Weight – Comeau – Niederreiter2:07

    xG 0.04–0.06 (41%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Sim – Gillies – Konopka2:17

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Jurcina – MacDonald14:24

    xG 0.46–0.59 (44%)attempts 16–13goals 0–0

  2. Eaton – Martinek17:22

    xG 0.46–0.62 (43%)attempts 9–19goals 0–0

  3. Mottau – Wisniewski13:16

    xG 0.14–0.94 (13%)attempts 5–21goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestSjostrom – Armstrong – Brent12:35

    xG 0.83–0.17 (83%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  2. Versteeg – Kessel – Bozak16:32

    xG 0.83–0.35 (71%)attempts 24–10goals 0–0

  3. MacArthur – Grabovski – Kulemin13:23

    xG 0.59–0.31 (66%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  4. Zigomanis – Orr – Brown4:18

    xG 0.05–0.26 (17%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKaberle – Schenn16:31

    xG 0.89–0.50 (64%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  2. Komisarek – Lebda11:06

    xG 0.56–0.26 (68%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  3. Beauchemin – Phaneuf17:16

    xG 0.39–0.32 (55%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

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 2.8 xGNYI 1.4 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORNYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 46/100 · #615 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.49 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +40 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 76% of the time.

TOR winsNYI wins

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

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