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Wed, Nov 3, 2010·Verizon Center, Washington

Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Washington Capitals 5 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 58% of the time.

WSH winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
TOR1601039030428
WSH0931217022530

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:29TORNikolay KuleminAssists: Mikhail Grabovski, Carl Gunnarsson · Snap, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P2 6:05WSHMike GreenPPAssists: Alexander Semin, Alex Ovechkin · Snap, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:35WSHJason ChimeraAssists: Boyd Gordon, Matt Bradley · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–2
  4. P2 11:28WSHTomas FleischmannAssists: John Carlson, Brooks Laich · Slap, 0.02 xG1–3
  5. P3 4:14TORMike BrownAssists: Tomas Kaberle, John Mitchell · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–3
  6. P3 5:02TORKris VersteegAssists: Mike Komisarek · Wrist, 0.15 xG3–3
  7. P3 7:17TORTyler BozakPPAssists: Tomas Kaberle, Kris Versteeg · Wrist, 0.50 xG4–3
  8. P3 14:22WSHAlexander SeminPPAssists: Brooks Laich, Alex Ovechkin · Snap, 0.26 xG4–4

Shootout

  1. 1. WSH Nicklas Backstrom stopped
  2. 2. TOR Phil Kessel stopped
  3. 3. WSH Alex Ovechkin scored
  4. 4. TOR Nikolay Kulemin stopped
  5. 5. WSH Alexander Semin scored
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 6:45WSHDJ King: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 6:45TORColton Orr: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 19:05WSHAlexander Semin: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 4:33TORLuke Schenn: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P2 12:29WSHAlexander Semin: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 15:57WSHDavid Steckel: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P2 19:51TORLuke Schenn: Boarding2 min
  8. P3 6:28WSHEric Fehr: Tripping2 min · PPG
  9. P3 13:44TORBrett Lebda: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  10. OT 1:55TORClarke MacArthur: Slashing2 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.

TOR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WSH
47% to win53% to win
← TOR attackWSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Grabovski won the faceoff against Fleischmann
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORWSH
28Shots on goal30
3.4Expected goals3.0
56Shot attempts64
38Faceoffs won31
4Power plays4
13Penalty minutes13
19Hits19
20Blocked shots17
9Giveaways13
11Takeaways12

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.

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestMacArthur – Grabovski – Kulemin14:52

    xG 1.13–0.43 (73%)attempts 14–8goals 1–0

  2. Versteeg – Kessel – Bozak6:20

    xG 0.43–0.18 (70%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

  3. Orr – Brent – Brown3:23

    xG 0.17–0.02 (88%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Sjostrom – Mitchell – Bozak4:55

    xG 0.03–0.03 (46%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKaberle – Schenn13:07

    xG 1.13–0.43 (72%)attempts 14–13goals 0–0

  2. Beauchemin – Komisarek16:58

    xG 0.63–0.29 (69%)attempts 12–13goals 1–0

  3. Lebda – Gunnarsson6:22

    xG 0.27–0.10 (73%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestChimera – Gordon – Fehr9:05

    xG 0.20–0.03 (88%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Bradley – Steckel – King3:14

    xG 0.09–0.22 (30%)attempts 3–5goals 0–1

  3. Semin – Ovechkin – Backstrom11:19

    xG 0.43–0.56 (43%)attempts 12–10goals 0–1

  4. Knuble – Laich – Fleischmann9:30

    xG 0.42–0.57 (43%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Green14:37

    xG 0.66–0.53 (55%)attempts 19–13goals 1–2

  2. Alzner – Carlson15:37

    xG 0.47–0.49 (49%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  3. Erskine – Fahey9:28

    xG 0.20–0.24 (46%)attempts 4–6goals 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.

WSH 3.0 xGTOR 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 97/100 · #32 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.78 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 12% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +35 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 58% of the time.

WSH winsTOR wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+7

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