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Sat, Nov 13, 2010·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Vancouver Canucks 5, Toronto Maple Leafs 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 54% of the time.

TOR winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN2911726532
TOR2917016332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:12TORFredrik SjostromAssists: Francois Beauchemin, Kris Versteeg · Tip-in, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:39TORPhil KesselPPAssists: Clarke MacArthur, Mikhail Grabovski · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P1 9:39VANDaniel SedinPPAssists: Alexander Edler, Henrik Sedin · Wrist, 0.32 xG1–2
  4. P1 17:01VANRyan KeslerAssists: Mikael Samuelsson, Mason Raymond · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P2 0:56VANRyan KeslerPPAssists: Christian Ehrhoff · Slap, 0.02 xG3–2
  6. P2 11:44TORMikhail GrabovskiAssists: Luke Schenn, Francois Beauchemin · Slap, 0.06 xG3–3
  7. P3 13:36VANMason RaymondGWGAssists: Mikael Samuelsson, Alexander Edler · Slap, 0.03 xG4–3
  8. P3 19:10VANDan HamhuisENAssists: Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin · Wrist, 0.48 xG5–3
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 7:27VANRick Rypien: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  2. P1 9:09TORJohn Mitchell: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 14:00VANDan Hamhuis: Holding2 min
  4. P2 0:53TORMikhail Grabovski: High sticking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 1:35VANHenrik Sedin: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 4:56TORJohn Mitchell: Boarding2 min
  7. P2 6:44TORPhil Kessel: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 7:22VANHenrik Sedin: Slashing2 min
  9. P2 9:57TORMike Brown: Fighting5 min
  10. P2 9:57VANTanner Glass: Fighting5 min
  11. P3 19:49VANManny Malhotra: Hooking2 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANTOR
32Shots on goal32
3.2Expected goals3.5
59Shot attempts60
35Faceoffs won34
4Power plays5
15Penalty minutes13
18Hits15
12Blocked shots12
10Giveaways12
6Takeaways5

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSamuelsson – Kesler – Raymond11:41

    xG 0.98–0.39 (72%)attempts 17–11goals 2–0

  2. Glass – Rypien – Bliznak4:12

    xG 0.09–0.07 (57%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Sedin – Sedin – Burrows12:52

    xG 0.35–0.43 (45%)attempts 14–12goals 0–1

  4. Malhotra – Torres – Hansen10:45

    xG 0.37–0.78 (32%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Rome14:35

    xG 0.86–0.62 (58%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  2. Ehrhoff – Alberts11:53

    xG 0.29–0.23 (55%)attempts 11–9goals 0–1

  3. Hamhuis – Bieksa2:43

    xG 0.09–0.24 (28%)attempts 1–3goals 1–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestKulemin – Bozak – Kadri11:52

    xG 0.70–0.12 (86%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  2. Orr – Mitchell – Brown4:48

    xG 0.08–0.13 (40%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Sjostrom – Brent – Versteeg11:51

    xG 0.26–0.36 (42%)attempts 12–13goals 0–1

  4. MacArthur – Grabovski – Kessel12:34

    xG 0.67–0.83 (45%)attempts 14–16goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKaberle – Schenn16:03

    xG 0.72–0.43 (63%)attempts 16–10goals 0–1

  2. Beauchemin – Schenn2:18

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 2–0

  3. Beauchemin – Komisarek12:34

    xG 0.30–0.11 (72%)attempts 10–8goals 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 3.5 xGVAN 3.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 80/100 · #221 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.77 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 19% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +37 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 54% of the time.

TOR winsVAN wins

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

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