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Mon, Nov 22, 2010·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Dallas Stars 1, Toronto Maple Leafs 4

Expected result

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

TOR winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL061907122
TOR1721019426

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:52TORNikolay KuleminAssists: Mikhail Grabovski, Luke Schenn · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P2 14:05TORNikolay KuleminGWGAssists: Mikhail Grabovski, Clarke MacArthur · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P2 15:31DALBrad RichardsAssists: Steve Ott, Loui Eriksson · Snap, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P2 17:07TORTyler BozakAssists: Nazem Kadri, Kris Versteeg · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:49TORKris VersteegENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.55 xG1–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 2:26TORColton Orr: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:26DALKrys Barch: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 8:24DALJames Neal: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 17:16TORColton Orr: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 10:11TORNazem Kadri: 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALTOR
22Shots on goal26
1.8Expected goals2.1
67Shot attempts58
28Faceoffs won33
2Power plays1
7Penalty minutes9
29Hits21
18Blocked shots27
16Giveaways12
4Takeaways7

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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. Barch – Petersen – Ott4:29

    xG 0.09–0.06 (61%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  2. Richards – Ott – Eriksson2:57

    xG 0.11–0.10 (52%)attempts 2–3goals 1–1

  3. Richards – Eriksson – Neal13:19

    xG 0.25–0.27 (48%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  4. Morrow – Ribeiro – Burish2:11

    xG 0.05–0.08 (39%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFistric – Niskanen2:43

    xG 0.19–0.01 (93%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0

  2. Daley – Fistric5:21

    xG 0.18–0.06 (74%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Robidas – Niskanen6:14

    xG 0.27–0.17 (62%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestMacArthur – Grabovski – Kulemin14:12

    xG 0.80–0.21 (80%)attempts 20–17goals 2–0

  2. Kessel – Bozak – Kadri11:37

    xG 0.43–0.33 (57%)attempts 19–11goals 0–1

  3. Orr – Mitchell – Brown4:10

    xG 0.02–0.11 (18%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Sjostrom – Brent – Versteeg14:46

    xG 0.12–0.25 (33%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKaberle – Schenn17:19

    xG 0.75–0.50 (60%)attempts 24–20goals 1–0

  2. Beauchemin – Schenn2:19

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 1–0

  3. Aulie – Gunnarsson6:40

    xG 0.34–0.22 (61%)attempts 6–6goals 1–0

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 2.1 xGDAL 1.8 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORDAL

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 DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 28/100 · #843 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.95 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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.

TOR winsDAL wins

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

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