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Thu, Dec 2, 2010·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Edmonton Oilers 5, Toronto Maple Leafs 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 52% of the time.

TOR winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM142827519
TOR012011010033

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:10EDMJordan EberleGWGAssists: Ryan Whitney · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P2 6:24EDMTaylor HallAssists: Jordan Eberle · Backhand, 0.03 xG2–0
  3. P2 19:57EDMSam GagnerAssists: Magnus Paajarvi, Ryan Jones · Snap, 0.51 xG3–0
  4. P3 16:55EDMTaylor HallAssists: Shawn Horcoff, Jordan Eberle · Snap, 0.16 xG4–0
  5. P3 17:29EDMRyan JonesAssists: Ryan Whitney, Jim Vandermeer · Backhand, 0.14 xG5–0
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 9:31EDMSteve MacIntyre: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 9:31TORColton Orr: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 10:09EDMTom Gilbert: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 13:50EDMRyan Whitney: Holding2 min
  5. P2 11:29EDMAndrew Cogliano: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 14:44TORLuke Schenn: Holding2 min
  7. P3 5:23EDMTheo Peckham: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 7:39TORJoey Crabb: Holding2 min
  9. P3 10:07EDMRyan Jones: High sticking2 min
  10. P3 11:41TORNazem Kadri: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 19:35TORMike Komisarek: Cross checking2 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMTOR
19Shots on goal33
1.9Expected goals1.8
39Shot attempts63
19Faceoffs won30
4Power plays5
15Penalty minutes13
23Hits22
21Blocked shots15
6Giveaways14
6Takeaways10

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestJones – Gagner – Paajarvi9:52

    xG 0.69–0.39 (64%)attempts 5–11goals 2–0

  2. Horcoff – Eberle – Hall13:12

    xG 0.45–0.29 (60%)attempts 11–15goals 3–0

  3. Penner – Brule – Cogliano9:49

    xG 0.10–0.15 (41%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  4. Fraser – Stortini – MacIntyre2:44

    xG 0.02–0.11 (17%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGilbert – Peckham14:34

    xG 0.53–0.36 (60%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

  2. Foster – Smid10:37

    xG 0.23–0.26 (47%)attempts 6–9goals 1–0

  3. Vandermeer – Whitney13:05

    xG 0.28–0.36 (44%)attempts 8–18goals 3–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestSjostrom – Versteeg – Bozak4:48

    xG 0.29–0.03 (92%)attempts 9–2goals 0–1

  2. MacArthur – Kessel – Kadri7:09

    xG 0.20–0.17 (53%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Crabb – Grabovski – Kulemin5:26

    xG 0.08–0.07 (54%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  4. Sjostrom – Crabb – Versteeg2:37

    xG 0.03–0.03 (46%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLebda – Gunnarsson6:30

    xG 0.29–0.09 (75%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  2. Beauchemin – Komisarek10:41

    xG 0.23–0.10 (71%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  3. Lebda – Schenn2:24

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 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 1.8 xGEDM 1.9 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TOREDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 5/100 · #1147 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.61 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 52% of the time.

TOR winsEDM wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).