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Wed, Dec 8, 2010·CONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh

Toronto Maple Leafs 2, Pittsburgh Penguins 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 65% of the time.

PIT winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR0406215225
PIT11331112526

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:35PITSidney CrosbyAssists: Chris Kunitz, Matt Cooke · Backhand, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P2 11:38PITPascal DupuisSHAssists: Chris Kunitz · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P2 13:13PITMark LetestuGWGAssists: Tyler Kennedy, Chris Conner · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–3
  4. P2 14:46PITSidney CrosbyAssists: Chris Kunitz, Brooks Orpik · Snap, 0.07 xG0–4
  5. P3 4:36TORTyler BozakPPAssists: Phil Kessel, Kris Versteeg · Backhand, 0.39 xG1–4
  6. P3 8:38TORMikhail GrabovskiAssists: Tomas Kaberle, Nikolay Kulemin · Snap, 0.04 xG2–4
  7. P3 17:06PITMark LetestuAssists: Tyler Kennedy, Alex Goligoski · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–5
Penalties (24)
  1. P1 5:26TORPhil Kessel: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 6:13PITSidney Crosby: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 12:49PITArron Asham: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 15:47TORColton Orr: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 15:47PITDeryk Engelland: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 5:11TORColton Orr: Too many men on the ice2 min
  7. P2 10:25PITCraig Adams: Boarding2 min
  8. P2 16:03TORMike Komisarek: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 16:03PITArron Asham: Fighting5 min
  10. P2 16:47TORPhil Kessel: Slashing2 min
  11. P2 19:44TORKris Versteeg: Slashing2 min
  12. P2 19:44PITMarc-Andre Fleury: Slashing2 min
  13. P3 3:03PITMike Rupp: Fighting5 min · PPG
  14. P3 3:03PITMike Rupp: Boarding2 min
  15. P3 3:03TORMike Komisarek: Fighting5 min
  16. P3 3:03TORMike Komisarek: Roughing2 min
  17. P3 3:43TORJay Rosehill: Fighting5 min
  18. P3 3:43TORJay Rosehill: Charging2 min
  19. P3 3:43PITSidney Crosby: Cross checking2 min
  20. P3 3:43PITEric Godard: Misconduct10 min
  21. P3 3:43PITSidney Crosby: Roughing2 min
  22. P3 3:43PITEric Godard: Fighting5 min
  23. P3 3:43PITEric Godard: Instigator2 min
  24. P3 9:42PITMatt Cooke: Tripping2 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 SOG0PIT
47% to win53% to win
← TOR attackPIT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Crosby won the faceoff against Grabovski
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORPIT
25Shots on goal26
1.9Expected goals2.7
52Shot attempts57
20Faceoffs won44
6Power plays3
32Penalty minutes48
31Hits20
16Blocked shots18
4Giveaways5
2Takeaways6

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. bestArmstrong – Kessel – Bozak2:11

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Armstrong – Versteeg – Kessel7:08

    xG 0.19–0.13 (59%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  3. MacArthur – Grabovski – Kulemin8:50

    xG 0.23–0.23 (50%)attempts 8–7goals 1–1

  4. Orr – Brent – Rosehill2:03

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Kaberle – Schenn11:01

    xG 0.40–0.36 (52%)attempts 12–11goals 1–0

  2. Beauchemin – Komisarek2:14

    xG 0.14–0.19 (43%)attempts 3–3goals 0–1

  3. Gunnarsson – Schenn3:23

    xG 0.03–0.15 (16%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestKennedy – Conner – Letestu6:08

    xG 0.54–0.03 (95%)attempts 7–4goals 2–0

  2. Dupuis – Kunitz – Crosby7:32

    xG 0.36–0.12 (75%)attempts 10–4goals 1–0

  3. Asham – Cooke – Talbot6:22

    xG 0.05–0.04 (55%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Kunitz – Kennedy – Crosby2:20

    xG 0.00–0.18 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMartin – Michalek12:25

    xG 0.97–0.13 (88%)attempts 17–9goals 1–0

  2. Engelland – Goligoski9:37

    xG 0.60–0.12 (83%)attempts 11–6goals 1–1

  3. Orpik – Goligoski2:08

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 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.

PIT 2.7 xGTOR 1.9 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 62/100 · #439 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.74 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 65% of the time.

PIT winsTOR wins

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

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

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