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Sat, Dec 18, 2010·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Toronto Maple Leafs 1, Vancouver Canucks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 67% of the time.

VAN winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR01106111128
VAN1919211429

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:53VANAlexandre BurrowsAssists: Kevin Bieksa, Daniel Sedin · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P2 17:54VANJannik HansenGWGAssists: Ryan Kesler, Jeff Tambellini · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–2
  3. P3 8:14TORMikhail GrabovskiAssists: Clarke MacArthur, Nikolay Kulemin · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P3 14:57VANChristian EhrhoffAssists: Jannik Hansen, Alexander Edler · Deflected, 0.18 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:29VANHenrik SedinENAssists: Alexandre Burrows, Kevin Bieksa · Backhand, 0.69 xG1–4
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 4:00TORTim Brent: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P1 10:38VANAlexander Edler: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P1 11:49VANDan Hamhuis: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P1 12:58VANKeith Ballard: Cross checking2 min
  5. P1 12:58TORNikolay Kulemin: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  6. P1 15:15TORMike Komisarek: Interference2 min
  7. P2 5:29VANAndrew Alberts: Boarding2 min
  8. P2 11:33TORKris Versteeg: Slashing2 min
  9. P2 11:33TORKris Versteeg: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  10. P3 3:00TORMike Komisarek: Interference2 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 SOG0VAN
47% to win53% to win
← TOR attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sedin won the faceoff against Grabovski
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORVAN
28Shots on goal29
2.0Expected goals3.0
50Shot attempts55
22Faceoffs won41
3Power plays5
12Penalty minutes8
33Hits28
14Blocked shots11
6Giveaways1
4Takeaways8

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. bestVersteeg – Kessel – Bozak11:43

    xG 0.64–0.18 (78%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  2. Sjostrom – Armstrong – Brent6:58

    xG 0.27–0.17 (61%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Orr – Mitchell – Rosehill2:07

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

  4. MacArthur – Grabovski – Kulemin12:23

    xG 0.37–0.66 (36%)attempts 8–12goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestBeauchemin – Phaneuf14:55

    xG 1.00–0.46 (68%)attempts 17–12goals 1–0

  2. Komisarek – Gunnarsson8:21

    xG 0.34–0.04 (89%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  3. Beauchemin – Gunnarsson2:37

    xG 0.03–0.08 (28%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestKesler – Tambellini – Hansen4:14

    xG 0.35–0.14 (72%)attempts 3–4goals 2–0

  2. Samuelsson – Kesler – Tambellini4:38

    xG 0.18–0.05 (79%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Sedin – Sedin – Burrows12:37

    xG 0.59–0.52 (53%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  4. Bolduc – Glass – Volpatti2:26

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEhrhoff – Edler9:44

    xG 0.48–0.40 (55%)attempts 8–12goals 1–1

  2. Alberts – Ballard6:53

    xG 0.13–0.18 (41%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Hamhuis – Bieksa13:13

    xG 0.59–0.68 (46%)attempts 15–11goals 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.

VAN 3.0 xGTOR 2.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 29/100 · #831 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.99 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50VAN 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, Vancouver Canucks win this game 67% of the time.

VAN winsTOR wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).