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Mon, Dec 20, 2010·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Atlanta Thrashers 6, Toronto Maple Leafs 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 51% of the time.

TOR winsATL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ATL281837623
TOR013111216340

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:24ATLFreddy ModinAssists: Ron Hainsey, Jim Slater · Tip-in, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P1 2:52ATLToby EnstromPPAssists: Dustin Byfuglien · Slap, 0.05 xG2–0
  3. P2 14:22TORJohn MitchellPPAssists: Phil Kessel, Tomas Kaberle · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P2 19:04ATLFreddy ModinAssists: Toby Enstrom, Dustin Byfuglien · Tip-in, 0.17 xG3–1
  5. P3 3:04ATLAnthony StewartGWGAssists: Bryan Little · Snap, 0.11 xG4–1
  6. P3 4:19ATLToby EnstromAssists: Bryan Little, Anthony Stewart · Snap, 0.03 xG5–1
  7. P3 12:55TORMikhail GrabovskiPPAssists: Clarke MacArthur, Tomas Kaberle · Wrist, 0.04 xG5–2
  8. P3 13:10TORNikolay KuleminPPAssists: Kris Versteeg, Mikhail Grabovski · Wrist, 0.21 xG5–3
  9. P3 19:35ATLAndrew LaddENAssists: Chris Thorburn, Toby Enstrom · Wrist, 0.63 xG6–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 2:45TORColton Orr: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P2 6:34ATLJim Slater: Boarding2 min
  3. P2 13:07ATLDustin Byfuglien: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 16:32ATLEvander Kane: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 12:46ATLToby Enstrom: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG

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.

ATL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ATLTOR
23Shots on goal40
2.7Expected goals2.9
51Shot attempts91
29Faceoffs won27
1Power plays5
10Penalty minutes2
13Hits22
33Blocked shots13
20Giveaways8
5Takeaways8

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.

Atlanta Thrashers

Forward lines

  1. bestStewart – Little – Kane12:23

    xG 0.50–0.36 (58%)attempts 9–18goals 2–0

  2. Antropov – Ladd – Peverley13:54

    xG 0.36–0.35 (51%)attempts 12–22goals 0–0

  3. Modin – Stapleton – Burmistrov9:38

    xG 0.28–0.27 (51%)attempts 7–16goals 1–0

  4. Boulton – Thorburn – Slater7:59

    xG 0.27–0.32 (46%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOduya – Bogosian13:43

    xG 0.49–0.26 (65%)attempts 13–18goals 1–0

  2. Sopel – Hainsey11:10

    xG 0.34–0.25 (58%)attempts 12–12goals 1–0

  3. Hainsey – Byfuglien2:24

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestVersteeg – Kessel – Bozak15:02

    xG 0.65–0.57 (53%)attempts 27–13goals 0–1

  2. MacArthur – Grabovski – Kulemin12:45

    xG 0.34–0.34 (50%)attempts 19–13goals 0–0

  3. Sjostrom – Armstrong – Brent8:52

    xG 0.35–0.70 (33%)attempts 10–10goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestBeauchemin – Phaneuf14:25

    xG 0.70–0.64 (52%)attempts 21–13goals 0–1

  2. Kaberle – Schenn12:39

    xG 0.38–0.34 (52%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

  3. Komisarek – Gunnarsson8:50

    xG 0.23–0.24 (49%)attempts 17–8goals 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 2.9 xGATL 2.7 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORATL

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 ATL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 76/100 · #263 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.88 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
ATL 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, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 51% of the time.

TOR winsATL wins

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

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