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Fri, Jan 7, 2011·Philips Arena, Atlanta

Toronto Maple Leafs 9, Atlanta Thrashers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 70% of the time.

ATL winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR21661216934
ATL113011220344

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:36ATLToby EnstromAssists: Ben Eager · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:43TORKris VersteegAssists: Colby Armstrong, Carl Gunnarsson · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P1 15:08TORMikhail GrabovskiPPAssists: Phil Kessel, Tomas Kaberle · Wrist, 0.51 xG2–1
  4. P2 12:06TORColby ArmstrongAssists: Kris Versteeg, Francois Beauchemin · Wrist, 0.16 xG3–1
  5. P2 13:25TORNikolay KuleminGWGAssists: Mikhail Grabovski, Mike Komisarek · Wrist, 0.25 xG4–1
  6. P2 15:15TORMikhail GrabovskiAssists: Clarke MacArthur, Nikolay Kulemin · Wrist, 0.04 xG5–1
  7. P2 18:00TORNikolay KuleminPPAssists: Tomas Kaberle · Snap, 0.05 xG6–1
  8. P2 19:14TORClarke MacArthurPPAssists: Nikolay Kulemin, Tomas Kaberle · Wrist, 0.08 xG7–1
  9. P2 19:49TORClarke MacArthurPPAssists: Kris Versteeg, Tomas Kaberle · Tip-in, 0.11 xG8–1
  10. P3 1:32TORPhil KesselPPAssists: Francois Beauchemin, Tyler Bozak · Wrist, 0.20 xG9–1
  11. P3 14:09ATLPatrice CormierUnassisted · Wrist, 0.06 xG9–2
  12. P3 19:12ATLAndrew LaddAssists: Bryan Little, Niclas Bergfors · Wrist, 0.05 xG9–3
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 2:38ATLEric Boulton: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:38TORColton Orr: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 10:49TORMike Komisarek: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 13:52ATLBen Eager: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  5. P1 13:52ATLBen Eager: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 8:42TORMikhail Grabovski: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 17:05ATLDustin Byfuglien: Roughing2 min · PPG
  8. P2 17:05ATLBen Eager: Match penatly 10 minutes10 min · PPG
  9. P2 17:05TORDion Phaneuf: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 5:08TORJoey Crabb: High sticking double minor4 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 SOG0ATL
47% to win53% to win
← TOR attackATL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Boyce won the faceoff against Burmistrov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORATL
34Shots on goal44
3.8Expected goals2.6
49Shot attempts65
32Faceoffs won27
7Power plays4
15Penalty minutes21
19Hits19
13Blocked shots9
7Giveaways9
7Takeaways19

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. bestMacArthur – Grabovski – Kulemin9:04

    xG 1.17–0.17 (87%)attempts 12–10goals 2–0

  2. Armstrong – Boyce – Versteeg7:04

    xG 0.22–0.11 (65%)attempts 4–6goals 2–0

  3. Crabb – Kessel – Bozak8:31

    xG 0.45–0.48 (48%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKomisarek – Gunnarsson9:51

    xG 1.19–0.24 (83%)attempts 11–7goals 2–0

  2. Beauchemin – Phaneuf7:59

    xG 0.34–0.05 (86%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  3. Kaberle – Schenn10:50

    xG 0.21–0.39 (36%)attempts 11–17goals 1–0

Atlanta Thrashers

Forward lines

  1. bestThorburn – Eager – Cormier5:47

    xG 0.39–0.27 (59%)attempts 7–3goals 1–0

  2. Boulton – Antropov – Burmistrov4:02

    xG 0.10–0.05 (65%)attempts 4–3goals 0–1

  3. Ladd – Bergfors – Little7:37

    xG 0.25–0.26 (48%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  4. Modin – Stewart – Peverley4:19

    xG 0.05–0.15 (25%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Sopel – Hainsey12:40

    xG 0.20–0.18 (53%)attempts 12–7goals 1–1

  2. Enstrom – Byfuglien14:10

    xG 0.47–0.58 (45%)attempts 19–7goals 2–1

  3. Oduya – Bogosian12:25

    xG 0.25–1.38 (15%)attempts 9–15goals 0–2

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.

ATL 2.6 xGTOR 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ATLTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 68/100 · #366 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.93 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 33% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50ATL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 70% of the time.

ATL winsTOR wins

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

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

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