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Mon, Jan 10, 2011·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Toronto Maple Leafs 3, Los Angeles Kings 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 57% of the time.

LAK winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR05212111328
LAK1817017232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:18LAKWayne SimmondsAssists: Rob Scuderi, Jarret Stoll · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P2 2:27TORDarryl BoyceAssists: Colby Armstrong, Kris Versteeg · Snap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 3:01TORPhil KesselAssists: Joey Crabb, Tyler Bozak · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P2 14:53LAKMichal HandzusAssists: Alec Martinez, Ryan Smyth · Tip-in, 0.17 xG2–2
  5. P3 4:58TORNikolay KuleminGWGAssists: Mikhail Grabovski, Clarke MacArthur · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 6:02TORMike Komisarek: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 18:11TORMikhail Grabovski: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 2:44TORTim Brent: Kneeing2 min
  4. P3 2:44TORTim Brent: Fighting5 min
  5. P3 2:44LAKMarco Sturm: Instigator2 min
  6. P3 2:44LAKMarco Sturm: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 2:44LAKMarco Sturm: Misconduct10 min
  8. P3 6:07LAKJarret Stoll: Cross checking2 min
  9. P3 18:18TORDion Phaneuf: Slashing2 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 SOG0LAK
47% to win53% to win
← TOR attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Handzus won the faceoff against Boyce
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORLAK
28Shots on goal32
2.5Expected goals3.0
42Shot attempts65
27Faceoffs won29
1Power plays3
13Penalty minutes19
45Hits26
17Blocked shots6
13Giveaways9
5Takeaways5

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 – Kulemin13:06

    xG 0.90–0.33 (73%)attempts 12–12goals 1–0

  2. Orr – Sjostrom – Brent4:12

    xG 0.34–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  3. Crabb – Kessel – Bozak13:40

    xG 0.67–0.83 (45%)attempts 10–19goals 1–1

  4. Armstrong – Boyce – Versteeg11:26

    xG 0.24–0.75 (25%)attempts 4–11goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKaberle – Schenn17:54

    xG 1.34–0.64 (68%)attempts 17–18goals 0–0

  2. Beauchemin – Phaneuf18:04

    xG 0.61–0.53 (53%)attempts 13–13goals 2–1

  3. Beauchemin – Komisarek2:38

    xG 0.05–0.31 (13%)attempts 1–7goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestSmyth – Handzus – Williams12:53

    xG 0.52–0.10 (83%)attempts 13–3goals 1–1

  2. Sturm – Stoll – Simmonds7:35

    xG 0.70–0.33 (68%)attempts 10–4goals 1–1

  3. Ponikarovsky – Brown – Kopitar9:26

    xG 0.26–0.33 (44%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  4. Brown – Kopitar – Clifford6:40

    xG 0.23–0.42 (36%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestScuderi – Doughty14:21

    xG 0.89–0.63 (59%)attempts 20–9goals 1–1

  2. Greene – Martinez8:43

    xG 0.50–0.26 (66%)attempts 6–3goals 1–1

  3. Martinez – Doughty3:04

    xG 0.03–0.00 (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.

LAK 3.0 xGTOR 2.5 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

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Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 48/100 · #601 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.53 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 57% of the time.

LAK winsTOR wins

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

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