Skip to content
Ice Lab

Tue, Jan 11, 2011·HP Pavilion at San Jose, San Jose

Toronto Maple Leafs 4, San Jose Sharks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 70% of the time.

SJS winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR0801246426
SJS11302118242

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:12SJSPatrick MarleauAssists: Joe Thornton, Jason Demers · Slap, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P3 3:27TORPhil KesselAssists: Tyler Bozak, Joey Crabb · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P3 7:30TORClarke MacArthurPPAssists: Tomas Kaberle, Nikolay Kulemin · Backhand, 0.14 xG2–1
  4. P3 8:35SJSPatrick MarleauAssists: Joe Thornton · Wrist, 0.39 xG2–2
  5. P3 10:10TORCarl GunnarssonGWGAssists: Dion Phaneuf, Colby Armstrong · Tip-in, 0.17 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:21TORClarke MacArthurENAssists: Mikhail Grabovski, Nikolay Kulemin · Backhand, 0.69 xG4–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P2 1:54SJSScott Nichol: Holding2 min
  2. P2 9:25TORColton Orr: Kneeing2 min
  3. P2 11:15TORDion Phaneuf: Holding2 min
  4. P2 11:48SJSDan Boyle: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 12:28TORPhil Kessel: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 15:46TORFrancois Beauchemin: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 17:15SJSDany Heatley: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 7:12SJSNiclas Wallin: Interference2 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.

TOR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0SJS
47% to win53% to win
← TOR attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Mitchell won the faceoff against Boyce
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORSJS
26Shots on goal42
2.8Expected goals4.0
44Shot attempts73
33Faceoffs won30
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
21Hits20
8Blocked shots12
6Giveaways15
6Takeaways11

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. bestCrabb – Kessel – Bozak12:53

    xG 0.64–0.39 (62%)attempts 9–12goals 1–0

  2. MacArthur – Grabovski – Kulemin12:33

    xG 0.37–0.33 (52%)attempts 11–14goals 0–0

  3. Orr – Sjostrom – Brent2:59

    xG 0.02–0.29 (6%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

  4. Armstrong – Boyce – Versteeg12:30

    xG 0.31–1.27 (19%)attempts 4–15goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. Komisarek – Gunnarsson10:04

    xG 0.27–0.55 (33%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  2. Kaberle – Schenn14:24

    xG 0.30–0.63 (32%)attempts 7–15goals 1–1

  3. Beauchemin – Phaneuf18:17

    xG 0.20–1.41 (12%)attempts 6–26goals 0–1

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestThornton – Marleau – Setoguchi12:50

    xG 1.45–0.19 (89%)attempts 25–2goals 2–1

  2. Heatley – Clowe – Couture7:54

    xG 0.33–0.12 (73%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Mayers – Nichol – Ferriero2:17

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  4. Mayers – Mitchell – Ferriero3:21

    xG 0.00–0.11 (0%)attempts 0–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHuskins – Wallin8:45

    xG 0.79–0.05 (94%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  2. Murray – Braun2:44

    xG 0.21–0.03 (86%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Wallin – Braun4:51

    xG 0.23–0.09 (72%)attempts 3–3goals 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.

SJS 4.0 xGTOR 2.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 66/100 · #402 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.86 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 22% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +34 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 70% of the time.

SJS winsTOR wins

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

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

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