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Mon, Feb 7, 2011·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Atlanta Thrashers 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 60% of the time.

TOR winsATL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ATL2181719434
TOR011310211532

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:39ATLEvander KanePPAssists: Bryan Little, Zach Bogosian · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P1 16:14ATLDustin ByfuglienPPAssists: Zach Bogosian, Rich Peverley · Slap, 0.07 xG2–0
  3. P2 1:21TORDion PhaneufAssists: Mikhail Grabovski, Nikolay Kulemin · Slap, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P2 4:06TORMikhail GrabovskiAssists: Clarke MacArthur, Tomas Kaberle · Snap, 0.14 xG2–2
  5. P2 4:45ATLNik AntropovAssists: Anthony Stewart · Snap, 0.39 xG3–2
  6. P2 15:37TORClarke MacArthurAssists: Tomas Kaberle, Kris Versteeg · Deflected, 0.03 xG3–3
  7. P3 4:17TORNikolay KuleminUnassisted · Backhand, 0.09 xG3–4
  8. P3 9:28TORTim BrentGWGAssists: Joey Crabb, Colby Armstrong · Snap, 0.16 xG3–5
  9. P3 11:01ATLAndrew LaddAssists: Rich Peverley, Bryan Little · Snap, 0.18 xG4–5
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 1:04TORPhil Kessel: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 9:34TORMike Komisarek: Interference2 min
  3. P1 10:29ATLAndrew Ladd: Cross checking2 min
  4. P1 12:57TORKris Versteeg: Slashing2 min
  5. P1 14:18TORDion Phaneuf: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  6. P1 15:54TORTyler Bozak: Hooking2 min
  7. P1 18:58TORMike Komisarek: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 2:03ATLTim Stapleton: Hooking2 min
  9. P2 2:07ATLChris Thorburn: Delaying game2 min
  10. P2 10:20TORMikhail Grabovski: Tripping2 min
  11. P3 19:22ATLRich Peverley: Hooking2 min
  12. P3 0:00ATLDustin Byfuglien: Cross checking2 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.

ATL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ATLTOR
34Shots on goal32
2.5Expected goals3.1
63Shot attempts70
28Faceoffs won34
7Power plays4
10Penalty minutes14
24Hits26
22Blocked shots13
10Giveaways15
5Takeaways10

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. bestAntropov – Stewart – Kane8:50

    xG 0.54–0.28 (66%)attempts 7–10goals 1–0

  2. Ladd – Bergfors – Little6:00

    xG 0.16–0.04 (80%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Ladd – Peverley – Little3:39

    xG 0.30–0.23 (56%)attempts 4–4goals 1–0

  4. Thorburn – Bergfors – Burmistrov2:09

    xG 0.02–0.04 (37%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOduya – Byfuglien14:35

    xG 0.59–0.31 (65%)attempts 19–18goals 0–2

  2. Hainsey – Bogosian12:38

    xG 0.35–0.51 (41%)attempts 8–16goals 1–0

  3. Sopel – Kulda7:06

    xG 0.12–0.52 (19%)attempts 6–12goals 0–2

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestArmstrong – Crabb – Brent2:44

    xG 0.16–0.02 (91%)attempts 1–1goals 1–0

  2. Grabovski – Kessel – Kulemin9:50

    xG 0.48–0.37 (56%)attempts 10–11goals 2–0

  3. Sjostrom – Brent – Rosehill2:06

    xG 0.20–0.10 (66%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Armstrong – Crabb – Boyce2:19

    xG 0.00–0.02 (10%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKaberle – Schenn14:14

    xG 0.59–0.17 (78%)attempts 21–12goals 1–0

  2. Phaneuf – Schenn2:01

    xG 0.17–0.08 (68%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

  3. Beauchemin – Schenn2:32

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 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 3.1 xGATL 2.5 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 94/100 · #57 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.26 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 14% (winner's lowest chance)
ATL 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 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 60% of the time.

TOR winsATL wins

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

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