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Tue, Feb 22, 2011·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

New York Islanders 1, Toronto Maple Leafs 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 65% of the time.

TOR winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI0711309129
TOR1901115225

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:13TORClarke MacArthurAssists: Nikolay Kulemin · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 8:09NYIMatt MoulsonPPAssists: Andrew MacDonald · Backhand, 0.33 xG1–1
  3. P3 15:19TORPhil KesselGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–2
Penalties (16)
  1. P1 5:33TORCarl Gunnarsson: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 11:12TORKeith Aulie: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 14:15TORBrett Lebda: Interference2 min
  4. P1 17:53NYIJosh Bailey: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 8:02TORMike Komisarek: Holding2 min · PPG
  6. P2 11:20NYIZenon Konopka: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 13:19TORJoffrey Lupul: Too many men on the ice2 min
  8. P2 19:30TORMikhail Grabovski: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 4:10TORColby Armstrong: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  10. P3 4:10NYIMicheal Haley: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  11. P3 4:10NYIMicheal Haley: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 4:10TORMike Brown: Misconduct10 min
  13. P3 4:10NYITravis Hamonic: Misconduct10 min
  14. P3 0:00TORJay Rosehill: Misconduct10 min
  15. P3 0:00NYIZenon Konopka: Roughing2 min
  16. P3 0:00NYIZenon Konopka: Misconduct10 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYITOR
29Shots on goal25
2.4Expected goals1.7
52Shot attempts57
21Faceoffs won34
6Power plays3
30Penalty minutes34
28Hits28
18Blocked shots12
11Giveaways12
4Takeaways12

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.

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestNielsen – Okposo – Grabner6:19

    xG 0.31–0.08 (79%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1

  2. Comeau – Joensuu – Bailey10:11

    xG 0.51–0.36 (59%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  3. Konopka – Haley – Martin7:24

    xG 0.13–0.03 (81%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  4. Parenteau – Moulson – Tavares7:14

    xG 0.16–0.27 (37%)attempts 6–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGervais – Wishart2:49

    xG 0.24–0.03 (88%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Wishart – Hillen4:01

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  3. Gervais – Hillen8:24

    xG 0.40–0.31 (57%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. Sjostrom – Brent – Rosehill3:07

    xG 0.01–0.10 (13%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

  2. Armstrong – Boyce – Brown4:56

    xG 0.11–0.24 (32%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  3. MacArthur – Grabovski – Kulemin11:41

    xG 0.35–0.52 (40%)attempts 14–8goals 1–0

  4. Lupul – Kessel – Bozak9:05

    xG 0.16–0.34 (32%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGunnarsson – Schenn11:26

    xG 0.59–0.41 (59%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  2. Komisarek – Lebda6:07

    xG 0.14–0.07 (67%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

  3. Komisarek – Gunnarsson2:58

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 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.

TOR 1.7 xGNYI 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORNYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 40/100 · #702 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.37 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +39 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 65% of the time.

TOR winsNYI wins

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

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