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Sun, Feb 27, 2011·Philips Arena, Atlanta

Toronto Maple Leafs 2, Atlanta Thrashers 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Atlanta Thrashers win this game 84% of the time.

ATL winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
TOR212050601224
ATL01101122011343

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:09TORNikolay KuleminAssists: Mikhail Grabovski, Clarke MacArthur · Backhand, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:34TORPhil KesselUnassisted · Wrist, 0.42 xG2–0
  3. P3 0:23ATLAndrew LaddPPAssists: Blake Wheeler, Toby Enstrom · Snap, 0.51 xG2–1
  4. P3 15:24ATLTim StapletonAssists: Anthony Stewart, Zach Bogosian · Snap, 0.33 xG2–2
  5. OT 2:31ATLRon HainseyGWGAssists: Bryan Little, Johnny Oduya · Snap, 0.06 xG2–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 2:00TORTim Brent: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 17:08TORBrett Lebda: Interference2 min
  3. P1 19:35ATLChris Mason: Holding2 min
  4. P2 1:35ATLEvander Kane: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  5. P2 6:23ATLAndrew Ladd: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 14:00TORTim Brent: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 19:18TORKeith Aulie: High sticking2 min · PPG
  8. P3 5:15ATLNik Antropov: Charging2 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 20:00Thorburn won the faceoff against Boyce
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORATL
24Shots on goal43
2.7Expected goals5.4
41Shot attempts83
28Faceoffs won25
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
19Hits24
20Blocked shots11
5Giveaways4
9Takeaways13

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. bestSjostrom – Crabb – Brent6:07

    xG 0.19–0.12 (60%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  2. MacArthur – Grabovski – Kulemin9:57

    xG 0.52–0.54 (49%)attempts 8–13goals 1–0

  3. Armstrong – Boyce – Brown9:27

    xG 0.18–0.42 (30%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  4. Lupul – Kessel – Bozak8:49

    xG 0.89–1.51 (37%)attempts 8–16goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKomisarek – Lebda8:15

    xG 0.89–0.28 (76%)attempts 9–7goals 2–0

  2. Phaneuf – Aulie15:11

    xG 0.62–0.91 (41%)attempts 10–17goals 0–0

  3. Gunnarsson – Schenn13:04

    xG 0.11–1.25 (8%)attempts 4–22goals 0–1

Atlanta Thrashers

Forward lines

  1. bestLadd – Wheeler – Little12:53

    xG 1.23–0.20 (86%)attempts 20–4goals 0–0

  2. Stewart – Stapleton – Kane5:56

    xG 0.70–0.12 (85%)attempts 7–4goals 1–0

  3. Boulton – Stapleton – Machacek2:34

    xG 0.29–0.07 (81%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Modin – Thorburn – Bergfors2:14

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Bogosian11:31

    xG 1.72–0.04 (98%)attempts 24–4goals 1–0

  2. Oduya – Stuart9:49

    xG 0.37–0.29 (56%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  3. Enstrom – Byfuglien15:10

    xG 0.92–0.88 (51%)attempts 17–9goals 0–1

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 5.4 xGTOR 2.7 xG
0123456P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 72/100 · #303 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.74 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 7% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50ATL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +38 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Atlanta Thrashers win this game 84% of the time.

ATL winsTOR wins

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

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