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Thu, Mar 3, 2011·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Toronto Maple Leafs 3, Philadelphia Flyers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 51% of the time.

PHI winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR1911717333
PHI19111010230

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:49PHIKris VersteegAssists: Mike Richards, Chris Pronger · Slap, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 6:10TORNikolay KuleminAssists: Clarke MacArthur · Slap, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:07PHIKris VersteegAssists: Mike Richards, Matt Carle · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P2 19:49TORDion PhaneufAssists: Nikolay Kulemin, Mikhail Grabovski · Wrist, 0.32 xG2–2
  5. P3 15:30TORDarryl BoyceGWGAssists: Colby Armstrong, Dion Phaneuf · Wrap-around, 0.05 xG3–2
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 1:23PHIVille Leino: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 7:04TORCarl Gunnarsson: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 10:39PHIAndrej Meszaros: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 13:47PHIAndrej Meszaros: Cross checking2 min
  5. P1 17:26PHISean O'Donnell: Holding2 min
  6. P2 1:41TORKeith Aulie: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 1:41PHIScott Hartnell: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 8:31PHIAndrej Meszaros: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 17:56TORPhil Kessel: Tripping2 min
  10. P2 19:41PHINikolay Zherdev: Too many men on the ice2 min
  11. P3 2:00TORTyler Bozak: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  12. P3 10:17PHIVille Leino: Tripping2 min
  13. P3 0:00PHIScott Hartnell: Roughing2 min
  14. P3 0:00PHIScott Hartnell: 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.

TOR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
47% to win53% to win
← TOR attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Holmstrom won the faceoff against Boyce
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORPHI
33Shots on goal30
3.4Expected goals3.3
60Shot attempts60
34Faceoffs won31
7Power plays3
11Penalty minutes31
23Hits23
17Blocked shots18
7Giveaways9
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. bestArmstrong – Crabb – Boyce9:44

    xG 0.60–0.18 (77%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  2. MacArthur – Grabovski – Kulemin8:21

    xG 0.31–0.24 (57%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  3. Sjostrom – Brent – Brown5:45

    xG 0.32–0.36 (47%)attempts 6–6goals 0–1

  4. Lupul – Kessel – Bozak9:50

    xG 0.06–0.72 (7%)attempts 7–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestAulie – Schenn4:10

    xG 0.42–0.04 (91%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  2. Komisarek – Gunnarsson3:09

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Phaneuf – Lebda2:07

    xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestZherdev – Giroux – van Riemsdyk9:27

    xG 0.53–0.08 (87%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  2. Brière – Hartnell – Leino10:03

    xG 0.89–0.67 (57%)attempts 15–12goals 0–2

  3. Richards – Versteeg – Nodl5:02

    xG 0.25–0.26 (50%)attempts 7–2goals 1–0

  4. Shelley – Betts – Holmstrom2:57

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPronger – Carle8:05

    xG 1.28–0.00 (100%)attempts 19–1goals 1–0

  2. Coburn – Carle3:08

    xG 0.28–0.05 (86%)attempts 3–3goals 1–0

  3. Carle – Meszaros2:12

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 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.

PHI 3.3 xGTOR 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHITOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 59/100 · #476 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.79 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50PHI 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, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 51% of the time.

PHI winsTOR wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).