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Sat, Mar 5, 2011·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Chicago Blackhawks 5, Toronto Maple Leafs 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 61% of the time.

TOR winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI3921006525
TOR07113213333

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:10CHIMarian HossaUnassisted · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P1 4:13CHIMichael FrolikAssists: Troy Brouwer, Jake Dowell · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P1 15:37CHIJonathan ToewsAssists: Patrick Kane, Marian Hossa · Snap, 0.05 xG3–0
  4. P2 7:28TORJoffrey LupulUnassisted · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–1
  5. P2 11:51CHIViktor StalbergGWGAssists: Tomas Kopecky, Ryan Johnson · Wrist, 0.03 xG4–1
  6. P2 17:57CHIBryan BickellAssists: Dave Bolland, Brent Seabrook · Snap, 0.34 xG5–1
  7. P3 4:26TORJoey CrabbAssists: Luke Schenn · Wrist, 0.14 xG5–2
  8. P3 19:03TORLuke SchennUnassisted · Slap, 0.02 xG5–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 9:35TORJoffrey Lupul: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 9:45TORTim Brent: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P1 13:01CHIBrian Campbell: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P1 18:17TORKeith Aulie: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 3:01CHITomas Kopecky: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P3 0:36CHINick Leddy: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P3 11:30CHIViktor Stalberg: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  8. P3 13:40CHIMarian Hossa: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 14:18TORColby Armstrong: Interference2 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHITOR
25Shots on goal33
2.4Expected goals3.0
45Shot attempts65
29Faceoffs won36
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
28Hits37
19Blocked shots11
7Giveaways16
3Takeaways9

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestJohnson – Kopecky – Stalberg6:41

    xG 0.35–0.18 (66%)attempts 4–6goals 1–1

  2. Hossa – Bolland – Bickell9:07

    xG 0.24–0.13 (65%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

  3. Dowell – Brouwer – Frolik9:25

    xG 0.26–0.32 (45%)attempts 9–8goals 1–1

  4. Sharp – Toews – Kane10:53

    xG 0.47–0.75 (38%)attempts 13–16goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeabrook – Hjalmarsson10:23

    xG 0.45–0.18 (72%)attempts 6–8goals 1–1

  2. Seabrook – Leddy2:15

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Keith – Leddy9:57

    xG 0.25–0.33 (44%)attempts 5–12goals 2–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestLupul – Kessel – Bozak6:09

    xG 0.65–0.14 (82%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  2. Sjostrom – Brent – Brown7:22

    xG 0.19–0.12 (62%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  3. Lupul – Boyce – Kessel3:33

    xG 0.14–0.14 (51%)attempts 3–5goals 1–2

  4. Lupul – Brent – Kessel2:22

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 3–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLebda – Schenn5:21

    xG 0.88–0.01 (99%)attempts 10–1goals 1–0

  2. Phaneuf – Aulie14:08

    xG 0.70–0.25 (74%)attempts 19–13goals 0–1

  3. Phaneuf – Gunnarsson3:06

    xG 0.00–0.16 (0%)attempts 3–6goals 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 3.0 xGCHI 2.4 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORCHI

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 CHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 68/100 · #367 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.72 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 61% of the time.

TOR winsCHI wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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