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Tue, Mar 8, 2011·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

Toronto Maple Leafs 3, New York Islanders 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 59% of the time.

NYI winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
TOR09291801327
NYI01121411213440

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:15NYIZenon KonopkaAssists: Milan Jurcina, Justin DiBenedetto · Tip-in, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P2 2:49TORKeith AulieAssists: Jay Rosehill, Tim Brent · Snap, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:17NYIFrans NielsenAssists: Kyle Okposo, Andrew MacDonald · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P2 18:44TORTim BrentAssists: Colby Armstrong · Snap, 0.32 xG2–2
  5. P3 8:40NYIMichael GrabnerAssists: Blake Comeau, Josh Bailey · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–3
  6. P3 9:48TORNikolay KuleminAssists: Mikhail Grabovski, Phil Kessel · Wrist, 0.14 xG3–3
  7. OT 4:02NYIBlake ComeauGWGAssists: Radek Martinek, Frans Nielsen · Tip-in, 0.12 xG3–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 2:54TORMike Brown: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 2:54NYIMicheal Haley: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 8:35TORMikhail Grabovski: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 10:38NYIMichael Grabner: Hooking2 min
  5. P1 12:37NYIJohn Tavares: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P2 14:00NYIMicheal Haley: Roughing2 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 SOG0NYI
47% to win53% to win
← TOR attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Boyce won the faceoff against Bailey
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORNYI
27Shots on goal40
2.9Expected goals3.5
55Shot attempts66
29Faceoffs won39
3Power plays1
4Penalty minutes8
20Hits30
14Blocked shots17
6Giveaways7
13Takeaways24

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. bestLupul – Kessel – Bozak5:50

    xG 0.37–0.22 (63%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  2. Armstrong – Crabb – Boyce8:04

    xG 0.19–0.05 (78%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Lupul – MacArthur – Bozak7:22

    xG 0.11–0.06 (66%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  4. Grabovski – Kessel – Kulemin6:49

    xG 0.38–0.46 (45%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGunnarsson – Schenn16:02

    xG 1.03–0.54 (66%)attempts 16–13goals 1–0

  2. Aulie – Schenn2:41

    xG 0.33–0.12 (73%)attempts 4–3goals 1–0

  3. Komisarek – Gunnarsson2:44

    xG 0.10–0.04 (72%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestParenteau – Moulson – Tavares12:07

    xG 0.78–0.38 (67%)attempts 15–8goals 0–1

  2. Nielsen – Okposo – Grabner10:36

    xG 0.52–0.34 (61%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  3. Comeau – Bailey – Martin15:18

    xG 0.58–0.43 (57%)attempts 17–16goals 0–0

  4. Konopka – Haley – DiBenedetto5:42

    xG 0.31–0.44 (41%)attempts 7–6goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMacDonald – Hamonic18:27

    xG 1.48–0.48 (75%)attempts 26–9goals 2–0

  2. Martinek – Hillen16:30

    xG 0.94–0.63 (60%)attempts 19–16goals 0–1

  3. Jurcina – Gervais12:39

    xG 0.37–1.02 (27%)attempts 11–13goals 1–2

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.

NYI 3.5 xGTOR 2.9 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYITOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 85/100 · #170 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.23 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +33 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 59% of the time.

NYI winsTOR wins

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

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