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Thu, Nov 3, 2011·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Columbus Blue Jackets 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 87% of the time.

CBJ winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR2421004418
CBJ011114014139

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:09TORJoey CrabbAssists: Joffrey Lupul, Jake Gardiner · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:45TORClarke MacArthurGWGAssists: Nikolay Kulemin, Mikhail Grabovski · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–0
  3. P2 0:50TORJohn-Michael LilesAssists: Joffrey Lupul, Phil Kessel · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–0
  4. P2 5:31TORClarke MacArthurUnassisted · Slap, 0.05 xG4–0
  5. P2 11:20CBJRyan JohansenAssists: Antoine Vermette, Matt Calvert · Tip-in, 0.52 xG4–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 2:56TORDion Phaneuf: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 9:35TORDion Phaneuf: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 12:56CBJFedor Tyutin: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 5:31CBJAlexandre Giroux: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 12:18TORMike Komisarek: Interference2 min
  6. P3 2:19TORJoffrey Lupul: Tripping2 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 SOG0CBJ
45% to win55% to win
← TOR attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Connolly won the faceoff against Pahlsson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORCBJ
18Shots on goal39
1.3Expected goals3.6
33Shot attempts70
21Faceoffs won30
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
12Hits28
18Blocked shots9
1Giveaways2
4Takeaways9

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. bestSteckel – Dupuis – Brown9:05

    xG 0.17–0.04 (80%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  2. MacArthur – Grabovski – Kulemin11:09

    xG 0.26–0.35 (43%)attempts 8–13goals 2–0

  3. Connolly – Lupul – Kessel10:48

    xG 0.11–0.41 (21%)attempts 5–11goals 1–0

  4. Lombardi – Crabb – Bozak8:15

    xG 0.48–1.26 (27%)attempts 6–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Liles – Komisarek14:20

    xG 0.34–0.32 (51%)attempts 10–15goals 2–0

  2. Komisarek – Gardiner2:41

    xG 0.03–0.21 (12%)attempts 3–5goals 1–0

  3. Phaneuf – Gunnarsson15:04

    xG 0.28–0.51 (35%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestVermette – Calvert – Johansen9:59

    xG 0.86–0.23 (79%)attempts 12–6goals 1–0

  2. Prospal – Umberger – Nash5:04

    xG 0.28–0.03 (91%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  3. Pahlsson – Umberger – Bass5:02

    xG 0.26–0.15 (63%)attempts 7–5goals 0–1

  4. Prospal – MacKenzie – Nash9:19

    xG 0.30–0.24 (56%)attempts 10–4goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Russell10:05

    xG 0.95–0.25 (79%)attempts 18–6goals 1–0

  2. Tyutin – Wisniewski17:32

    xG 0.60–0.22 (74%)attempts 19–9goals 0–2

  3. Methot – Moore15:51

    xG 0.51–0.42 (55%)attempts 12–10goals 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.

CBJ 3.6 xGTOR 1.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 17/100 · #996 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.82 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 42% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 87% of the time.

CBJ winsTOR wins

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

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