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Thu, Nov 10, 2011·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Toronto Maple Leafs 3, St. Louis Blues 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 75% of the time.

STL winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
TOR2140503001322
STL08113117020240

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:27TORJohn-Michael LilesPPAssists: Dion Phaneuf, Tyler Bozak · Snap, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:02TORPhil KesselPPAssists: Joffrey Lupul, Tyler Bozak · Wrist, 0.33 xG2–0
  3. P2 8:01STLJason ArnottPPAssists: Alex Pietrangelo, Carlo Colaiacovo · Snap, 0.21 xG2–1
  4. P3 18:04STLPatrik BerglundAssists: Chris Stewart, Kevin Shattenkirk · Wrist, 0.26 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. STL Alexander Steen stopped
  2. 2. TOR Phil Kessel scored
  3. 3. STL T.J. Oshie stopped
  4. 4. TOR Mikhail Grabovski stopped
  5. 5. STL Matt D'Agostini stopped
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 10:45STLPatrik Berglund: Boarding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 14:29STLVladimir Sobotka: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  3. P1 16:52STLMatt D'Agostini: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P1 19:02TORDion Phaneuf: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 7:37TORDion Phaneuf: Slashing2 min · PPG
  6. P2 14:57TORCarl Gunnarsson: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 0:00STLBarret Jackman: Cross checking2 min
  8. P2 0:00TORDion Phaneuf: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 12:59TORJoffrey Lupul: Slashing2 min
  10. OT 4:46TORBen Scrivens: 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.

TOR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0STL
45% to win55% to win
← TOR attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Arnott won the faceoff against Steckel
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORSTL
22Shots on goal40
2.6Expected goals4.2
40Shot attempts77
42Faceoffs won22
3Power plays5
12Penalty minutes8
25Hits21
21Blocked shots7
5Giveaways4
4Takeaways5

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. bestCrabb – Dupuis – Brown6:20

    xG 0.22–0.11 (66%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Lupul – Kessel – Bozak11:35

    xG 0.59–0.68 (46%)attempts 7–14goals 0–1

  3. Lombardi – Steckel – Frattin8:39

    xG 0.32–1.16 (22%)attempts 6–15goals 0–0

  4. MacArthur – Grabovski – Kulemin11:44

    xG 0.37–1.22 (23%)attempts 7–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Liles – Komisarek14:26

    xG 0.52–0.88 (37%)attempts 10–15goals 0–0

  2. Phaneuf – Gunnarsson15:32

    xG 0.51–1.02 (33%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  3. Schenn – Gardiner12:44

    xG 0.18–1.29 (12%)attempts 4–20goals 0–1

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestArnott – Langenbrunner – Steen8:07

    xG 0.61–0.13 (82%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  2. Backes – Oshie – Sobotka6:54

    xG 0.51–0.11 (83%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  3. D'Agostini – Stewart – Berglund10:17

    xG 0.58–0.22 (72%)attempts 12–5goals 1–0

  4. Nichol – Reaves – Grachev4:34

    xG 0.55–0.26 (68%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestColaiacovo – Pietrangelo17:19

    xG 1.23–0.45 (73%)attempts 24–9goals 0–0

  2. Cole – Shattenkirk2:05

    xG 0.71–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 1–0

  3. Jackman – Shattenkirk11:26

    xG 0.97–0.50 (66%)attempts 13–7goals 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.

STL 4.2 xGTOR 2.6 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 80/100 · #207 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.03 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +47 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 75% of the time.

STL winsTOR wins

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

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