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Thu, Nov 17, 2011·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Toronto Maple Leafs 1, Nashville Predators 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 65% of the time.

NSH winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR0918022139
NSH1311425422

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:48NSHMartin EratAssists: Sergei Kostitsyn, Mike Fisher · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 10:36TORJohn-Michael LilesPPAssists: Joffrey Lupul, Tyler Bozak · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 12:42NSHRyan SuterGWGAssists: Sergei Kostitsyn, Shea Weber · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P3 2:05NSHMartin EratAssists: Mike Fisher, Sergei Kostitsyn · Snap, 0.08 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:37NSHMatt HalischukENAssists: Ryan Suter · Wrist, 0.58 xG1–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P2 4:42TORMatt Frattin: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 9:17NSHJack Hillen: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 14:17TORTyler Bozak: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 2:30NSHJordin Tootoo: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 3:25TORJoffrey Lupul: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 7:02NSHBrian McGrattan: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 7:02TORJay Rosehill: Fighting5 min
  8. P3 7:02NSHBrian McGrattan: 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 SOG0NSH
45% to win55% to win
← TOR attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Fisher won the faceoff against Bozak
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORNSH
39Shots on goal22
2.4Expected goals3.1
68Shot attempts41
43Faceoffs won21
2Power plays3
11Penalty minutes19
15Hits21
8Blocked shots18
8Giveaways8
7Takeaways8

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 – Bozak12:46

    xG 0.61–0.40 (60%)attempts 13–11goals 0–3

  2. Connolly – Kulemin – Frattin7:08

    xG 0.23–0.06 (79%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  3. Lombardi – Steckel – Crabb5:28

    xG 0.18–0.03 (86%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Kulemin – Frattin – Bozak3:35

    xG 0.03–0.06 (35%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLiles – Franson14:01

    xG 0.96–0.18 (84%)attempts 24–3goals 0–0

  2. Phaneuf – Gunnarsson10:51

    xG 0.23–0.08 (73%)attempts 8–4goals 0–1

  3. Phaneuf – Gardiner3:05

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestTootoo – Geoffrion – Spaling9:20

    xG 0.30–0.08 (79%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  2. McGrattan – Smithson – Halischuk4:46

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  3. Smithson – Halischuk – Spaling2:08

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  4. Hornqvist – Wilson – Smith11:07

    xG 0.40–0.46 (46%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Blum – Hillen12:54

    xG 0.23–0.31 (43%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

  2. Bouillon – Klein16:28

    xG 0.21–0.35 (38%)attempts 6–17goals 0–0

  3. Suter – Weber17:58

    xG 0.58–0.83 (41%)attempts 13–20goals 3–0

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.

NSH 3.1 xGTOR 2.4 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 30/100 · #838 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.01 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 65% of the time.

NSH winsTOR wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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