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Fri, Nov 25, 2011·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Dallas Stars 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 75% of the time.

DAL winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
TOR270816021423
DAL1718114000329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:03DALEric NystromAssists: Michael Ryder, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:55TORJoey CrabbAssists: Dion Phaneuf, Joe Colborne · Tip-in, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P1 14:53TORDion PhaneufPPAssists: John-Michael Liles, Joffrey Lupul · Slap, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P2 4:38DALEric NystromAssists: Radek Dvorak, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–2
  5. P3 6:55TORClarke MacArthurAssists: Tim Connolly, Nikolay Kulemin · Tip-in, 0.14 xG3–2
  6. P3 12:47DALRadek DvorakAssists: Mike Ribeiro, Philip Larsen · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. TOR Phil Kessel stopped
  2. 2. DAL Loui Eriksson stopped
  3. 3. TOR Joe Colborne stopped
  4. 4. DAL Jamie Benn stopped
  5. 5. TOR Joffrey Lupul scored
  6. 6. DAL Mike Ribeiro stopped
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 7:51DALMichael Ryder: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 12:16TORJake Gardiner: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 13:55DALJamie Benn: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P1 16:35TORJoffrey Lupul: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P2 9:12TORTyler Bozak: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 13:55DALJake Dowell: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 16:22TORMatt Frattin: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 17:59DALStephane Robidas: Hooking2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
45% to win55% to win
← TOR attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Ott won the faceoff against Connolly
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORDAL
23Shots on goal29
1.9Expected goals3.4
55Shot attempts71
32Faceoffs won36
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
29Hits42
15Blocked shots19
5Giveaways9
6Takeaways16

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 – Frattin – Colborne10:25

    xG 0.51–0.25 (67%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  2. Connolly – MacArthur – Kulemin11:42

    xG 0.36–0.11 (77%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  3. Steckel – Dupuis – Rosehill2:42

    xG 0.02–0.02 (58%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Lupul – Kessel – Bozak12:18

    xG 0.09–1.06 (8%)attempts 11–18goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Schenn – Gardiner17:45

    xG 0.53–0.54 (50%)attempts 19–17goals 0–0

  2. Liles – Phaneuf5:59

    xG 0.23–0.34 (41%)attempts 6–10goals 1–1

  3. Phaneuf – Gunnarsson6:47

    xG 0.27–0.43 (39%)attempts 4–13goals 1–1

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestDvorak – Fiddler – Nystrom9:18

    xG 0.78–0.21 (79%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  2. Ryder – Eriksson – Benn13:27

    xG 0.69–0.18 (79%)attempts 18–9goals 0–0

  3. Petersen – Dowell – Wandell5:32

    xG 0.41–0.22 (65%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  4. Ribeiro – Ott – Vincour10:17

    xG 0.34–0.61 (36%)attempts 12–8goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestSouray – Robidas12:58

    xG 0.82–0.29 (74%)attempts 18–9goals 0–0

  2. Daley – Grossmann15:28

    xG 1.06–0.54 (66%)attempts 16–17goals 1–1

  3. Fistric – Larsen12:22

    xG 0.62–0.36 (63%)attempts 18–13goals 2–1

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.

DAL 3.4 xGTOR 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 92/100 · #70 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.63 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +38 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 75% of the time.

DAL winsTOR wins

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

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