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Sun, Nov 27, 2011·Honda Center, Anaheim

Toronto Maple Leafs 5, Anaheim Ducks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 57% of the time.

ANA winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR21011226528
ANA11007111228

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:51ANAFrancois BeaucheminPPAssists: Teemu Selanne, Luca Sbisa · Slap, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:10TORTyler BozakPPAssists: John-Michael Liles, Joffrey Lupul · Wrist, 0.26 xG1–1
  3. P1 14:29TORClarke MacArthurAssists: Tim Connolly · Slap, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P2 2:36TORJoey CrabbGWGAssists: Luke Schenn, Joe Colborne · Tip-in, 0.19 xG3–1
  5. P3 0:47TORTyler BozakAssists: Phil Kessel, Joffrey Lupul · Backhand, 0.24 xG4–1
  6. P3 5:38ANACorey PerryAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Cam Fowler · Snap, 0.10 xG4–2
  7. P3 19:48TORLuke SchennENAssists: Nikolay Kulemin, John-Michael Liles · Snap, 0.55 xG5–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 6:18ANAAndrew Cogliano: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 8:20TORClarke MacArthur: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P1 12:57ANANate Guenin: Elbowing2 min · PPG
  4. P3 2:52ANACam Fowler: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 10:36ANASaku Koivu: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 14:39TORDion Phaneuf: High sticking2 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 SOG0ANA
45% to win55% to win
← TOR attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Connolly won the faceoff against Koivu
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORANA
28Shots on goal28
3.3Expected goals2.9
55Shot attempts52
29Faceoffs won25
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
18Hits20
11Blocked shots11
10Giveaways8
3Takeaways1

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 – Bozak12:35

    xG 0.83–0.54 (61%)attempts 12–12goals 1–0

  2. Crabb – Frattin – Colborne10:47

    xG 0.29–0.19 (60%)attempts 5–9goals 1–0

  3. Connolly – MacArthur – Kulemin9:20

    xG 0.19–0.12 (61%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  4. Dupuis – Rosehill – Grabovski7:31

    xG 0.15–0.28 (35%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhaneuf – Aulie14:16

    xG 0.75–0.35 (68%)attempts 11–9goals 1–1

  2. Schenn – Gardiner18:11

    xG 0.66–0.53 (56%)attempts 15–15goals 2–0

  3. Liles – Franson11:33

    xG 0.38–0.38 (50%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGordon – Beleskey – McMillan7:39

    xG 0.38–0.18 (68%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Getzlaf – Perry – Beleskey3:19

    xG 0.12–0.04 (73%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

  3. Selanne – Koivu – Ryan3:28

    xG 0.07–0.00 (95%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Selanne – Koivu – Cogliano8:14

    xG 0.23–0.27 (46%)attempts 8–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBeauchemin – Sbisa5:09

    xG 0.25–0.10 (71%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Lydman – Brookbank7:56

    xG 0.27–0.13 (68%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  3. Guenin – Sbisa5:35

    xG 0.12–0.02 (83%)attempts 3–2goals 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.

ANA 2.9 xGTOR 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANATOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 53/100 · #552 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.12 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 57% of the time.

ANA winsTOR wins

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

-7
-6
-5
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-3
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-1
0
+1
+2
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+5
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+7

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