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Sat, Dec 31, 2011·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

Toronto Maple Leafs 2, Winnipeg Jets 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 53% of the time.

WPG winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR1814012224
WPG01531307335

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:59TORClarke MacArthurPPAssists: Carl Gunnarsson, Dion Phaneuf · Snap, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P2 2:51WPGZach BogosianPPAssists: Toby Enstrom, Antti Miettinen · Slap, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:26WPGAndrew LaddAssists: Kyle Wellwood, Johnny Oduya · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–2
  4. P2 7:07TORPhil KesselAssists: Tim Connolly, Dion Phaneuf · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. P2 10:50WPGBlake WheelerPPGWGAssists: Ron Hainsey, Antti Miettinen · Tip-in, 0.13 xG2–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 3:28TORKeith Aulie: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 13:49WPGAndrew Ladd: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 1:16TORDion Phaneuf: High sticking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 3:22TORCody Franson: Holding2 min
  5. P2 9:18TORJoey Crabb: Charging2 min · PPG
  6. P2 16:17TORNazem Kadri: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 18:51WPGAlexander Burmistrov: Holding2 min
  8. P3 1:26WPGAndrew Ladd: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 15:54TORTim Connolly: 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

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WPG
45% to win55% to win
← TOR attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stapleton won the faceoff against Connolly
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORWPG
24Shots on goal35
2.7Expected goals2.5
61Shot attempts55
21Faceoffs won36
3Power plays6
12Penalty minutes6
20Hits26
10Blocked shots21
7Giveaways8
2Takeaways7

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 – Crabb – Boyce6:06

    xG 0.67–0.12 (85%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. Grabovski – Kulemin – Frattin8:23

    xG 0.39–0.23 (63%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  3. Connolly – Lupul – Kessel11:48

    xG 0.50–0.38 (57%)attempts 16–6goals 1–0

  4. Lombardi – MacArthur – Kadri8:26

    xG 0.25–0.28 (46%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhaneuf – Aulie8:20

    xG 0.50–0.19 (72%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  2. Schenn – Gardiner2:12

    xG 0.20–0.07 (74%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Phaneuf – Gardiner2:02

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestAntropov – Wellwood – Ladd6:49

    xG 0.66–0.31 (68%)attempts 9–4goals 1–0

  2. Thorburn – Fehr – Cormier4:58

    xG 0.08–0.05 (58%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Wheeler – Stapleton – Kane12:23

    xG 0.31–0.37 (46%)attempts 10–11goals 0–1

  4. Miettinen – Glass – Burmistrov9:06

    xG 0.10–0.36 (21%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOduya – Bogosian13:43

    xG 0.61–0.11 (84%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  2. Stuart – Flood10:00

    xG 0.21–0.43 (33%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  3. Hainsey – Enstrom14:23

    xG 0.44–0.76 (36%)attempts 9–18goals 0–1

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.

WPG 2.5 xGTOR 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 50/100 · #585 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.61 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 35% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 53% of the time.

WPG winsTOR wins

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

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