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Mon, Feb 6, 2012·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Edmonton Oilers 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 67% of the time.

TOR winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM2161707330
TOR21131119631

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:21EDMJordan EberleAssists: Taylor Hall, Sam Gagner · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:21TORClarke MacArthurAssists: Mikhail Grabovski, Phil Kessel · Snap, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P1 13:45TORJake GardinerAssists: Mikhail Grabovski · Snap, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P1 17:30EDMJordan EberleAssists: Jeff Petry, Taylor Hall · Snap, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. P2 1:45TORPhil KesselAssists: Matthew Lombardi, Tim Connolly · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–3
  6. P2 4:15TORTyler BozakGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–4
  7. P2 13:24EDMJeff PetryUnassisted · Deflected, 0.05 xG3–4
  8. P2 16:54TORJoffrey LupulAssists: Dion Phaneuf · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–5
  9. P3 18:55TORPhil KesselENAssists: Dion Phaneuf, Clarke MacArthur · Wrist, 0.63 xG3–6

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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
45% to win55% to win
← EDM attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Grabovski won the faceoff against Gagner
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMTOR
30Shots on goal31
2.5Expected goals3.5
68Shot attempts61
30Faceoffs won34
0Power plays0
0Penalty minutes0
30Hits32
11Blocked shots24
10Giveaways18
19Takeaways14

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestSmyth – Hemsky – Nugent-Hopkins12:37

    xG 0.82–0.43 (66%)attempts 13–14goals 0–2

  2. Belanger – Horcoff – Jones11:04

    xG 0.57–0.20 (74%)attempts 15–6goals 1–0

  3. Eager – Petrell – Lander4:28

    xG 0.27–0.08 (77%)attempts 11–5goals 0–1

  4. Smyth – Horcoff – Hemsky3:00

    xG 0.01–0.22 (5%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWhitney – Potter17:34

    xG 1.12–0.98 (53%)attempts 16–17goals 0–2

  2. Smid – Petry18:50

    xG 0.93–0.87 (52%)attempts 29–20goals 3–0

  3. Gilbert – Barker15:54

    xG 0.38–0.58 (40%)attempts 18–16goals 0–2

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestConnolly – Lombardi – Crabb13:02

    xG 0.53–0.21 (71%)attempts 15–13goals 0–0

  2. Lupul – Kessel – Bozak15:06

    xG 0.60–0.54 (53%)attempts 18–19goals 1–1

  3. MacArthur – Grabovski – Kulemin12:50

    xG 0.79–0.86 (48%)attempts 11–9goals 1–1

  4. Armstrong – Steckel – Brown10:46

    xG 0.16–0.63 (20%)attempts 5–16goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhaneuf – Gunnarsson17:23

    xG 1.41–1.20 (54%)attempts 19–20goals 1–1

  2. Liles – Franson19:44

    xG 0.55–0.35 (61%)attempts 18–17goals 0–1

  3. Schenn – Gardiner15:00

    xG 0.73–0.69 (52%)attempts 19–20goals 3–1

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.

TOR 3.5 xGEDM 2.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TOREDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 75/100 · #268 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.40 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 40% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 67% of the time.

TOR winsEDM wins

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

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