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Wed, Feb 15, 2012·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Edmonton Oilers 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 62% of the time.

EDM winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
TOR214031811426
EDM1101131801332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:40TORJoffrey LupulAssists: Phil Kessel, Keith Aulie · Snap, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P1 1:38TORMatthew LombardiAssists: Cody Franson · Backhand, 0.07 xG2–0
  3. P1 2:32EDMBen EagerAssists: Lennart Petrell · Snap, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P2 8:15EDMTaylor HallAssists: Sam Gagner, Andy Sutton · Tip-in, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P3 6:46TORJake GardinerPPAssists: Clarke MacArthur, Cody Franson · Slap, 0.04 xG3–2
  6. P3 15:56EDMJordan EberleAssists: Ryan Whitney · Snap, 0.07 xG3–3
  7. OT 1:39TORTim ConnollyGWGAssists: Joffrey Lupul · Tip-in, 0.12 xG4–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 4:49TORMike Brown: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 4:49EDMBen Eager: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 15:58EDMMagnus Paajarvi: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P3 6:36EDMRyan Jones: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  5. P3 10:06EDMAndy Sutton: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 11:08TORJoffrey Lupul: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 17:54TORDarryl Boyce: 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 SOG0EDM
45% to win55% to win
← TOR attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Belanger won the faceoff against Bozak
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TOREDM
26Shots on goal32
2.2Expected goals2.9
56Shot attempts64
26Faceoffs won26
3Power plays2
9Penalty minutes11
25Hits20
15Blocked shots20
25Giveaways18
6Takeaways8

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. bestConnolly – Lombardi – Boyce2:02

    xG 0.18–0.03 (86%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Connolly – Boyce – Grabovski3:21

    xG 0.03–0.06 (29%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. MacArthur – Grabovski – Kulemin3:46

    xG 0.03–0.11 (21%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  4. Connolly – MacArthur – Grabovski7:15

    xG 0.37–0.51 (42%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Franson – Gardiner2:18

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  2. Liles – Gardiner3:17

    xG 0.10–0.23 (30%)attempts 3–3goals 0–1

  3. Komisarek – Gardiner12:26

    xG 0.17–0.43 (28%)attempts 9–9goals 0–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHorcoff – Hemsky – Paajarvi10:53

    xG 0.74–0.30 (71%)attempts 18–5goals 0–0

  2. Smyth – Belanger – Jones12:11

    xG 0.63–0.30 (68%)attempts 12–10goals 0–1

  3. Gagner – Eberle – Hall14:09

    xG 0.84–0.52 (62%)attempts 18–14goals 2–1

  4. Eager – Petrell – Lander5:02

    xG 0.12–0.16 (43%)attempts 3–5goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGilbert – Whitney15:55

    xG 0.96–0.34 (74%)attempts 19–13goals 2–0

  2. Smid – Petry17:03

    xG 0.81–0.40 (67%)attempts 14–13goals 0–1

  3. Sutton – Barker15:07

    xG 0.82–0.62 (57%)attempts 20–13goals 1–1

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.

EDM 2.9 xGTOR 2.2 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 93/100 · #63 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.42 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 37% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +42 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 62% of the time.

EDM winsTOR wins

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

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