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Sat, Feb 18, 2012·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Toronto Maple Leafs 2, Vancouver Canucks 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 62% of the time.

VAN winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR04110112226
VAN211312113636

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:49VANAlexandre BurrowsAssists: Daniel Sedin · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:16VANManny MalhotraAssists: Maxim Lapierre, Byron Bitz · Deflected, 0.15 xG0–2
  3. P2 3:18VANAlexandre BurrowsGWGAssists: Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–3
  4. P2 6:02TORDion PhaneufAssists: Phil Kessel, John-Michael Liles · Slap, 0.04 xG1–3
  5. P2 11:14VANDaniel SedinAssists: Henrik Sedin · Slap, 0.15 xG1–4
  6. P2 12:48VANSami SaloPPAssists: Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin · Slap, 0.06 xG1–5
  7. P3 8:25VANKevin BieksaAssists: Jannik Hansen, Henrik Sedin · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–6
  8. P3 19:40TORNikolay KuleminAssists: Luke Schenn, Clarke MacArthur · Backhand, 0.26 xG2–6
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 8:19VANCody Hodgson: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 11:50TORClarke MacArthur: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P3 9:09VANAaron Rome: Roughing2 min
  4. P3 16:56TORPhil Kessel: Tripping2 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 SOG0VAN
45% to win55% to win
← TOR attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kesler won the faceoff against Bozak
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORVAN
26Shots on goal36
2.3Expected goals2.9
58Shot attempts60
30Faceoffs won25
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
32Hits18
12Blocked shots21
4Giveaways9
6Takeaways11

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. bestMacArthur – Grabovski – Kulemin11:33

    xG 0.97–0.46 (68%)attempts 16–12goals 1–0

  2. Lupul – Kessel – Bozak13:52

    xG 0.85–0.56 (60%)attempts 21–11goals 1–3

  3. Steckel – Boyce – Brown7:55

    xG 0.04–0.50 (8%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

  4. Connolly – Lombardi – Armstrong10:17

    xG 0.03–0.49 (6%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchenn – Gardiner16:24

    xG 1.03–0.90 (53%)attempts 19–23goals 1–1

  2. Phaneuf – Schenn2:01

    xG 0.01–0.03 (37%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Phaneuf – Aulie9:17

    xG 0.06–0.16 (28%)attempts 4–5goals 0–1

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSedin – Sedin – Burrows12:54

    xG 0.91–0.39 (70%)attempts 16–14goals 2–0

  2. Kesler – Booth – Raymond11:27

    xG 0.43–0.07 (87%)attempts 14–4goals 0–0

  3. Higgins – Hansen – Hodgson10:04

    xG 0.30–0.14 (68%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  4. Malhotra – Lapierre – Bitz9:10

    xG 0.34–0.88 (28%)attempts 9–12goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRome – Tanev14:23

    xG 0.83–0.21 (80%)attempts 13–16goals 0–0

  2. Hamhuis – Bieksa18:28

    xG 0.82–0.98 (45%)attempts 21–16goals 3–2

  3. Salo – Edler14:34

    xG 0.55–0.74 (43%)attempts 17–19goals 1–0

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.

VAN 2.9 xGTOR 2.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 41/100 · #701 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.60 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 62% of the time.

VAN winsTOR wins

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

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