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Thu, Jan 24, 2013·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

New York Islanders 7, Toronto Maple Leafs 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 69% of the time.

TOR winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI19212413734
TOR31609118443

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:12TORCarl GunnarssonAssists: Cody Franson · Slap, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:39NYIMatt MoulsonAssists: John Tavares · Backhand, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P1 9:44TORNazem KadriAssists: John-Michael Liles, Matt Frattin · Snap, 0.32 xG1–2
  4. P1 12:48TORMikhail GrabovskiAssists: Matt Frattin, Carl Gunnarsson · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–3
  5. P2 11:44NYIMark StreitPPAssists: Brad Boyes, John Tavares · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–3
  6. P2 13:10NYIBrad BoyesAssists: Frans Nielsen, Michael Grabner · Snap, 0.24 xG3–3
  7. P3 3:23NYIMichael GrabnerAssists: Brad Boyes, Frans Nielsen · Wrist, 0.02 xG4–3
  8. P3 4:35NYIKeith AucoinGWGAssists: David Ullstrom, Colin McDonald · Wrist, 0.04 xG5–3
  9. P3 11:20NYIMatt MoulsonUnassisted · Wrist, 0.04 xG6–3
  10. P3 17:47TORMatt FrattinAssists: Nazem Kadri, Carl Gunnarsson · Snap, 0.11 xG6–4
  11. P3 18:50NYIMichael GrabnerENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.70 xG7–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 16:29NYIKyle Okposo: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 18:04NYIMichael Grabner: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P2 10:30TORMikhail Grabovski: Delaying game face off violation2 min · PPG
  4. P3 8:00TORNazem Kadri: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 11:20NYIMatt Carkner: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 18:15NYIKeith Aucoin: Delaying game face off violation2 min
  7. P3 19:33NYIAndrew MacDonald: Holding2 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
43% to win57% to win
← NYI attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Grabovski
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYITOR
34Shots on goal43
2.8Expected goals3.8
50Shot attempts69
34Faceoffs won27
2Power plays5
10Penalty minutes4
24Hits27
16Blocked shots6
10Giveaways14
13Takeaways4

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.

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestBoyes – Nielsen – Grabner10:36

    xG 0.39–0.13 (75%)attempts 7–7goals 2–0

  2. Moulson – Okposo – Tavares15:06

    xG 0.96–0.73 (57%)attempts 14–17goals 2–1

  3. Reasoner – Martin – Cizikas9:22

    xG 0.25–0.23 (51%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  4. Aucoin – McDonald – Ullstrom7:51

    xG 0.19–0.68 (22%)attempts 9–15goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarkner – Strait6:26

    xG 0.47–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–2goals 2–0

  2. Streit – Finley4:18

    xG 0.25–0.06 (82%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. MacDonald – Hamonic21:34

    xG 0.73–0.94 (44%)attempts 18–19goals 1–2

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestKomarov – Frattin – Kadri8:51

    xG 0.53–0.21 (71%)attempts 9–10goals 1–1

  2. Orr – Steckel – McClement6:50

    xG 0.21–0.09 (69%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  3. Grabovski – Kulemin – van Riemsdyk10:47

    xG 0.59–0.83 (42%)attempts 9–14goals 0–2

  4. MacArthur – Kessel – Bozak15:23

    xG 0.33–0.59 (36%)attempts 17–10goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLiles – Gardiner15:23

    xG 0.66–0.55 (55%)attempts 13–20goals 1–1

  2. Phaneuf – Gunnarsson2:10

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  3. Gunnarsson – Gardiner2:13

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 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.

TOR 3.8 xGNYI 2.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORNYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 89/100 · #83 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.68 · 11 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 9% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 69% of the time.

TOR winsNYI wins

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

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