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Mon, Feb 25, 2013·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Philadelphia Flyers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 64% of the time.

PHI winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR1101428422
PHI01015110225

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:20TORPhil KesselAssists: Tyler Bozak, Carl Gunnarsson · Snap, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P2 15:02TORNikolay KuleminAssists: Nazem Kadri, Carl Gunnarsson · Backhand, 0.08 xG2–0
  3. P2 17:56PHIScott HartnellAssists: Jakub Voracek, Claude Giroux · Deflected, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P3 7:52TORMikhail GrabovskiGWGAssists: Clarke MacArthur, Nazem Kadri · Backhand, 0.27 xG3–1
  5. P3 11:42PHIJakub VoracekPPAssists: Kimmo Timonen, Claude Giroux · Snap, 0.03 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:47TORJay McClementENAssists: Nikolay Kulemin · Wrist, 0.69 xG4–2
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 6:27TORDion Phaneuf: Interference2 min
  2. P1 7:32PHIWayne Simmonds: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 11:01TORMike Brown: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 15:59TORMike Brown: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 15:59PHITye McGinn: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 8:08TORDion Phaneuf: Interference2 min
  7. P2 10:13TORMark Fraser: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 10:43PHIKimmo Timonen: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 5:46PHIMax Talbot: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 11:18TORJames van Riemsdyk: Holding2 min · PPG
  11. P3 11:18TORJames van Riemsdyk: 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 SOG0PHI
43% to win57% to win
← TOR attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bozak won the faceoff against Couturier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORPHI
22Shots on goal25
2.6Expected goals1.9
51Shot attempts51
35Faceoffs won34
3Power plays6
17Penalty minutes11
22Hits37
12Blocked shots16
7Giveaways5
6Takeaways4

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. bestMcClement – Grabovski – Kulemin9:42

    xG 0.35–0.20 (63%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Steckel – Brown – McLaren2:50

    xG 0.13–0.10 (56%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Kessel – van Riemsdyk – Bozak12:36

    xG 0.45–0.51 (47%)attempts 12–13goals 1–1

  4. MacArthur – Komarov – Kadri9:58

    xG 0.33–0.47 (41%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGunnarsson – Kostka14:08

    xG 1.04–0.39 (73%)attempts 17–8goals 3–0

  2. Phaneuf – Holzer13:20

    xG 0.60–0.59 (50%)attempts 16–16goals 0–1

  3. Franson – Fraser10:39

    xG 0.11–0.16 (41%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestBrière – Simmonds – Schenn10:59

    xG 0.48–0.23 (67%)attempts 12–12goals 0–1

  2. Talbot – Rinaldo – Couturier7:34

    xG 0.17–0.16 (52%)attempts 5–5goals 0–1

  3. Knuble – Fedotenko – McGinn3:57

    xG 0.10–0.13 (44%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Hartnell – Giroux – Voracek11:59

    xG 0.14–0.36 (28%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTimonen – Schenn11:27

    xG 0.45–0.23 (67%)attempts 11–9goals 0–1

  2. Gervais – Gustafsson12:29

    xG 0.41–0.33 (55%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

  3. Coburn – Grossmann14:08

    xG 0.29–0.85 (25%)attempts 11–13goals 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.

PHI 1.9 xGTOR 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHITOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 58/100 · #312 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.74 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 38% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50PHI 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 64% of the time.

PHI winsTOR wins

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

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