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Thu, Feb 28, 2013·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

Toronto Maple Leafs 5, New York Islanders 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 54% of the time.

NYI winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
TOR193100811528
NYI161112901427

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:34NYIJosh BaileyAssists: Kyle Okposo, Andrew MacDonald · Snap, 0.19 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:31TORNazem KadriAssists: Mark Fraser · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 6:22NYILubomir VisnovskyAssists: Casey Cizikas, Colin McDonald · Slap, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P2 8:55TORNazem KadriAssists: Mark Fraser, Cody Franson · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P2 10:25TORJames van RiemsdykAssists: David Steckel, Colton Orr · Wrist, 0.40 xG3–2
  6. P2 14:12TORNazem KadriAssists: Michael Kostka, Carl Gunnarsson · Wrist, 0.09 xG4–2
  7. P3 5:31NYIAndrew MacDonaldAssists: Kyle Okposo, Mark Streit · Slap, 0.09 xG4–3
  8. P3 10:08NYIKyle OkposoUnassisted · Wrist, 0.09 xG4–4
  9. OT 1:11TORDion PhaneufGWGAssists: Mikhail Grabovski, Clarke MacArthur · Slap, 0.16 xG5–4

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 SOG0NYI
43% to win57% to win
← TOR attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Grabovski won the faceoff against Nielsen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORNYI
28Shots on goal27
3.1Expected goals3.3
52Shot attempts54
26Faceoffs won33
0Power plays0
0Penalty minutes0
42Hits23
16Blocked shots14
11Giveaways7
5Takeaways11

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 – Komarov – Kadri13:52

    xG 0.79–0.32 (71%)attempts 13–7goals 2–0

  2. Orr – Steckel – McLaren5:59

    xG 0.29–0.14 (67%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. McClement – Grabovski – Kulemin15:42

    xG 0.29–0.70 (29%)attempts 13–12goals 0–2

  4. Kessel – van Riemsdyk – Bozak17:07

    xG 0.62–1.18 (34%)attempts 15–18goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestFranson – Fraser17:00

    xG 1.38–0.80 (63%)attempts 17–12goals 3–4

  2. Phaneuf – Holzer12:35

    xG 0.76–0.44 (64%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

  3. Gunnarsson – Kostka11:23

    xG 0.24–0.32 (43%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestBoyes – Moulson – Tavares17:07

    xG 1.33–0.36 (79%)attempts 20–12goals 0–0

  2. Reasoner – Grabner – Martin2:26

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  3. Nielsen – Okposo – Bailey18:03

    xG 0.59–0.71 (45%)attempts 13–18goals 2–0

  4. Boulton – Reasoner – Martin5:35

    xG 0.03–0.47 (7%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStreit – Finley9:38

    xG 0.37–0.29 (57%)attempts 7–9goals 0–1

  2. Visnovsky – Hickey15:31

    xG 0.68–0.60 (53%)attempts 11–11goals 1–0

  3. MacDonald – Hamonic13:42

    xG 1.04–1.13 (48%)attempts 16–14goals 1–2

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.

NYI 3.3 xGTOR 3.1 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYITOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 95/100 · #40 of 720 this seasonSwing 2.38 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +30 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 54% of the time.

NYI winsTOR wins

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

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