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Thu, Mar 14, 2013·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Pittsburgh Penguins 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 52% of the time.

TOR winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT06010312328
TOR0918012129

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 10:01TORTyler BozakAssists: Cody Franson, Phil Kessel · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P3 12:42PITPascal DupuisAssists: Sidney Crosby, Chris Kunitz · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P3 17:50PITPascal DupuisGWGAssists: Chris Kunitz, Sidney Crosby · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:50PITCraig AdamsENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.49 xG3–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 6:54TORJohn-Michael Liles: Interference2 min
  2. P1 9:51PITBrooks Orpik: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 4:47TORMatt Frattin: Charging2 min
  4. P2 11:43TORLeo Komarov: Holding2 min
  5. P3 13:19PITBrooks Orpik: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 19:37PITBrooks Orpik: Boarding2 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.

PIT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITTOR
28Shots on goal29
2.4Expected goals2.4
58Shot attempts53
36Faceoffs won26
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
30Hits34
9Blocked shots20
15Giveaways20
8Takeaways13

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.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestDupuis – Kunitz – Crosby14:10

    xG 0.69–0.44 (61%)attempts 20–13goals 2–0

  2. Neal – Sutter – Bennett7:58

    xG 0.34–0.16 (67%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Adams – Glass – Vitale4:27

    xG 0.23–0.06 (80%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  4. Cooke – Kennedy – Jeffrey8:05

    xG 0.16–0.12 (57%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLetang – Despres13:16

    xG 0.59–0.30 (67%)attempts 20–11goals 0–0

  2. Martin – Letang2:16

    xG 0.27–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Niskanen – Letang2:17

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestMacArthur – Kulemin – Kadri11:30

    xG 0.99–0.13 (89%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  2. Grabovski – Komarov – Frattin9:54

    xG 0.23–0.19 (54%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  3. Kessel – van Riemsdyk – Bozak16:15

    xG 0.41–0.92 (31%)attempts 14–21goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhaneuf – Holzer15:18

    xG 1.17–0.75 (61%)attempts 13–22goals 0–2

  2. Franson – Fraser10:01

    xG 0.21–0.03 (88%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

  3. Liles – Gunnarsson10:58

    xG 0.43–0.33 (57%)attempts 18–6goals 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 2.4 xGPIT 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORPIT

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 PIT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 57/100 · #321 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.74 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 11% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +44 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 52% of the time.

TOR winsPIT wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).