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Sat, Oct 26, 2013·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Pittsburgh Penguins 1, Toronto Maple Leafs 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 69% of the time.

TOR winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT11501607138
TOR11304313430

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:52PITKris LetangPPAssists: Evgeni Malkin, Paul Martin · Snap, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P1 16:33TORDave BollandSHAssists: Dion Phaneuf · Slap, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P3 1:26TORNazem KadriGWGAssists: Phil Kessel, James van Riemsdyk · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P3 17:05TORPhil KesselPPAssists: James van Riemsdyk, Cody Franson · Wrist, 0.24 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:18TORDave BollandENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.54 xG1–4
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 6:15TORPaul Ranger: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 9:23PITSidney Crosby: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 11:59TORPhil Kessel: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 11:59PITJussi Jokinen: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 12:26PITEvgeni Malkin: Hooking2 min
  6. P1 14:51TORCarl Gunnarsson: Hooking2 min
  7. P1 19:43TORFrazer McLaren: Fighting5 min
  8. P1 19:43PITDeryk Engelland: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 9:55TORDave Bolland: Cross checking2 min
  10. P3 15:14PITBrooks Orpik: Slashing2 min · PPG

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
48% to win52% to win
← PIT attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bolland won the faceoff against Crosby
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITTOR
38Shots on goal30
3.5Expected goals2.5
64Shot attempts58
33Faceoffs won37
3Power plays3
13Penalty minutes13
26Hits46
19Blocked shots12
14Giveaways13
4Takeaways8

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. bestKobasew – Kunitz – Crosby2:03

    xG 0.12–0.05 (72%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Dupuis – Kobasew – Vitale2:26

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Kobasew – Glass – Sutter6:30

    xG 0.21–0.17 (55%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  4. Dupuis – Kunitz – Crosby10:52

    xG 0.11–0.09 (55%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOrpik – Martin13:23

    xG 1.04–0.29 (78%)attempts 17–12goals 0–1

  2. Letang – Maatta8:22

    xG 0.78–0.32 (71%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  3. Niskanen – Letang3:40

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestOrr – McClement – Ashton9:00

    xG 0.18–0.06 (74%)attempts 9–1goals 0–0

  2. Clarkson – Bolland – Raymond13:55

    xG 0.20–0.13 (61%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  3. Kessel – van Riemsdyk – Kadri11:44

    xG 0.55–0.49 (53%)attempts 10–12goals 1–0

  4. Bodie – McLaren – Smith2:40

    xG 0.04–0.43 (8%)attempts 2–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFranson – Rielly8:59

    xG 0.51–0.29 (63%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  2. Phaneuf – Gunnarsson16:03

    xG 0.18–0.66 (22%)attempts 13–15goals 0–0

  3. Ranger – Gardiner15:03

    xG 0.20–1.12 (15%)attempts 9–16goals 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 2.5 xGPIT 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 28/100 · #826 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.93 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 35% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 69% of the time.

TOR winsPIT wins

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

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