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Tue, Nov 19, 2013·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

New York Islanders 2, Toronto Maple Leafs 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 60% of the time.

TOR winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI01119117237
TOR1816310524

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:22TORTrevor SmithAssists: Joffrey Lupul · Snap, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 11:19TORPhil KesselPPAssists: Joffrey Lupul, Dion Phaneuf · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–2
  3. P2 19:48NYICasey CizikasUnassisted · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–2
  4. P3 3:39TORMason RaymondGWGAssists: Jay McClement · Backhand, 0.30 xG1–3
  5. P3 12:52TORDavid ClarksonAssists: Trevor Smith, Joffrey Lupul · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–4
  6. P3 15:14NYIFrans NielsenAssists: Josh Bailey · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–4
  7. P3 17:17TORPhil KesselAssists: James van Riemsdyk, Trevor Smith · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P2 10:11NYIAndrew MacDonald: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P2 14:20NYIMatt Carkner: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 14:20TORFrazer McLaren: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 17:18TORJoffrey Lupul: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 2:48TORColton Orr: Fighting5 min
  6. P3 2:48NYIEric Boulton: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 5:54TORPaul Ranger: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 8:55NYIColin McDonald: Throwing equipment2 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
48% to win52% to win
← NYI attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Smith won the faceoff against Tavares
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYITOR
37Shots on goal24
2.5Expected goals2.1
66Shot attempts54
30Faceoffs won37
2Power plays2
14Penalty minutes14
34Hits39
16Blocked shots19
8Giveaways19
6Takeaways7

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. bestBouchard – Regin – Clutterbuck6:10

    xG 0.48–0.22 (68%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Nielsen – McDonald – Bailey14:18

    xG 0.31–0.12 (71%)attempts 12–10goals 1–1

  3. Regin – Clutterbuck – Nelson3:27

    xG 0.22–0.04 (84%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  4. Bouchard – Okposo – Tavares5:19

    xG 0.17–0.13 (56%)attempts 5–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHickey – Donovan14:04

    xG 0.77–0.26 (75%)attempts 22–7goals 1–0

  2. MacDonald – Hamonic19:53

    xG 0.43–0.48 (47%)attempts 9–15goals 0–0

  3. Hickey – Ness2:37

    xG 0.25–0.32 (45%)attempts 6–3goals 0–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestMcClement – Raymond – Kulemin13:42

    xG 0.74–0.27 (73%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

  2. Smithson – Orr – McLaren6:07

    xG 0.24–0.09 (72%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Kessel – van Riemsdyk – Holland11:31

    xG 0.42–0.64 (40%)attempts 16–16goals 1–0

  4. Lupul – Clarkson – Smith13:37

    xG 0.31–0.57 (35%)attempts 10–17goals 2–2

Defence pairs

  1. Phaneuf – Gunnarsson15:08

    xG 0.47–0.43 (52%)attempts 13–17goals 2–0

  2. Ranger – Rielly13:18

    xG 0.34–0.49 (41%)attempts 13–17goals 1–0

  3. Franson – Gardiner16:07

    xG 0.13–0.98 (11%)attempts 13–15goals 0–2

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.

TOR 2.1 xGNYI 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 51/100 · #542 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.83 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 60% of the time.

TOR winsNYI wins

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

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