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Tue, Dec 3, 2013·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

San Jose Sharks 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 83% of the time.

TOR winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS213118110441
TOR0521708230

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:00SJSMike BrownAssists: Jason Demers, Andrew Desjardins · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:31SJSJoe ThorntonPPAssists: Joe Pavelski, Dan Boyle · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–0
  3. P2 2:44TORMason RaymondPPAssists: Morgan Rielly, Carl Gunnarsson · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P2 9:47TORPhil KesselPPAssists: Tyler Bozak, James van Riemsdyk · Snap, 0.39 xG2–2
  5. P2 16:00SJSBrad StuartGWGAssists: Dan Boyle · Tip-in, 0.21 xG3–2
  6. P3 18:36SJSLogan CoutureENAssists: Tommy Wingels · Wrist, 0.61 xG4–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 5:47TORFrazer McLaren: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 13:04TORJay McClement: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 13:47TORMason Raymond: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 18:28SJSJames Sheppard: Interference2 min
  5. P2 1:07SJSDan Boyle: Interference2 min · PPG
  6. P2 7:26TORJerred Smithson: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 7:26SJSAndrew Desjardins: Fighting5 min · PPG
  8. P2 8:55SJSLogan Couture: High sticking2 min
  9. P2 12:10TORMason Raymond: High sticking2 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
48% to win52% to win
← SJS attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couture won the faceoff against Holland
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSTOR
41Shots on goal30
5.7Expected goals3.1
86Shot attempts48
32Faceoffs won35
4Power plays3
11Penalty minutes13
19Hits56
9Blocked shots19
7Giveaways17
9Takeaways3

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.

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestBrown – Desjardins – Sheppard6:20

    xG 0.97–0.06 (94%)attempts 13–2goals 1–0

  2. Marleau – Couture – Wingels11:39

    xG 0.50–0.31 (62%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  3. Havlat – Pavelski – Kennedy10:23

    xG 0.65–0.83 (44%)attempts 12–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoyle – Stuart8:48

    xG 1.25–0.51 (71%)attempts 20–6goals 1–0

  2. Hannan – Demers10:05

    xG 0.61–0.19 (77%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  3. Vlasic – Braun13:01

    xG 0.46–0.61 (43%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestClarkson – Raymond – Smith10:20

    xG 0.83–0.51 (62%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  2. Raymond – Kulemin – Holland2:43

    xG 0.21–0.11 (65%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Kessel – van Riemsdyk – Holland7:09

    xG 0.44–0.36 (55%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  4. Smithson – McClement – Kulemin3:49

    xG 0.06–0.08 (40%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGardiner – Rielly4:07

    xG 0.40–0.06 (88%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Phaneuf – Gardiner2:42

    xG 0.10–0.23 (30%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Ranger – Gardiner11:52

    xG 0.26–0.52 (33%)attempts 6–11goals 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 3.1 xGSJS 5.7 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORSJS

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 SJS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 64/100 · #389 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.29 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50TOR 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, San Jose Sharks win this game 83% of the time.

TOR winsSJS wins

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

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