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Sat, Dec 14, 2013·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Chicago Blackhawks 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 70% of the time.

TOR winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI11111017328
TOR11141427732

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:14TORPeter HollandPPAssists: Joffrey Lupul, Mason Raymond · Snap, 0.28 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:14CHIPatrick KanePPAssists: Marian Hossa, Duncan Keith · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 0:42TORJerry D'AmigoAssists: Nikolay Kulemin, Carl Gunnarsson · Backhand, 0.21 xG1–2
  4. P2 12:09TORPeter HollandAssists: Mason Raymond, Joffrey Lupul · Snap, 0.05 xG1–3
  5. P2 13:30CHIPatrick KaneAssists: Niklas Hjalmarsson · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–3
  6. P2 14:36TORNikolay KuleminGWGAssists: Jay McClement, Jerry D'Amigo · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–4
  7. P2 17:08TORJoffrey LupulPPAssists: Jake Gardiner, Mason Raymond · Tip-in, 0.09 xG2–5
  8. P3 0:28TORJoffrey LupulAssists: Peter Holland, Mason Raymond · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–6
  9. P3 7:38CHIBrandon SaadAssists: Nick Leddy, Jonathan Toews · Tip-in, 0.19 xG3–6
  10. P3 8:35TORPhil KesselAssists: Nazem Kadri, Carl Gunnarsson · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–7
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 1:52CHIKris Versteeg: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 6:03CHIAndrew Shaw: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P1 7:24CHIMichael Kostka: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P1 14:43TORPeter Holland: Slashing2 min · PPG
  5. P1 15:45TORMason Raymond: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 15:34CHIAndrew Shaw: Tripping2 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHITOR
28Shots on goal32
2.0Expected goals3.1
67Shot attempts56
31Faceoffs won27
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
30Hits45
12Blocked shots23
13Giveaways7
9Takeaways9

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestMorin – Shaw – Saad4:52

    xG 0.45–0.16 (74%)attempts 13–3goals 0–0

  2. Hossa – Shaw – Saad2:11

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Kane – Shaw – Saad5:03

    xG 0.15–0.19 (45%)attempts 5–3goals 1–1

  4. Handzus – Versteeg – Kane7:36

    xG 0.14–0.25 (36%)attempts 12–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Kostka – Leddy17:56

    xG 0.63–0.62 (50%)attempts 22–18goals 1–1

  2. Oduya – Hjalmarsson13:19

    xG 0.38–0.41 (48%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  3. Keith – Seabrook15:27

    xG 0.43–1.28 (25%)attempts 18–14goals 0–3

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestKessel – van Riemsdyk – Kadri13:53

    xG 1.20–0.41 (75%)attempts 17–16goals 1–1

  2. McClement – Kulemin – D'Amigo11:54

    xG 0.43–0.25 (63%)attempts 8–8goals 2–0

  3. Lupul – Raymond – Holland14:25

    xG 0.65–0.55 (54%)attempts 15–17goals 2–1

  4. Bodie – McLaren – Smith4:09

    xG 0.06–0.03 (66%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFranson – Gardiner17:47

    xG 0.99–0.61 (62%)attempts 20–17goals 1–1

  2. Phaneuf – Gunnarsson10:45

    xG 0.48–0.21 (69%)attempts 8–6goals 2–0

  3. Liles – Rielly14:02

    xG 0.47–0.50 (49%)attempts 12–25goals 1–1

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 xGCHI 2.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORCHI

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 CHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 66/100 · #335 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.28 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 70% of the time.

TOR winsCHI wins

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

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