Skip to content
Ice Lab

Tue, Jan 7, 2014·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

New York Islanders 5, Toronto Maple Leafs 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 61% of the time.

TOR winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI1111836525
TOR1141814326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:05TORTyler BozakAssists: Paul Ranger, James van Riemsdyk · Tip-in, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:16NYIKyle OkposoAssists: John Tavares, Travis Hamonic · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–1
  3. P2 3:06NYIMichael GrabnerUnassisted · Wrap-around, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P2 8:25TORMason RaymondPPAssists: Jake Gardiner, Nazem Kadri · Snap, 0.16 xG2–2
  5. P3 3:41NYIFrans NielsenPPAssists: Thomas Vanek, John Tavares · Snap, 0.23 xG3–2
  6. P3 6:01NYICalvin de HaanGWGAssists: Travis Hamonic, John Tavares · Slap, 0.02 xG4–2
  7. P3 16:55TORJoffrey LupulAssists: Nazem Kadri · Wrist, 0.08 xG4–3
  8. P3 19:51NYICal ClutterbuckENAssists: Michael Grabner · Wrist, 0.61 xG5–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P2 0:53NYICalvin de Haan: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 6:51NYITravis Hamonic: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 13:22NYIJohn Tavares: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 16:59NYIMatt Carkner: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 2:33TORJoffrey Lupul: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  6. P3 6:42NYIBrian Strait: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 20:00McClement won the faceoff against Tavares
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYITOR
25Shots on goal26
2.6Expected goals2.1
47Shot attempts52
24Faceoffs won38
1Power plays5
10Penalty minutes2
28Hits32
10Blocked shots11
6Giveaways10
13Takeaways4

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. bestNielsen – Bailey – Nelson7:05

    xG 0.39–0.15 (72%)attempts 13–4goals 0–1

  2. Clutterbuck – Grabner – Strome9:14

    xG 0.22–0.11 (67%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  3. Boulton – Martin – Cizikas4:41

    xG 0.05–0.05 (50%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Vanek – Okposo – Tavares12:42

    xG 0.18–0.28 (40%)attempts 8–5goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMacDonald – Hickey2:31

    xG 0.08–0.03 (73%)attempts 2–1goals 1–0

  2. Hamonic – de Haan20:32

    xG 0.48–0.63 (43%)attempts 19–14goals 2–2

  3. Carkner – Hickey7:22

    xG 0.13–0.30 (31%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestMcClement – Kulemin – D'Amigo13:37

    xG 0.48–0.23 (67%)attempts 7–10goals 0–1

  2. Lupul – Raymond – Kadri11:12

    xG 0.25–0.26 (49%)attempts 14–8goals 1–0

  3. Kessel – van Riemsdyk – Bozak10:51

    xG 0.35–0.40 (47%)attempts 6–12goals 1–0

  4. Orr – McLaren – Holland4:04

    xG 0.01–0.07 (13%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGleason – Phaneuf12:25

    xG 0.54–0.18 (75%)attempts 8–7goals 0–2

  2. Franson – Gardiner14:17

    xG 0.40–0.17 (70%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  3. Ranger – Rielly12:19

    xG 0.43–0.52 (45%)attempts 9–16goals 1–0

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 2.1 xGNYI 2.6 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 72/100 · #275 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.62 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 61% of the time.

TOR winsNYI wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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