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Tue, Apr 1, 2014·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Calgary Flames 2, Toronto Maple Leafs 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 51% of the time.

TOR winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY0519110224
TOR0716210323

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:50TORJay McClementAssists: Cody Franson · Tip-in, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P2 16:55CGYMatt StajanAssists: TJ Brodie, Mark Giordano · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–1
  3. P3 2:16TORDave BollandUnassisted · Tip-in, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P3 5:47TORDavid ClarksonGWGAssists: Mason Raymond · Wrist, 0.29 xG1–3
  5. P3 7:24CGYKris RussellAssists: Joe Colborne, Chris Butler · Snap, 0.07 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 15:33CGYBryce Van Brabant: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 11:06TORTyler Bozak: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 19:53TORDion Phaneuf: Cross checking2 min
  4. P3 0:00TORDion Phaneuf: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  5. P3 0:00TORDion Phaneuf: Misconduct10 min
  6. P3 0:00TORDion Phaneuf: Game misconduct10 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYTOR
24Shots on goal23
2.7Expected goals2.8
60Shot attempts53
32Faceoffs won38
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes26
22Hits20
16Blocked shots12
9Giveaways13
9Takeaways8

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.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestCammalleri – Byron – Backlund14:42

    xG 0.70–0.36 (66%)attempts 18–10goals 0–0

  2. Colborne – Bouma – Monahan5:38

    xG 0.21–0.36 (37%)attempts 5–5goals 1–0

  3. McGrattan – Stajan – Hudler5:02

    xG 0.02–0.17 (11%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Westgarth – Bouma – Van Brabant3:55

    xG 0.00–0.27 (0%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Brodie20:46

    xG 1.80–1.18 (60%)attempts 29–15goals 1–3

  2. Giordano – Butler2:04

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Russell – Wotherspoon2:05

    xG 0.07–0.09 (45%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestMcClement – Bodie – Kulemin11:35

    xG 0.71–0.19 (79%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  2. Clarkson – Raymond – Kadri2:15

    xG 0.48–0.21 (69%)attempts 5–2goals 1–1

  3. Clarkson – Kulemin – Kadri3:01

    xG 0.17–0.07 (72%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Lupul – Clarkson – Kadri2:45

    xG 0.00–0.11 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRanger – Rielly3:36

    xG 0.53–0.12 (82%)attempts 3–5goals 1–0

  2. Phaneuf – Gunnarsson12:31

    xG 0.59–0.34 (64%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  3. Phaneuf – Gardiner3:01

    xG 0.30–0.08 (80%)attempts 5–2goals 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 2.8 xGCGY 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORCGY

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 CGY. Dots are goals.

Excitement 39/100 · #682 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.34 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 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 51% of the time.

TOR winsCGY wins

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

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