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Tue, Oct 14, 2014·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Colorado Avalanche 2, Toronto Maple Leafs 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 79% of the time.

TOR winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
COL112170500224
TOR1801611511340

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:54TORJames van RiemsdykAssists: Phil Kessel, Tyler Bozak · Snap, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:14COLRyan O'ReillyAssists: Jarome Iginla, Erik Johnson · Backhand, 0.19 xG1–1
  3. P2 17:40COLMatt DucheneAssists: Jarome Iginla, Jamie McGinn · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P3 10:36TORJoffrey LupulUnassisted · Snap, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. OT 0:34TORPhil KesselGWGAssists: Tyler Bozak, Dion Phaneuf · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–3
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 0:13TORStephane Robidas: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 7:03COLGabriel Landeskog: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 6:26COLJamie McGinn: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 6:26TORDion Phaneuf: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 6:26COLJarome Iginla: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 10:54TORJoffrey Lupul: Interference2 min
  7. P2 12:30COLJarome Iginla: Slashing2 min
  8. P2 18:30COLNick Holden: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 14:23TORJames Reimer: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  10. P3 15:53COLAlex Tanguay: Holding2 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.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
46% to win54% to win
← COL attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Duchene won the faceoff against Bozak
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLTOR
24Shots on goal40
2.0Expected goals3.8
50Shot attempts70
25Faceoffs won35
3Power plays5
12Penalty minutes8
35Hits37
19Blocked shots16
7Giveaways12
8Takeaways13

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.

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. O'Reilly – Landeskog – Everberg11:57

    xG 0.51–0.51 (50%)attempts 16–10goals 0–1

  2. Talbot – McLeod – Cliche5:24

    xG 0.01–0.11 (10%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Brière – Tanguay – MacKinnon10:14

    xG 0.19–0.34 (35%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  4. Iginla – McGinn – Duchene12:50

    xG 0.53–1.11 (32%)attempts 10–16goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Barrie3:18

    xG 0.33–0.14 (70%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  2. Johnson – Holden12:55

    xG 0.41–0.48 (46%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  3. Hejda – Barrie10:01

    xG 0.37–0.47 (44%)attempts 10–10goals 0–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestLupul – Winnik – Kadri12:31

    xG 0.93–0.41 (69%)attempts 21–8goals 1–0

  2. Kessel – van Riemsdyk – Bozak12:14

    xG 1.01–0.70 (59%)attempts 13–15goals 1–1

  3. Clarkson – Santorelli – Komarov10:21

    xG 0.43–0.30 (59%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  4. Holland – Panik – Kozun3:41

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhaneuf – Franson12:23

    xG 0.76–0.26 (74%)attempts 14–11goals 2–1

  2. Polak – Percy12:31

    xG 0.69–0.64 (52%)attempts 13–12goals 0–1

  3. Robidas – Rielly11:40

    xG 0.37–0.45 (45%)attempts 11–8goals 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 3.8 xGCOL 2.0 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORCOL

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 COL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 74/100 · #262 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.04 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 20% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +31 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 79% of the time.

TOR winsCOL wins

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

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