Skip to content
Ice Lab

Fri, Oct 31, 2014·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Columbus Blue Jackets 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 59% of the time.

CBJ winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR1911622427
CBJ0909111129

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:28TORPhil KesselAssists: Daniel Winnik, Nazem Kadri · Wrist, 0.24 xG1–0
  2. P2 12:13TORDavid ClarksonPPGWGAssists: Dion Phaneuf, Peter Holland · Deflected, 0.11 xG2–0
  3. P3 2:38TORNazem KadriAssists: Phil Kessel, Daniel Winnik · Tip-in, 0.11 xG3–0
  4. P3 10:40CBJCam AtkinsonPPAssists: Ryan Johansen, Jack Johnson · Tip-in, 0.36 xG3–1
  5. P3 16:27TORDaniel WinnikAssists: Phil Kessel · Snap, 0.14 xG4–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 1:13CBJDavid Savard: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 5:59TORDion Phaneuf: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 17:32TORRoman Polak: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 11:53CBJJack Johnson: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. P2 15:21TORDavid Clarkson: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 9:50TORMatt Frattin: Hooking2 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.

TOR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CBJ
46% to win54% to win
← TOR attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Chaput won the faceoff against Bozak
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORCBJ
27Shots on goal29
2.3Expected goals1.8
43Shot attempts51
41Faceoffs won29
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
23Hits37
14Blocked shots9
4Giveaways8
8Takeaways11

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.

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestWinnik – Kessel – Kadri9:43

    xG 0.92–0.26 (78%)attempts 10–8goals 3–0

  2. Clarkson – van Riemsdyk – Bozak15:06

    xG 0.51–0.24 (67%)attempts 11–14goals 0–0

  3. Frattin – Ashton – Holland6:05

    xG 0.11–0.04 (75%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  4. Santorelli – Komarov – Panik11:56

    xG 0.23–0.39 (37%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhaneuf – Franson13:37

    xG 1.07–0.26 (81%)attempts 13–11goals 1–0

  2. Polak – Rielly15:05

    xG 0.43–0.32 (57%)attempts 10–14goals 1–0

  3. Robidas – Gardiner12:18

    xG 0.12–0.23 (34%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. Cracknell – Boll – Collins5:00

    xG 0.07–0.04 (64%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  2. Tropp – Chaput – Dano2:56

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  3. Skille – Foligno – Chaput4:38

    xG 0.07–0.15 (31%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Hartnell – Atkinson – Johansen12:41

    xG 0.41–0.71 (36%)attempts 17–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestProut – Erixon16:15

    xG 0.56–0.31 (64%)attempts 12–9goals 0–1

  2. Tyutin – Johnson15:25

    xG 0.25–0.66 (27%)attempts 15–11goals 0–2

  3. Savard – Murray16:12

    xG 0.14–0.85 (14%)attempts 11–17goals 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.

CBJ 1.8 xGTOR 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

CBJ's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line CBJ is favoured, below it TOR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 25/100 · #899 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.78 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 59% of the time.

CBJ winsTOR wins

Simulated goal difference (CBJ − TOR), 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).