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Thu, Nov 6, 2014·Pepsi Center, Denver

Toronto Maple Leafs 3, Colorado Avalanche 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 65% of the time.

COL winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
TOR11219113041338
COL1191716023434

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:31COLNick HoldenAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Gabriel Landeskog · Snap, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:20TORPhil KesselAssists: Cody Franson, Richard Panik · Wrist, 0.34 xG1–1
  3. P2 4:43TORTyler BozakPPAssists: James van Riemsdyk, Cody Franson · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–1
  4. P2 5:43COLAlex TanguayAssists: Zach Redmond, Tyson Barrie · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. P3 11:45COLMatt DucheneAssists: Ryan O'Reilly · Wrap-around, 0.07 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:44TORRichard PanikAssists: Mike Santorelli, Phil Kessel · Wrist, 0.18 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. COL Nathan MacKinnon scored
  2. 2. TOR Tyler Bozak scored
  3. 3. COL Matt Duchene scored
  4. 4. TOR James van Riemsdyk stopped
  5. 5. COL Alex Tanguay scored
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 5:39TORJames van Riemsdyk: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 11:03TORDion Phaneuf: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 4:09COLZach Redmond: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P3 19:55COLJarome Iginla: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 19:55TORStephane Robidas: Roughing2 min
  6. OT 1:17TORMatt Frattin: Too many men on the ice2 min
  7. OT 1:32COLNathan MacKinnon: Interference goalkeeper2 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.

TOR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0COL
46% to win54% to win
← TOR attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bozak won the faceoff against MacKinnon
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORCOL
38Shots on goal34
4.3Expected goals3.2
73Shot attempts69
32Faceoffs won37
2Power plays3
8Penalty minutes6
33Hits40
22Blocked shots22
3Giveaways4
22Takeaways13

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. bestKessel – Kadri – Panik2:02

    xG 0.81–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 1–0

  2. Santorelli – Holland – Panik6:37

    xG 0.34–0.02 (93%)attempts 12–2goals 0–0

  3. Clarkson – van Riemsdyk – Bozak10:25

    xG 0.62–0.42 (59%)attempts 13–9goals 0–1

  4. Komarov – Kessel – Kadri5:05

    xG 0.41–0.46 (47%)attempts 6–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhaneuf – Percy2:15

    xG 0.60–0.08 (88%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  2. Robidas – Franson3:36

    xG 0.46–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Robidas – Polak6:56

    xG 0.39–0.01 (97%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestTalbot – McLeod – Cliche8:00

    xG 0.26–0.14 (66%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  2. Iginla – Landeskog – MacKinnon14:54

    xG 1.00–1.15 (46%)attempts 20–18goals 1–1

  3. McGinn – O'Reilly – Duchene13:59

    xG 0.47–0.65 (42%)attempts 11–14goals 1–0

  4. Tanguay – Mitchell – Everberg11:58

    xG 0.44–0.89 (33%)attempts 12–13goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGuenin – Barrie14:30

    xG 0.76–0.43 (64%)attempts 9–16goals 0–0

  2. Hejda – Johnson19:40

    xG 1.23–1.64 (43%)attempts 29–20goals 1–1

  3. Holden – Redmond16:39

    xG 0.44–1.16 (27%)attempts 12–23goals 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.

COL 3.2 xGTOR 4.3 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 84/100 · #168 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.26 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 33% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +46 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 65% of the time.

COL winsTOR wins

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

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