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Fri, Jan 9, 2015·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Columbus Blue Jackets 2, Toronto Maple Leafs 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 87% of the time.

TOR winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ181408220
TOR4170619532

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:15CBJRyan JohansenUnassisted · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:30TORTyler BozakUnassisted · Snap, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P1 14:32TORDaniel WinnikAssists: Tyler Bozak · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P1 16:31TORPhil KesselPPGWGAssists: James van Riemsdyk, Cody Franson · Snap, 0.29 xG1–3
  5. P1 17:23TORJames van RiemsdykPPAssists: Phil Kessel, Cody Franson · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–4
  6. P2 3:43CBJRyan JohansenPPAssists: David Savard, Nick Foligno · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–4
  7. P3 18:47TORJames van RiemsdykENAssists: Daniel Winnik · Wrist, 0.65 xG2–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 5:15CBJKevin Connauton: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 15:35CBJDavid Savard: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P1 15:56CBJMatt Calvert: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  4. P1 19:08CBJJared Boll: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 2:31TORDaniel Winnik: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P3 16:26TORJames van Riemsdyk: Roughing2 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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJTOR
20Shots on goal32
1.6Expected goals3.9
53Shot attempts58
33Faceoffs won34
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
35Hits25
13Blocked shots12
9Giveaways10
10Takeaways5

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.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestDubinsky – Atkinson – Morin4:58

    xG 0.36–0.11 (77%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. Boll – Letestu – Calvert2:23

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  3. Skille – Collins – Wennberg7:37

    xG 0.09–0.09 (48%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  4. Dubinsky – Calvert – Atkinson4:53

    xG 0.14–0.15 (48%)attempts 4–5goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Savard16:07

    xG 0.57–0.32 (64%)attempts 15–15goals 1–0

  2. Wisniewski – Connauton14:03

    xG 0.51–0.41 (55%)attempts 18–13goals 0–1

  3. Tyutin – Goloubef17:01

    xG 0.18–0.18 (51%)attempts 11–8goals 0–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestClarkson – Santorelli – Komarov9:02

    xG 0.19–0.04 (81%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Bodie – Booth – Smith4:06

    xG 0.14–0.01 (92%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. van Riemsdyk – Kadri – Panik11:51

    xG 0.17–0.29 (37%)attempts 8–14goals 0–1

  4. Winnik – Kessel – Bozak13:29

    xG 0.29–0.64 (31%)attempts 15–11goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhaneuf – Franson13:54

    xG 0.47–0.13 (78%)attempts 12–14goals 0–1

  2. Robidas – Gardiner12:48

    xG 0.17–0.20 (47%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  3. Polak – Rielly17:07

    xG 0.33–0.70 (32%)attempts 18–15goals 2–0

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 3.9 xGCBJ 1.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORCBJ

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 CBJ. Dots are goals.

Excitement 52/100 · #544 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.03 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 36% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 87% of the time.

TOR winsCBJ wins

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

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