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Tue, Feb 3, 2015·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Toronto Maple Leafs 3, Nashville Predators 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 60% of the time.

NSH winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR0711328328
NSH21109212432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:52NSHSeth JonesSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:31NSHShea WeberPPAssists: Filip Forsberg, Mike Fisher · Slap, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P2 7:49TORDaniel WinnikAssists: Mike Santorelli, Joffrey Lupul · Slap, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P3 2:19TORNazem KadriAssists: David Booth, Cody Franson · Wrist, 0.39 xG2–2
  5. P3 2:56TORMike SantorelliAssists: Joffrey Lupul, Morgan Rielly · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–2
  6. P3 6:55NSHMike FisherAssists: Colin Wilson, Roman Josi · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–3
  7. P3 11:18NSHColin WilsonGWGAssists: Mike Fisher, James Neal · Wrist, 0.47 xG3–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 3:20NSHShea Weber: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 10:52NSHJames Neal: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 13:42TORPhil Kessel: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P2 14:08NSHPaul Gaustad: Delaying game face off violation2 min
  5. P2 18:52TORKorbinian Holzer: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 14:28NSHMike Fisher: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P3 16:40TORJoffrey Lupul: Tripping2 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 SOG0NSH
46% to win54% to win
← TOR attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Ribeiro won the faceoff against Kadri
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORNSH
28Shots on goal32
2.7Expected goals2.1
51Shot attempts56
31Faceoffs won46
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
19Hits16
16Blocked shots17
7Giveaways10
7Takeaways4

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. bestLupul – Winnik – Kadri3:23

    xG 0.24–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Booth – Kadri – Panik7:35

    xG 0.76–0.54 (59%)attempts 9–3goals 1–1

  3. Clarkson – Komarov – Holland8:06

    xG 0.32–0.39 (45%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

  4. Kessel – van Riemsdyk – Bozak10:08

    xG 0.17–0.27 (39%)attempts 7–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestFranson – Gardiner16:45

    xG 1.17–0.37 (76%)attempts 18–16goals 2–1

  2. Robidas – Holzer9:44

    xG 0.13–0.37 (26%)attempts 3–11goals 0–0

  3. Polak – Rielly13:27

    xG 0.49–0.77 (39%)attempts 12–14goals 1–1

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestFisher – Neal – Wilson9:00

    xG 0.86–0.18 (82%)attempts 15–5goals 2–0

  2. Cullen – Bourque – Jarnkrok9:59

    xG 0.33–0.21 (61%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

  3. Ribeiro – Smith – Forsberg8:58

    xG 0.24–0.42 (36%)attempts 12–7goals 0–1

  4. Gaustad – Nystrom – Beck7:20

    xG 0.05–0.69 (7%)attempts 6–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestVolchenkov – Ekholm12:02

    xG 0.97–0.41 (70%)attempts 19–8goals 1–1

  2. Bartley – Jones11:45

    xG 0.15–0.32 (32%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  3. Weber – Josi16:25

    xG 0.38–0.58 (40%)attempts 14–13goals 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.

NSH 2.1 xGTOR 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 86/100 · #150 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.11 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +34 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 60% of the time.

NSH winsTOR wins

Simulated goal difference (NSH − 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).