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Thu, Feb 12, 2015·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

Toronto Maple Leafs 2, New York Islanders 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 70% of the time.

NYI winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR08212014234
NYI21818015341

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:11NYIAnders LeeUnassisted · Wrist, 0.20 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:03NYICasey CizikasAssists: Colin McDonald, Matt Martin · Wrist, 0.34 xG0–2
  3. P2 1:32TORRichard PanikAssists: Korbinian Holzer, Leo Komarov · Wrist, 0.39 xG1–2
  4. P2 4:09TORTrevor SmithAssists: Richard Panik, Tyler Bozak · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–2
  5. P2 12:02NYIAnders LeeGWGAssists: Josh Bailey, Travis Hamonic · Wrist, 0.46 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 16:32TORStephane Robidas: Holding2 min
  2. P1 18:12NYIRyan Strome: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 2:00TORTrevor Smith: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 8:41NYIJohn Tavares: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P3 10:33NYIJohn Tavares: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 10:33TORRichard Panik: 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.

TOR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYI
46% to win54% to win
← TOR attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nelson won the faceoff against Kadri
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORNYI
34Shots on goal41
3.1Expected goals4.4
59Shot attempts70
29Faceoffs won32
2Power plays2
6Penalty minutes6
39Hits47
22Blocked shots12
11Giveaways14
7Takeaways14

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 – van Riemsdyk – Bozak11:33

    xG 1.08–0.44 (71%)attempts 17–9goals 0–0

  2. Komarov – Holland – Panik3:16

    xG 0.49–0.28 (64%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

  3. Santorelli – Komarov – Holland2:21

    xG 0.03–0.05 (41%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Clarkson – Booth – Smith4:17

    xG 0.12–0.17 (41%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRobidas – Holzer11:02

    xG 0.86–0.38 (69%)attempts 13–11goals 1–0

  2. Franson – Gardiner15:20

    xG 0.47–0.42 (53%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  3. Polak – Rielly13:57

    xG 0.44–1.28 (26%)attempts 11–18goals 0–1

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestBailey – Tavares – Lee12:20

    xG 1.82–0.40 (82%)attempts 24–12goals 2–0

  2. Nielsen – Grabovski – Strome8:47

    xG 0.57–0.22 (72%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  3. Clutterbuck – Kulemin – Nelson8:10

    xG 0.24–0.13 (65%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  4. McDonald – Martin – Cizikas10:13

    xG 0.67–0.87 (43%)attempts 6–13goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStrait – Hamonic16:06

    xG 2.00–1.08 (65%)attempts 17–19goals 3–0

  2. Boychuk – Leddy17:19

    xG 0.94–0.48 (66%)attempts 25–9goals 0–1

  3. Visnovsky – Hickey12:53

    xG 0.49–1.02 (33%)attempts 11–17goals 0–1

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.

NYI 4.4 xGTOR 3.1 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYITOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 61/100 · #426 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.28 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 70% of the time.

NYI winsTOR wins

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

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-5
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).