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Tue, Mar 3, 2015·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Toronto Maple Leafs 3, Florida Panthers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 70% of the time.

FLA winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR01618210334
FLA111114017242

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:42FLABrandon PirriAssists: Jimmy Hayes, Vincent Trocheck · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:40TORTyler BozakPPAssists: Dion Phaneuf, Phil Kessel · Tip-in, 0.36 xG1–1
  3. P2 13:12FLAAaron EkbladPPAssists: Jimmy Hayes, Jonathan Huberdeau · Slap, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P3 0:22TORNazem KadriAssists: Jake Gardiner, Richard Panik · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–2
  5. P3 5:28TORPeter HollandGWGAssists: David Booth · Backhand, 0.17 xG3–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 2:55FLABrian Campbell: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 3:47FLAJimmy Hayes: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  3. P2 11:21TORPhil Kessel: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 14:03TORJoffrey Lupul: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 10:52TORNazem Kadri: 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 SOG0FLA
46% to win54% to win
← TOR attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kadri won the faceoff against Barkov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORFLA
34Shots on goal42
2.7Expected goals3.9
50Shot attempts60
35Faceoffs won43
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
32Hits23
9Blocked shots11
1Giveaways4
6Takeaways5

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. bestLindstrom – Smith – Sill5:01

    xG 0.44–0.02 (95%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Lupul – Booth – Holland12:15

    xG 0.91–0.52 (64%)attempts 16–9goals 1–0

  3. Komarov – Kadri – Panik13:10

    xG 0.54–0.15 (78%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  4. Kessel – van Riemsdyk – Bozak11:41

    xG 0.01–0.40 (3%)attempts 3–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhaneuf – Gardiner15:22

    xG 1.07–0.41 (72%)attempts 20–12goals 1–0

  2. Gardiner – Rielly2:05

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  3. Robidas – Erixon11:00

    xG 0.23–0.50 (32%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestMacKenzie – Kopecky – Upshall6:08

    xG 0.39–0.25 (61%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  2. Jagr – Huberdeau – Barkov13:07

    xG 0.75–0.70 (51%)attempts 14–14goals 0–1

  3. Hayes – Pirri – Trocheck11:28

    xG 0.20–0.18 (53%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  4. Boyes – Jokinen – Bjugstad10:51

    xG 0.23–0.63 (27%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKulikov – Gudbranson18:41

    xG 0.79–0.57 (58%)attempts 21–11goals 1–0

  2. Campbell – Ekblad18:08

    xG 0.52–0.65 (44%)attempts 12–19goals 0–1

  3. Kampfer – Petrovic10:52

    xG 0.14–0.86 (14%)attempts 7–13goals 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.

FLA 3.9 xGTOR 2.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLATOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 53/100 · #529 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.65 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 22% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 70% of the time.

FLA winsTOR wins

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

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