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Sat, Mar 14, 2015·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Toronto Maple Leafs 1, Vancouver Canucks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 63% of the time.

VAN winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR0601518129
VAN112212111435

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:44VANChris HigginsAssists: Brad Richardson, Derek Dorsett · Deflected, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:09VANDerek DorsettGWGAssists: Nick Bonino · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P2 6:41VANJannik HansenAssists: Ronalds Kenins, Bo Horvat · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–3
  4. P3 12:38TORPhil KesselUnassisted · Backhand, 0.37 xG1–3
  5. P3 17:02VANShawn MatthiasENAssists: Derek Dorsett, Kevin Bieksa · Wrist, 0.59 xG1–4
Penalties (15)
  1. P1 6:48TORJake Gardiner: Holding the stick2 min
  2. P2 4:07VANZack Kassian: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 6:59VANLuca Sbisa: Holding2 min
  4. P2 9:05VANChris Tanev: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 10:41VANYannick Weber: Holding2 min
  6. P2 16:33TORDion Phaneuf: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 16:33VANZack Kassian: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 16:33VANZack Kassian: Misconduct10 min
  9. P2 16:33VANZack Kassian: Game misconduct10 min
  10. P2 19:07TORAndrew MacWilliam: High sticking2 min
  11. P3 3:14VANDan Hamhuis: Slashing2 min
  12. P3 11:15TORJake Gardiner: Slashing2 min
  13. P3 11:31VANAlexander Edler: Slashing2 min
  14. P3 12:38VANHenrik Sedin: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  15. P3 19:38VANJannik Hansen: 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 SOG0VAN
46% to win54% to win
← TOR attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kadri won the faceoff against Sedin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORVAN
29Shots on goal35
3.1Expected goals3.9
61Shot attempts56
37Faceoffs won16
7Power plays3
8Penalty minutes36
28Hits15
11Blocked shots22
3Giveaways8
6Takeaways6

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 – Komarov – Smith7:43

    xG 0.47–0.39 (55%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

  2. Kessel – Bozak – Panik8:13

    xG 0.20–0.37 (35%)attempts 6–7goals 0–2

  3. Lindstrom – Sill – Kozun5:37

    xG 0.08–0.49 (14%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  4. Booth – van Riemsdyk – Kadri9:25

    xG 0.19–1.41 (12%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Brewer – MacWilliam2:20

    xG 0.05–0.03 (60%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Phaneuf – Brennan2:16

    xG 0.05–0.08 (40%)attempts 3–1goals 0–1

  3. Brennan – MacWilliam7:09

    xG 0.23–0.29 (44%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestHansen – Horvat – Kenins8:22

    xG 0.63–0.02 (96%)attempts 9–3goals 1–0

  2. Sedin – Sedin – Kassian5:35

    xG 0.82–0.31 (73%)attempts 11–2goals 0–0

  3. Higgins – Richardson – Dorsett6:16

    xG 0.41–0.25 (62%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  4. Vrbata – Matthias – Bonino7:31

    xG 0.09–0.10 (48%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBieksa – Sbisa10:22

    xG 0.86–0.08 (91%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  2. Hamhuis – Weber13:41

    xG 0.96–0.40 (70%)attempts 14–11goals 2–0

  3. Edler – Tanev11:51

    xG 0.84–0.43 (66%)attempts 10–9goals 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.

VAN 3.9 xGTOR 3.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 22/100 · #911 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.65 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50VAN 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, Vancouver Canucks win this game 63% of the time.

VAN winsTOR wins

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

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