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Tue, Nov 10, 2015·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Toronto Maple Leafs 3, Dallas Stars 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 52% of the time.

DAL winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR18010212330
DAL012116110238

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:38TORPeter HollandPPAssists: Jake Gardiner, Tyler Bozak · Tip-in, 0.21 xG1–0
  2. P2 19:26DALPatrick SharpAssists: Jason Demers, Johnny Oduya · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P3 5:39DALVernon FiddlerAssists: Jason Demers · Backhand, 0.01 xG1–2
  4. P3 12:38TORPA ParenteauAssists: Morgan Rielly, Shawn Matthias · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P3 16:32TORJake GardinerGWGAssists: James van Riemsdyk, Leo Komarov · Slap, 0.03 xG3–2
Penalties (2)
  1. P1 17:05DALJohnny Oduya: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P2 4:48TORDion Phaneuf: Slashing2 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 SOG0DAL
47% to win54% to win
← TOR attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Spaling won the faceoff against Faksa
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORDAL
30Shots on goal38
2.2Expected goals2.1
55Shot attempts67
36Faceoffs won31
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
21Hits15
15Blocked shots8
13Giveaways13
9Takeaways10

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. bestBoyes – Holland – Froese8:25

    xG 0.42–0.23 (65%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  2. Komarov – van Riemsdyk – Kadri13:09

    xG 0.43–0.51 (46%)attempts 18–13goals 1–0

  3. Parenteau – Matthias – Bozak11:55

    xG 0.34–0.44 (44%)attempts 10–15goals 1–2

  4. Lupul – Grabner – Spaling12:25

    xG 0.21–0.53 (29%)attempts 5–18goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPolak – Harrington12:23

    xG 0.49–0.31 (62%)attempts 16–14goals 0–1

  2. Phaneuf – Gardiner18:53

    xG 0.57–0.59 (49%)attempts 19–17goals 0–0

  3. Hunwick – Rielly18:00

    xG 0.61–0.69 (47%)attempts 8–18goals 1–1

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestSpezza – Eakin – Janmark12:40

    xG 0.49–0.31 (61%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  2. Hemsky – Fiddler – Sceviour8:37

    xG 0.32–0.24 (57%)attempts 11–10goals 1–1

  3. Sharp – Benn – Seguin14:27

    xG 0.61–0.61 (50%)attempts 20–10goals 1–0

  4. Roussel – Faksa – Nichushkin9:55

    xG 0.31–0.34 (47%)attempts 13–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestOduya – Demers16:05

    xG 0.68–0.43 (61%)attempts 23–12goals 2–0

  2. Goligoski – Klingberg22:16

    xG 0.82–0.79 (51%)attempts 25–18goals 0–0

  3. Benn – Jokipakka13:32

    xG 0.24–0.64 (27%)attempts 10–17goals 0–2

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.

DAL 2.1 xGTOR 2.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 67/100 · #394 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.91 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 14% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +41 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 52% of the time.

DAL winsTOR wins

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

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