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Thu, Nov 12, 2015·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Toronto Maple Leafs 2, Nashville Predators 1 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 55% of the time.

NSH winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
TOR060817021223
NSH040819010122

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 2:40NSHShea WeberPPAssists: James Neal, Filip Forsberg · Snap, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P3 5:52TORTyler BozakAssists: Shawn Matthias, PA Parenteau · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. NSH Filip Forsberg stopped
  2. 2. TOR PA Parenteau stopped
  3. 3. NSH Ryan Ellis stopped
  4. 4. TOR Joffrey Lupul stopped
  5. 5. NSH Roman Josi stopped
  6. 6. TOR Nazem Kadri stopped
  7. 7. NSH James Neal stopped
  8. 8. TOR Tyler Bozak stopped
  9. 9. NSH Craig Smith stopped
  10. 10. TOR Peter Holland scored
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 7:10NSHMike Fisher: Interference2 min
  2. P1 13:29NSHRyan Ellis: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P2 0:37TORPA Parenteau: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 5:28TORJoffrey Lupul: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 9:51NSHMike Fisher: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 1:44TORRoman Polak: Hooking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 19:49TORMichael Grabner: Hooking2 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
47% to win54% to win
← TOR attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Spaling won the faceoff against Ribeiro
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORNSH
23Shots on goal22
1.9Expected goals2.2
48Shot attempts66
21Faceoffs won30
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
17Hits24
24Blocked shots16
10Giveaways11
10Takeaways8

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. bestKomarov – van Riemsdyk – Kadri12:44

    xG 0.53–0.39 (57%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

  2. Parenteau – Matthias – Bozak11:14

    xG 0.38–0.28 (58%)attempts 6–10goals 1–0

  3. Grabner – Holland – Froese5:28

    xG 0.02–0.04 (34%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  4. Lupul – Winnik – Spaling8:15

    xG 0.24–0.38 (39%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHunwick – Rielly15:51

    xG 0.86–0.24 (78%)attempts 17–13goals 1–0

  2. Polak – Rielly2:38

    xG 0.16–0.04 (79%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Phaneuf – Hunwick2:25

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestRibeiro – Wilson – Smith8:35

    xG 0.42–0.06 (88%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  2. Bourque – Watson – Sissons7:50

    xG 0.32–0.00 (100%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  3. Hodgson – Jarnkrok – Salomaki8:39

    xG 0.35–0.15 (71%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

  4. Ribeiro – Neal – Forsberg2:28

    xG 0.02–0.08 (18%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJackman – Jones14:15

    xG 0.68–0.06 (92%)attempts 20–2goals 0–0

  2. Ellis – Ekholm14:46

    xG 0.24–0.33 (43%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. Weber – Josi15:25

    xG 0.68–0.86 (44%)attempts 23–18goals 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.

NSH 2.2 xGTOR 1.9 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 47/100 · #622 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.52 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 19% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +30 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 55% of the time.

NSH winsTOR wins

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

-7
-6
-5
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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