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Tue, Dec 22, 2015·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Toronto Maple Leafs 2, Arizona Coyotes 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 59% of the time.

ARI winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR112115012239
ARI2901017326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:09TORJames van RiemsdykPPAssists: Dion Phaneuf, PA Parenteau · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:16ARIShane DoanAssists: Stefan Elliott, Brad Richardson · Backhand, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P1 15:30ARIShane DoanAssists: Kyle Chipchura · Wrist, 0.30 xG1–2
  4. P2 14:00TORNazem KadriAssists: Tyler Bozak, Morgan Rielly · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–2
  5. P3 6:06ARIConnor MurphyGWGAssists: Brad Richardson, Shane Doan · Slap, 0.02 xG2–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 9:24TORJoffrey Lupul: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 14:56ARIMichael Stone: Illegal check to head2 min · PPG
  3. P1 18:17TORPA Parenteau: Interference2 min
  4. P2 8:06TORPeter Holland: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 8:06ARIMax Domi: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 15:01TORNazem Kadri: Closing hand on puck2 min
  7. P2 19:10ARIKlas Dahlbeck: Cross checking2 min
  8. P3 7:29TORMartin Marincin: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 SOG0ARI
47% to win54% to win
← TOR attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kadri won the faceoff against Vermette
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORARI
39Shots on goal26
2.7Expected goals2.2
75Shot attempts46
28Faceoffs won47
2Power plays4
13Penalty minutes9
22Hits20
9Blocked shots20
3Giveaways4
8Takeaways11

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. bestParenteau – van Riemsdyk – Bozak15:21

    xG 0.33–0.22 (61%)attempts 19–7goals 0–0

  2. Lupul – Winnik – Holland8:53

    xG 0.38–0.30 (56%)attempts 6–8goals 0–1

  3. Boyes – Matthias – Froese4:40

    xG 0.22–0.50 (31%)attempts 9–5goals 0–2

  4. Komarov – Grabner – Kadri10:57

    xG 0.32–0.69 (32%)attempts 11–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPolak – Rielly6:03

    xG 0.40–0.15 (73%)attempts 15–7goals 1–1

  2. Polak – Marincin7:04

    xG 0.76–0.58 (57%)attempts 13–6goals 0–1

  3. Gardiner – Rielly2:22

    xG 0.03–0.02 (57%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestDoan – Richardson – Chipchura12:18

    xG 1.05–0.48 (69%)attempts 15–15goals 2–1

  2. Tikhonov – Duclair – Domi4:57

    xG 0.34–0.08 (81%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Vermette – Boedker – Rieder7:37

    xG 0.13–0.13 (50%)attempts 5–12goals 0–0

  4. Tikhonov – Rieder – Duclair2:04

    xG 0.05–0.21 (19%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestElliott – Dahlbeck10:04

    xG 0.58–0.20 (74%)attempts 13–8goals 2–0

  2. Ekman-Larsson – Murphy17:17

    xG 0.82–0.81 (50%)attempts 16–24goals 1–1

  3. Grossmann – Stone9:22

    xG 0.15–0.20 (43%)attempts 5–10goals 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.

ARI 2.2 xGTOR 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARITOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 59/100 · #489 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.78 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 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 59% of the time.

ARI winsTOR wins

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

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