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Tue, Jan 19, 2016·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Toronto Maple Leafs 3, Philadelphia Flyers 2

Expected result

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

PHI winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR11211419335
PHI11308112233

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:06PHIMatt ReadPPAssists: Evgeny Medvedev, Sean Couturier · Backhand, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:19TORRoman PolakAssists: Brad Boyes, Peter Holland · Backhand, 0.31 xG1–1
  3. P2 15:10TORJoffrey LupulAssists: Dion Phaneuf, Nazem Kadri · Wrist, 0.23 xG2–1
  4. P3 12:59PHIShayne GostisbehereUnassisted · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P3 19:52TORMatt HunwickGWGAssists: PA Parenteau, Tyler Bozak · Slap, 0.02 xG3–2
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 8:24TORDion Phaneuf: Fighting5 min · PPG
  2. P1 8:24PHIBrayden Schenn: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 9:12TORJoffrey Lupul: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 17:13PHIPierre-Edouard Bellemare: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 11:16PHIPierre-Edouard Bellemare: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  6. P2 11:16PHIRyan White: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 11:16TORRoman Polak: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 16:18TORPeter Holland: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 2:26PHIPierre-Edouard Bellemare: Holding2 min
  10. P3 13:08TORNazem Kadri: Interference2 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 SOG0PHI
47% to win54% to win
← TOR attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kadri won the faceoff against Couturier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORPHI
35Shots on goal33
3.4Expected goals3.3
64Shot attempts67
38Faceoffs won31
3Power plays3
13Penalty minutes13
20Hits32
17Blocked shots18
6Giveaways12
7Takeaways9

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. Parenteau – Matthias – Bozak11:45

    xG 0.80–0.83 (49%)attempts 13–15goals 1–0

  2. Boyes – Lupul – Holland8:02

    xG 0.59–0.64 (48%)attempts 8–9goals 1–1

  3. Komarov – Grabner – Bozak2:26

    xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  4. Komarov – Grabner – Kadri9:14

    xG 0.22–0.39 (36%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPolak – Marincin8:35

    xG 0.69–0.16 (81%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. Polak – Gardiner2:07

    xG 0.16–0.02 (91%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Polak – Hunwick3:22

    xG 0.02–0.02 (55%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Voracek – Simmonds11:23

    xG 0.94–0.30 (75%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  2. VandeVelde – White – Bellemare7:11

    xG 0.51–0.16 (76%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  3. Schenn – Couturier – Raffl10:32

    xG 0.76–0.47 (62%)attempts 16–12goals 0–1

  4. Voracek – Simmonds – Couturier2:06

    xG 0.28–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStreit – Schultz10:14

    xG 0.95–0.11 (89%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  2. Schultz – Gostisbehere3:18

    xG 0.49–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–1goals 1–0

  3. Streit – Gostisbehere2:19

    xG 0.39–0.18 (69%)attempts 2–3goals 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.

PHI 3.3 xGTOR 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHITOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 78/100 · #249 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.10 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +48 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.

PHI winsTOR wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).