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Mon, Feb 15, 2016·United Center, Chicago

Toronto Maple Leafs 2, Chicago Blackhawks 7

Expected result

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

CHI winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR011015211237
CHI21615411732

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:33CHIBrandon MashinterUnassisted · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:39CHIAndrew ShawPPAssists: Patrick Kane, Duncan Keith · Backhand, 0.32 xG0–2
  3. P2 1:55CHIBrent SeabrookPPGWGAssists: Andrew Shaw, Patrick Kane · Slap, 0.03 xG0–3
  4. P3 2:07CHIArtemi PanarinPPAssists: Patrick Kane, Duncan Keith · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–4
  5. P3 4:51CHIPatrick KaneAssists: Artem Anisimov, Artemi Panarin · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–5
  6. P3 8:39CHITeuvo TeravainenPPAssists: Niklas Hjalmarsson, Duncan Keith · Slap, 0.12 xG0–6
  7. P3 10:20CHIViktor SvedbergAssists: Jonathan Toews, Andrew Shaw · Slap, 0.08 xG0–7
  8. P3 11:06TORMark ArcobelloAssists: PA Parenteau, Colin Greening · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–7
  9. P3 15:08TORPA ParenteauPPAssists: Brad Boyes, Morgan Rielly · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–7
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 10:41TORColin Greening: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 1:23TORRoman Polak: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  3. P2 2:45CHIMichal Rozsival: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 6:34TORColin Greening: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 15:28CHIArtemi Panarin: High sticking double minor4 min
  6. P3 1:26TORMichael Grabner: Hooking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 6:18TORMartin Marincin: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  8. P3 7:18TORByron Froese: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 13:40CHITrevor van Riemsdyk: Interference2 min · PPG

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 SOG0CHI
47% to win54% to win
← TOR attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Kadri
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORCHI
37Shots on goal32
3.3Expected goals3.2
69Shot attempts54
31Faceoffs won29
4Power plays7
14Penalty minutes8
33Hits18
13Blocked shots21
3Giveaways7
2Takeaways2

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 – Greening – Arcobello10:23

    xG 0.51–0.39 (56%)attempts 14–5goals 1–0

  2. Boyes – Clune – Froese6:48

    xG 0.11–0.14 (46%)attempts 9–5goals 0–1

  3. Winnik – Spaling – Holland9:31

    xG 0.21–0.27 (44%)attempts 9–12goals 0–1

  4. Komarov – Grabner – Kadri9:46

    xG 0.21–0.34 (39%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPolak – Marincin3:24

    xG 0.36–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–0goals 1–0

  2. Polak – Hunwick3:09

    xG 0.10–0.09 (53%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Gardiner – Corrado3:16

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestDesjardins – Danault – Teravainen9:44

    xG 0.57–0.16 (78%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  2. Anisimov – Kane – Panarin10:17

    xG 0.38–0.30 (56%)attempts 12–9goals 1–0

  3. Mashinter – Hinostroza – Rasmussen7:04

    xG 0.14–0.13 (51%)attempts 4–12goals 1–0

  4. Toews – Panik – Shaw9:16

    xG 0.19–0.22 (46%)attempts 5–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Seabrook – van Riemsdyk11:37

    xG 0.55–0.52 (51%)attempts 10–17goals 1–0

  2. Keith – Hjalmarsson9:48

    xG 0.35–0.34 (51%)attempts 9–10goals 1–0

  3. Hjalmarsson – van Riemsdyk2:22

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 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.

CHI 3.2 xGTOR 3.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHITOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 60/100 · #472 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.50 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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.

CHI winsTOR wins

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

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