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Wed, Mar 9, 2016·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

New York Islanders 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 75% of the time.

TOR winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NYI1111915020327
TOR18111113041436

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:08NYIJohn TavaresUnassisted · Wrist, 0.32 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:27TORZach HymanAssists: Colin Greening, Martin Marincin · Wrist, 0.22 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:45TORMorgan RiellyPPAssists: Nazem Kadri · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P2 12:54NYINick LeddyUnassisted · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. P3 14:41NYIRyan StromeAssists: Johnny Boychuk, Nick Leddy · Wrist, 0.27 xG3–2
  6. P3 18:47TORWilliam NylanderPPAssists: Nazem Kadri, Jake Gardiner · Wrist, 0.36 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. TOR Peter Holland stopped
  2. 2. NYI Frans Nielsen stopped
  3. 3. TOR PA Parenteau stopped
  4. 4. NYI Kyle Okposo stopped
  5. 5. TOR William Nylander stopped
  6. 6. NYI John Tavares stopped
  7. 7. TOR Nikita Soshnikov scored
  8. 8. NYI Cal Clutterbuck stopped
Penalties (7)
  1. P2 8:34TORNazem Kadri: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 9:48NYIAnders Lee: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P3 6:04NYIKyle Okposo: High sticking double minor4 min
  4. P3 7:18TORBen Smith: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P3 16:52NYIRyan Strome: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. OT 4:25NYIJohn Tavares: Hooking2 min
  7. OT 4:25TORZach Hyman: Embellishment2 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
47% to win54% to win
← NYI attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cizikas won the faceoff against Smith
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYITOR
27Shots on goal36
2.5Expected goals4.1
48Shot attempts65
34Faceoffs won32
1Power plays4
10Penalty minutes6
26Hits22
13Blocked shots10
7Giveaways6
11Takeaways7

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.

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestOkposo – Bailey – Tavares4:59

    xG 0.78–0.04 (96%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  2. Tavares – Nelson – Strome6:35

    xG 0.25–0.10 (72%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Nielsen – Okposo – Bailey6:03

    xG 0.27–0.18 (60%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  4. Kulemin – Bailey – Lee2:20

    xG 0.13–0.11 (53%)attempts 2–2goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStrait – Pulock11:10

    xG 0.57–0.34 (63%)attempts 15–10goals 1–0

  2. Hickey – Hamonic17:45

    xG 0.59–0.41 (59%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  3. Boychuk – Leddy18:18

    xG 0.25–1.36 (15%)attempts 12–20goals 1–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestLaich – Greening – Smith10:26

    xG 0.61–0.20 (76%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Michalek – Grabner – Holland8:02

    xG 0.19–0.15 (55%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  3. Parenteau – Hyman – Nylander9:17

    xG 0.25–0.25 (50%)attempts 10–10goals 0–1

  4. Komarov – Kadri – Soshnikov13:43

    xG 0.20–0.28 (42%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMarincin – Rielly19:48

    xG 0.75–0.53 (58%)attempts 17–19goals 1–0

  2. Gardiner – Carrick19:10

    xG 1.06–1.12 (49%)attempts 16–14goals 0–2

  3. Brennan – Corrado8:47

    xG 0.12–0.31 (29%)attempts 8–6goals 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.

TOR 4.1 xGNYI 2.5 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORNYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 93/100 · #74 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.73 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 6% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +44 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 75% of the time.

TOR winsNYI wins

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

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