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Thu, Oct 27, 2016·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Florida Panthers 2, Toronto Maple Leafs 3

Expected result

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

TOR winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA11111109231
TOR1102909328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:55FLAJonathan MarchessaultAssists: Jaromir Jagr · Slap, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:56TORTyler BozakAssists: Nikita Zaitsev, Mitch Marner · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–1
  3. P2 3:35FLAJonathan MarchessaultPPAssists: Keith Yandle, Roberto Luongo · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P2 10:26TORJames van RiemsdykAssists: Mitch Marner · Backhand, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. P2 16:03TORTyler BozakGWGAssists: Mitch Marner, Nazem Kadri · Snap, 0.13 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 18:56FLAMike Matheson: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 18:56TORJames van Riemsdyk: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 1:45TORWilliam Nylander: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 7:26TORWilliam Nylander: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P3 1:04TORMitch Marner: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 12:40FLAColton Sceviour: High sticking double minor4 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
44% to win56% to win
← FLA attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kadri won the faceoff against Barkov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLATOR
31Shots on goal28
2.7Expected goals3.2
59Shot attempts59
27Faceoffs won30
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
29Hits19
13Blocked shots14
12Giveaways9
17Takeaways11

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestJagr – Marchessault – Barkov12:21

    xG 0.74–0.45 (62%)attempts 15–10goals 1–0

  2. Sceviour – Smith – Trocheck5:14

    xG 0.38–0.15 (72%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  3. Sceviour – McCann – Malgin4:52

    xG 0.31–0.11 (73%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Rau – McCann – Malgin2:13

    xG 0.01–0.07 (12%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDemers – Matheson13:41

    xG 0.79–0.48 (62%)attempts 18–8goals 1–1

  2. Petrovic – Pysyk13:14

    xG 0.29–0.38 (44%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  3. Yandle – Ekblad16:51

    xG 0.88–1.00 (47%)attempts 19–20goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestvan Riemsdyk – Bozak – Marner10:37

    xG 0.68–0.27 (72%)attempts 12–7goals 2–0

  2. Hyman – Nylander – Matthews9:55

    xG 0.69–0.39 (64%)attempts 13–11goals 0–1

  3. Martin – Smith – Griffith8:03

    xG 0.25–0.05 (84%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  4. Komarov – Kadri – Brown10:06

    xG 0.31–0.61 (34%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarrick – Zaitsev12:37

    xG 0.85–0.22 (79%)attempts 17–7goals 2–0

  2. Polak – Gardiner9:50

    xG 0.53–0.31 (63%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

  3. Gardiner – Carrick4:42

    xG 0.33–0.12 (73%)attempts 6–1goals 1–0

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 3.2 xGFLA 2.7 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 38/100 · #720 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.30 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 34% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 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.

TOR winsFLA wins

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

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