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Sun, Oct 30, 2016·Barclays Center, Brooklyn

Toronto Maple Leafs 1, New York Islanders 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 64% of the time.

NYI winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR01001717134
NYI213012310535

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:01NYITravis HamonicAssists: Nick Leddy, Nikolay Kulemin · Slap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:22NYICasey CizikasGWGAssists: Cal Clutterbuck, Nikolay Kulemin · Wrist, 0.36 xG0–2
  3. P3 0:50TORJake GardinerPPAssists: William Nylander, James van Riemsdyk · Slap, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P3 5:08NYIShane PrinceAssists: Dennis Seidenberg, Brock Nelson · Snap, 0.22 xG1–3
  5. P3 7:47NYIBrock NelsonAssists: Shane Prince, Dennis Seidenberg · Snap, 0.14 xG1–4
  6. P3 19:16NYIJosh BaileyAssists: Nick Leddy, John Tavares · Tip-in, 0.08 xG1–5
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 12:28NYIDennis Seidenberg: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 2:03TORTyler Bozak: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 5:17NYIJohn Tavares: Holding2 min
  4. P2 17:39NYIShane Prince: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 17:39TORNazem Kadri: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 17:39TORNazem Kadri: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 18:59NYIAndrew Ladd: Roughing2 min · PPG
  8. P2 18:59NYIAndrew Ladd: Slashing2 min
  9. P2 18:59TORMatt Martin: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 8:14NYINikolay Kulemin: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 8:14TORConnor Carrick: Roughing2 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 SOG0NYI
44% to win56% to win
← TOR attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Smith won the faceoff against Tavares
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORNYI
34Shots on goal35
3.4Expected goals4.3
78Shot attempts59
33Faceoffs won30
3Power plays2
10Penalty minutes12
23Hits19
7Blocked shots22
5Giveaways8
11Takeaways4

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. bestHyman – Nylander – Matthews11:49

    xG 1.16–0.95 (55%)attempts 18–12goals 0–1

  2. Komarov – Kadri – Griffith5:28

    xG 0.31–0.15 (68%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Martin – Smith – Brown4:35

    xG 0.27–0.31 (46%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Komarov – Kadri – Marner5:34

    xG 0.28–0.37 (43%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRielly – Carrick13:33

    xG 0.84–0.74 (53%)attempts 18–13goals 0–0

  2. Polak – Gardiner12:34

    xG 0.97–0.94 (51%)attempts 18–12goals 0–3

  3. Marincin – Rielly3:09

    xG 0.12–0.32 (27%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestLadd – Nelson – Prince8:15

    xG 1.42–0.26 (85%)attempts 12–9goals 2–0

  2. Clutterbuck – Kulemin – Cizikas8:25

    xG 0.80–0.69 (54%)attempts 8–12goals 2–0

  3. Chimera – Lee – Strome8:32

    xG 0.41–0.40 (51%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  4. Bailey – Tavares – Beauvillier13:34

    xG 0.61–0.61 (50%)attempts 14–17goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamonic – Leddy15:49

    xG 1.43–0.70 (67%)attempts 19–20goals 2–0

  2. Seidenberg – de Haan15:05

    xG 1.19–0.71 (63%)attempts 12–18goals 3–0

  3. Boychuk – Hickey14:56

    xG 0.92–1.16 (44%)attempts 17–24goals 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.

NYI 4.3 xGTOR 3.4 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYITOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 24/100 · #906 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.69 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +13 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 64% of the time.

NYI winsTOR wins

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

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