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Tue, Nov 1, 2016·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Edmonton Oilers 2, Toronto Maple Leafs 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 51% of the time.

TOR winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
EDM11901411300246
TOR181140811331

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:29TORNazem KadriAssists: Connor Brown, Roman Polak · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:29EDMAnton LanderAssists: Tyler Pitlick, Mark Letestu · Slap, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P2 3:14TORBen SmithAssists: Nikita Soshnikov, Matt Martin · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–2
  4. P3 8:38EDMDarnell NurseAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Snap, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. OT 0:12TORNazem KadriGWGAssists: Morgan Rielly · Wrist, 0.27 xG2–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 8:24TORMatt Martin: Interference2 min
  2. P2 9:11TORNikita Soshnikov: Illegal check to head2 min
  3. P2 16:36EDMAnton Lander: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 17:27EDMZack Kassian: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 17:27TORNazem Kadri: 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMTOR
46Shots on goal31
3.8Expected goals3.8
76Shot attempts58
28Faceoffs won27
2Power plays1
4Penalty minutes6
32Hits34
16Blocked shots14
6Giveaways12
8Takeaways12

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestMaroon – Draisaitl – Puljujarvi10:22

    xG 0.89–0.23 (79%)attempts 22–8goals 0–0

  2. Pouliot – Kassian – Nugent-Hopkins10:47

    xG 1.06–0.69 (61%)attempts 17–12goals 1–0

  3. Letestu – Lander – Pitlick5:30

    xG 0.20–0.18 (52%)attempts 4–1goals 1–1

  4. Lucic – Eberle – McDavid11:20

    xG 0.36–0.95 (27%)attempts 8–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Klefbom16:19

    xG 0.91–0.69 (57%)attempts 18–13goals 1–1

  2. Benning – Nurse12:54

    xG 0.78–0.59 (57%)attempts 20–12goals 1–0

  3. Russell – Klefbom2:37

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestMartin – Smith – Soshnikov6:11

    xG 1.06–0.52 (67%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0

  2. Komarov – Kadri – Brown11:16

    xG 0.59–0.29 (67%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

  3. Hyman – Nylander – Matthews15:22

    xG 1.06–1.10 (49%)attempts 19–16goals 0–1

  4. van Riemsdyk – Bozak – Marner12:39

    xG 0.32–0.86 (27%)attempts 4–23goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRielly – Zaitsev20:27

    xG 1.33–1.14 (54%)attempts 25–24goals 0–0

  2. Polak – Gardiner11:28

    xG 1.07–1.09 (50%)attempts 10–17goals 1–1

  3. Marincin – Carrick16:07

    xG 0.60–0.65 (48%)attempts 11–19goals 1–1

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 3.8 xGEDM 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TOREDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 50/100 · #568 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.62 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +35 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 51% of the time.

TOR winsEDM wins

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

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