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Tue, Nov 15, 2016·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Nashville Predators 2, Toronto Maple Leafs 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 56% of the time.

TOR winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NSH111110013234
TOR21111536632

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:04TORMitch MarnerAssists: James van Riemsdyk, Tyler Bozak · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:04TORJames van RiemsdykAssists: Tyler Bozak, Mitch Marner · Snap, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P1 17:53NSHJames NealAssists: Ryan Johansen, Mattias Ekholm · Snap, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P2 7:52TORJames van RiemsdykGWGAssists: Tyler Bozak, Matt Hunwick · Tip-in, 0.17 xG1–3
  5. P2 16:09NSHViktor ArvidssonAssists: Colin Wilson · Snap, 0.23 xG2–3
  6. P3 7:18TORLeo KomarovAssists: Martin Marincin, Connor Brown · Tip-in, 0.08 xG2–4
  7. P3 13:38TORJames van RiemsdykAssists: Mitch Marner, Tyler Bozak · Backhand, 0.11 xG2–5
  8. P3 15:23TORWilliam NylanderUnassisted · Snap, 0.08 xG2–6
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 2:25NSHMike Fisher: Instigator2 min
  2. P2 2:25NSHMike Fisher: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 2:25NSHMike Fisher: Misconduct10 min
  4. P2 2:25TORRoman Polak: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 3:47TORLeo Komarov: Interference2 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.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHTOR
34Shots on goal32
2.9Expected goals3.2
68Shot attempts57
28Faceoffs won29
1Power plays1
17Penalty minutes7
33Hits20
10Blocked shots12
13Giveaways12
10Takeaways13

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.

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestFisher – Jarnkrok – Arvidsson3:18

    xG 0.36–0.11 (76%)attempts 8–2goals 0–1

  2. Neal – Wilson – Johansen2:03

    xG 0.09–0.03 (77%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Bass – Watson – Sissons6:32

    xG 0.01–0.01 (45%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Fisher – Jarnkrok – Forsberg6:20

    xG 0.31–0.32 (50%)attempts 6–5goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestSubban – Ekholm19:54

    xG 1.31–1.23 (52%)attempts 28–15goals 0–3

  2. Weber – Irwin11:16

    xG 0.32–0.37 (46%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  3. Josi – Ellis19:58

    xG 0.78–1.50 (34%)attempts 17–25goals 1–3

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestKomarov – Kadri – Brown13:33

    xG 0.95–0.67 (59%)attempts 14–15goals 1–1

  2. van Riemsdyk – Bozak – Marner12:34

    xG 1.04–0.88 (54%)attempts 12–20goals 4–0

  3. Martin – Smith – Soshnikov8:36

    xG 0.16–0.01 (95%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  4. Hyman – Nylander – Matthews13:43

    xG 0.85–1.00 (46%)attempts 15–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHunwick – Marincin11:52

    xG 0.83–0.46 (64%)attempts 12–12goals 2–1

  2. Rielly – Zaitsev18:05

    xG 1.06–0.89 (54%)attempts 17–19goals 2–0

  3. Gardiner – Rielly2:20

    xG 0.11–0.03 (81%)attempts 2–3goals 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 3.2 xGNSH 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORNSH

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 NSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 52/100 · #544 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.94 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50TOR 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, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 56% of the time.

TOR winsNSH wins

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

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