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Sat, Dec 3, 2016·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Toronto Maple Leafs 2, Vancouver Canucks 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 80% of the time.

VAN winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
TOR07115111071240
VAN1911004012324

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:03VANDaniel SedinAssists: Luca Sbisa, Henrik Sedin · Slap, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 2:37VANSven BaertschiAssists: Alexandre Burrows, Nikita Tryamkin · Deflected, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P2 11:30TORJames van RiemsdykPPAssists: Tyler Bozak, Morgan Rielly · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–2
  4. P3 1:56TORAuston MatthewsAssists: Zach Hyman, Martin Marincin · Wrist, 0.28 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. VAN Markus Granlund scored
  2. 2. TOR Auston Matthews stopped
  3. 3. VAN Bo Horvat scored
  4. 4. TOR Mitch Marner scored
  5. 5. VAN Brandon Sutter stopped
  6. 6. TOR Tyler Bozak stopped
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 7:49VANLuca Sbisa: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 2:53VANErik Gudbranson: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 2:53TORMatt Martin: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 8:57TORLeo Komarov: Interference2 min
  5. P2 11:16VANJayson Megna: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  6. P2 15:45VANMichael Chaput: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 7:13TORMorgan Rielly: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 10:05VANHenrik Sedin: Hooking2 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 SOG0VAN
44% to win56% to win
← TOR attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Horvat won the faceoff against Kadri
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORVAN
40Shots on goal24
4.5Expected goals2.4
68Shot attempts42
28Faceoffs won36
4Power plays2
9Penalty minutes13
24Hits25
7Blocked shots8
7Giveaways12
6Takeaways5

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. bestvan Riemsdyk – Bozak – Marner13:00

    xG 1.20–0.37 (76%)attempts 21–8goals 0–0

  2. Hyman – Brown – Matthews8:35

    xG 0.96–0.20 (83%)attempts 12–4goals 1–0

  3. Komarov – Kadri – Soshnikov3:09

    xG 0.11–0.07 (61%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Martin – Smith – Soshnikov2:52

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGardiner – Marincin16:03

    xG 1.56–0.32 (83%)attempts 23–7goals 1–0

  2. Rielly – Zaitsev17:02

    xG 0.76–0.43 (64%)attempts 17–9goals 0–1

  3. Polak – Hunwick9:35

    xG 0.43–0.43 (50%)attempts 7–12goals 0–1

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestBurrows – Baertschi – Horvat11:19

    xG 0.50–0.31 (61%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Skille – Gaunce – Megna2:25

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Sedin – Sedin – Sutter13:07

    xG 0.32–0.68 (32%)attempts 8–15goals 1–0

  4. Eriksson – Granlund – Gaunce3:25

    xG 0.18–0.75 (19%)attempts 3–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Sbisa – Stecher16:37

    xG 0.79–0.91 (46%)attempts 17–20goals 1–0

  2. Gudbranson – Hutton13:58

    xG 0.19–0.49 (28%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  3. Larsen – Tryamkin9:42

    xG 0.34–0.80 (30%)attempts 8–10goals 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.

VAN 2.4 xGTOR 4.5 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 70/100 · #337 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.67 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +31 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 80% of the time.

VAN winsTOR wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).