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Tue, Dec 13, 2016·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

San Jose Sharks 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 51% of the time.

TOR winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
SJS014012213031342
TOR1131709020231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:58TORZach HymanAssists: Auston Matthews, William Nylander · Snap, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:46TORAuston MatthewsPPAssists: William Nylander, Jake Gardiner · Snap, 0.19 xG0–2
  3. P3 12:43SJSJustin BraunAssists: Chris Tierney, Melker Karlsson · Backhand, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P3 14:50SJSJoe PavelskiPPAssists: Brent Burns, Patrick Marleau · Tip-in, 0.18 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. TOR Mitch Marner stopped
  2. 2. SJS Joe Pavelski stopped
  3. 3. TOR Auston Matthews stopped
  4. 4. SJS Logan Couture scored
  5. 5. TOR Nikita Soshnikov stopped
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 2:21TORMatt Martin: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 11:12TORRoman Polak: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 15:23SJSKevin Labanc: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P1 15:30TORJake Gardiner: Holding2 min
  5. P1 15:30SJSMelker Karlsson: Embellishment2 min
  6. P2 3:31TORNazem Kadri: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  7. P2 6:17SJSTommy Wingels: Holding2 min · PPG
  8. P2 6:40SJSMatt Nieto: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  9. P2 10:37TORBen Smith: Holding2 min
  10. P3 3:02TORConnor Carrick: Boarding2 min
  11. P3 14:46TORMatt Hunwick: Interference2 min · PPG

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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSTOR
42Shots on goal31
4.2Expected goals4.1
78Shot attempts60
26Faceoffs won43
6Power plays3
8Penalty minutes14
23Hits20
9Blocked shots21
6Giveaways12
12Takeaways8

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.

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestNieto – Tierney – Karlsson3:36

    xG 0.28–0.16 (64%)attempts 6–1goals 1–0

  2. Couture – Boedker – Labanc4:31

    xG 0.28–0.16 (63%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Ward – Wingels – Donskoi3:37

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  4. Boedker – Tierney – Labanc5:36

    xG 0.31–0.25 (55%)attempts 8–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBraun – Dillon9:38

    xG 0.48–0.37 (56%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  2. Dillon – DeMelo4:40

    xG 0.25–0.24 (50%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1

  3. Schlemko – DeMelo6:19

    xG 0.18–0.18 (49%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestKomarov – Kadri – Brown9:16

    xG 0.54–0.14 (80%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Martin – Smith – Soshnikov5:54

    xG 0.32–0.11 (75%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. van Riemsdyk – Bozak – Marner10:59

    xG 0.43–0.34 (56%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  4. Hyman – Nylander – Matthews10:23

    xG 0.37–0.46 (44%)attempts 7–12goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRielly – Zaitsev13:41

    xG 1.25–0.68 (65%)attempts 21–14goals 0–0

  2. Gardiner – Carrick16:53

    xG 0.68–0.52 (57%)attempts 12–19goals 1–0

  3. Polak – Hunwick11:43

    xG 0.50–0.36 (58%)attempts 12–11goals 0–1

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 4.1 xGSJS 4.2 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORSJS

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 SJS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 66/100 · #370 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.59 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 1% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +40 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 51% of the time.

TOR winsSJS wins

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

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