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Mon, Dec 19, 2016·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Anaheim Ducks 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 54% of the time.

TOR winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA0819211328
TOR01115119235

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 7:27TORAuston MatthewsAssists: Nikita Zaitsev, Zach Hyman · Tip-in, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P2 18:01ANARyan GetzlafPPAssists: Sami Vatanen, Cam Fowler · Snap, 0.29 xG1–1
  3. P3 1:21ANANick RitchieAssists: Ondrej Kase · Wrist, 0.29 xG2–1
  4. P3 11:42TORNazem KadriAssists: Matt Hunwick · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. P3 13:08ANACam FowlerPPGWGAssists: Ryan Kesler · Snap, 0.06 xG3–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 4:18ANARickard Rakell: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 7:36TORConnor Carrick: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 10:21TORWilliam Nylander: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 16:36TORNikita Soshnikov: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P2 9:38ANAOndrej Kase: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 17:45TORNikita Zaitsev: Roughing2 min · PPG
  7. P3 2:50ANAJosh Manson: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 13:05TORZach Hyman: Roughing2 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANATOR
28Shots on goal35
2.4Expected goals2.6
54Shot attempts60
42Faceoffs won21
5Power plays3
6Penalty minutes10
37Hits24
16Blocked shots15
8Giveaways18
11Takeaways11

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestVermette – Ritchie – Kase7:09

    xG 0.61–0.19 (76%)attempts 13–6goals 1–0

  2. Kesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg9:12

    xG 0.19–0.02 (92%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Boll – Cramarossa – Shaw3:11

    xG 0.02–0.01 (63%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Getzlaf – Perry – Rakell11:38

    xG 0.41–0.50 (45%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestManson – Lindholm13:38

    xG 1.01–0.13 (88%)attempts 14–7goals 1–0

  2. Bieksa – Holzer3:46

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Holzer – Vatanen2:05

    xG 0.16–0.12 (57%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestHyman – Marner – Matthews2:51

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Martin – Leivo – Gauthier3:27

    xG 0.05–0.05 (51%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Komarov – Kadri – Soshnikov6:37

    xG 0.08–0.09 (47%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Komarov – Kadri – Leivo3:12

    xG 0.05–0.08 (36%)attempts 4–4goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRielly – Zaitsev14:05

    xG 0.60–0.32 (65%)attempts 12–6goals 1–0

  2. Rielly – Carrick2:10

    xG 0.03–0.15 (17%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Polak – Hunwick12:13

    xG 0.05–0.21 (20%)attempts 5–9goals 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 2.6 xGANA 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 74/100 · #291 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.03 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 18% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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 54% of the time.

TOR winsANA wins

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

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