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Fri, Dec 23, 2016·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Arizona Coyotes 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 63% of the time.

ARI winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR1711629432
ARI0161808132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:04TORConnor BrownAssists: Auston Matthews, Zach Hyman · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P2 0:43TORLeo KomarovPPGWGAssists: Jake Gardiner, Connor Brown · Tip-in, 0.17 xG2–0
  3. P2 19:16ARIShane DoanAssists: Connor Murphy, Peter Holland · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P3 6:26TORLeo KomarovUnassisted · Backhand, 0.12 xG3–1
  5. P3 11:31TORWilliam NylanderAssists: Morgan Rielly, Frederik Gauthier · Backhand, 0.13 xG4–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 9:31TORWilliam Nylander: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 0:13ARIConnor Murphy: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P3 2:18TORRoman Polak: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P3 7:34TORZach Hyman: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 18:48TORWilliam Nylander: 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 SOG0ARI
44% to win56% to win
← TOR attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hanzal won the faceoff against Matthews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORARI
32Shots on goal32
2.7Expected goals3.4
58Shot attempts84
32Faceoffs won38
1Power plays4
8Penalty minutes2
19Hits29
23Blocked shots14
7Giveaways8
1Takeaways3

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. bestHyman – Brown – Matthews12:17

    xG 0.90–0.49 (65%)attempts 12–16goals 1–1

  2. van Riemsdyk – Kadri – Marner14:55

    xG 0.59–0.43 (58%)attempts 18–16goals 0–0

  3. Komarov – Gauthier – Nylander8:12

    xG 0.24–0.32 (43%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  4. Martin – Froese – Soshnikov6:56

    xG 0.12–0.68 (15%)attempts 8–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRielly – Zaitsev19:08

    xG 0.89–0.72 (55%)attempts 16–25goals 3–0

  2. Polak – Hunwick15:31

    xG 0.85–1.02 (46%)attempts 14–26goals 0–1

  3. Gardiner – Carrick15:54

    xG 0.56–0.82 (41%)attempts 24–21goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestMartinook – Duclair – Crouse13:00

    xG 1.37–0.35 (80%)attempts 23–13goals 0–1

  2. Doan – McGinn – Holland11:46

    xG 0.34–0.32 (51%)attempts 18–10goals 1–0

  3. McGinn – Jooris – Dvorak4:13

    xG 0.02–0.08 (20%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  4. Vrbata – Hanzal – Rieder13:12

    xG 0.52–0.82 (39%)attempts 21–12goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchenn – Connauton10:26

    xG 1.08–0.31 (78%)attempts 24–10goals 0–0

  2. Ekman-Larsson – DeAngelo9:10

    xG 0.56–0.28 (67%)attempts 11–7goals 0–1

  3. Goligoski – Murphy2:02

    xG 0.08–0.06 (56%)attempts 4–2goals 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.

ARI 3.4 xGTOR 2.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARITOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 31/100 · #808 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.06 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 63% of the time.

ARI winsTOR wins

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

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