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Tue, Jan 31, 2017·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Toronto Maple Leafs 3, Dallas Stars 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 63% of the time.

DAL winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR114216013343
DAL5121701620

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:53DALDevin ShoreAssists: Dan Hamhuis · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:37DALRadek FaksaAssists: Devin Shore, Patrick Sharp · Wrist, 0.41 xG0–2
  3. P1 11:18DALLauri KorpikoskiAssists: Brett Ritchie, Dan Hamhuis · Backhand, 0.07 xG0–3
  4. P1 13:50TORTyler BozakPPAssists: James van Riemsdyk, Mitch Marner · Tip-in, 0.02 xG1–3
  5. P1 16:04DALBrett RitchieGWGAssists: Julius Honka, Adam Cracknell · Tip-in, 0.13 xG1–4
  6. P1 18:22DALJamie BennPPAssists: John Klingberg, Tyler Seguin · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–5
  7. P2 4:19TORNikita SoshnikovAssists: Matt Martin · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–5
  8. P2 7:49DALJason SpezzaAssists: Tyler Seguin · Backhand, 0.14 xG2–6
  9. P2 10:25TORMitch MarnerAssists: Nazem Kadri, Nikita Zaitsev · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–6
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 6:38DALEsa Lindell: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 13:03DALCody Eakin: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P1 17:32TORNazem Kadri: Cross checking2 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.

TOR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
44% to win56% to win
← TOR attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kadri won the faceoff against Faksa
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORDAL
43Shots on goal20
3.5Expected goals2.6
81Shot attempts47
36Faceoffs won22
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
15Hits20
15Blocked shots20
12Giveaways8
4Takeaways5

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 – Marner – Matthews11:50

    xG 1.35–0.33 (80%)attempts 18–10goals 0–0

  2. van Riemsdyk – Bozak – Brown6:32

    xG 0.44–0.02 (95%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  3. Hyman – Brown – Matthews5:02

    xG 0.17–0.06 (73%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  4. Martin – Gauthier – Soshnikov9:07

    xG 0.40–0.38 (51%)attempts 11–6goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestGardiner – Carrick18:06

    xG 0.86–0.48 (64%)attempts 24–11goals 0–1

  2. Marincin – Zaitsev14:50

    xG 0.94–0.81 (54%)attempts 22–11goals 0–2

  3. Polak – Hunwick14:58

    xG 0.82–0.71 (54%)attempts 15–11goals 0–1

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestSharp – Faksa – Shore14:27

    xG 1.19–0.50 (70%)attempts 13–17goals 1–0

  2. Korpikoski – Cracknell – Ritchie9:36

    xG 0.39–0.24 (62%)attempts 10–8goals 2–0

  3. Spezza – Roussel – Seguin12:33

    xG 0.57–0.73 (44%)attempts 11–19goals 1–1

  4. Eaves – Benn – Eakin11:59

    xG 0.23–0.59 (28%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Honka12:49

    xG 0.84–0.75 (53%)attempts 12–14goals 2–1

  2. Klingberg – Lindell15:49

    xG 0.96–0.92 (51%)attempts 14–25goals 2–1

  3. Hamhuis – Johns2:36

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 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.

DAL 2.6 xGTOR 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 51/100 · #556 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.69 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 63% of the time.

DAL winsTOR wins

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

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