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Thu, Feb 2, 2017·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Toronto Maple Leafs 1, St. Louis Blues 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 58% of the time.

STL winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR1100809127
STL11139111531

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:22TORMitch MarnerAssists: Tyler Bozak, James van Riemsdyk · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:58STLAlexander SteenAssists: Kevin Shattenkirk, Paul Stastny · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 6:27STLPaul StastnyGWGAssists: Alexander Steen, Alex Pietrangelo · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P2 7:02STLVladimir TarasenkoAssists: Jori Lehtera, Colton Parayko · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–3
  5. P2 11:02STLColton ParaykoPPAssists: Alex Pietrangelo, Robby Fabbri · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–4
  6. P3 12:28STLPaul StastnyAssists: Colton Parayko, Joel Edmundson · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 18:19STLJori Lehtera: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 1:03STLJay Bouwmeester: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 9:49TORNazem Kadri: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 11:56TORMitch Marner: Interference2 min
  5. P3 7:27STLPatrik Berglund: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 19:20STLVladimir Tarasenko: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 19:20TORNikita Soshnikov: Roughing2 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 SOG0STL
44% to win56% to win
← TOR attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kadri won the faceoff against Lehtera
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORSTL
27Shots on goal31
2.5Expected goals2.1
60Shot attempts44
29Faceoffs won35
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
33Hits28
6Blocked shots21
4Giveaways2
6Takeaways4

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 – Marner8:18

    xG 0.72–0.10 (88%)attempts 18–2goals 1–0

  2. van Riemsdyk – Kadri – Marner3:45

    xG 0.13–0.04 (77%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Martin – Smith – Soshnikov10:03

    xG 0.26–0.28 (48%)attempts 5–8goals 0–1

  4. Komarov – Kadri – Nylander7:18

    xG 0.17–0.22 (44%)attempts 10–5goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestPolak – Marincin14:18

    xG 0.99–0.42 (70%)attempts 18–7goals 1–1

  2. Gardiner – Carrick15:10

    xG 0.41–0.33 (56%)attempts 13–12goals 0–1

  3. Rielly – Zaitsev14:54

    xG 0.26–0.66 (28%)attempts 15–11goals 0–2

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestSteen – Stastny – Perron11:17

    xG 0.74–0.29 (72%)attempts 10–14goals 3–0

  2. Lehtera – Tarasenko – Schwartz13:45

    xG 0.33–0.38 (47%)attempts 8–15goals 1–0

  3. Upshall – Reaves – Barbashev8:04

    xG 0.11–0.29 (28%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  4. Berglund – Yakupov – Fabbri9:05

    xG 0.15–0.60 (20%)attempts 3–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestShattenkirk – Gunnarsson14:30

    xG 0.42–0.24 (64%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  2. Bouwmeester – Pietrangelo17:36

    xG 0.41–0.51 (45%)attempts 11–17goals 1–0

  3. Edmundson – Parayko14:07

    xG 0.57–0.85 (40%)attempts 11–20goals 2–1

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.

STL 2.1 xGTOR 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 26/100 · #864 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.85 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 39% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 58% of the time.

STL winsTOR wins

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

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