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Mon, Feb 6, 2017·Barclays Center, Brooklyn

Toronto Maple Leafs 5, New York Islanders 6 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 70% of the time.

NYI winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
TOR2112111901532
NYI2131821211634

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:23NYIRyan StromeAssists: Brock Nelson, Johnny Boychuk · Wrist, 0.28 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:27TORNikita SoshnikovAssists: Nikita Zaitsev, Morgan Rielly · Snap, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P1 14:51TORAuston MatthewsAssists: Morgan Rielly · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–1
  4. P1 18:13NYINikolay KuleminAssists: Casey Cizikas, Shane Prince · Wrist, 0.30 xG2–2
  5. P2 5:12TORMitch MarnerAssists: Tyler Bozak, Matt Hunwick · Snap, 0.07 xG3–2
  6. P2 9:34TORZach HymanSHAssists: Nikita Zaitsev · Wrist, 0.07 xG4–2
  7. P2 13:48NYIBrock NelsonAssists: Ryan Strome, Anders Lee · Snap, 0.06 xG4–3
  8. P3 13:30NYIJosh BaileyAssists: Anders Lee, Dennis Seidenberg · Wrist, 0.33 xG4–4
  9. P3 17:59TORWilliam NylanderAssists: Connor Carrick, Nazem Kadri · Snap, 0.08 xG5–4
  10. P3 18:31NYIAndrew LaddAssists: Josh Bailey, Nick Leddy · Wrist, 0.03 xG5–5
  11. OT 2:42NYIBrock NelsonGWGAssists: Josh Bailey, Calvin de Haan · Snap, 0.12 xG5–6
Penalties (2)
  1. P2 8:11TORMorgan Rielly: Holding2 min
  2. P2 15:43NYINick Leddy: Cross checking2 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 SOG0NYI
44% to win56% to win
← TOR attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cizikas won the faceoff against Kadri
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORNYI
32Shots on goal34
2.4Expected goals3.5
55Shot attempts65
34Faceoffs won29
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
22Hits23
21Blocked shots13
10Giveaways10
8Takeaways9

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. Martin – Smith – Soshnikov7:42

    xG 0.03–0.13 (21%)attempts 1–8goals 1–0

  2. van Riemsdyk – Bozak – Marner13:33

    xG 0.50–0.76 (40%)attempts 14–9goals 1–1

  3. Komarov – Kadri – Nylander11:33

    xG 0.43–0.82 (34%)attempts 11–13goals 1–1

  4. Hyman – Brown – Matthews13:12

    xG 0.72–1.36 (35%)attempts 14–19goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPolak – Hunwick15:25

    xG 0.84–0.59 (59%)attempts 15–11goals 1–1

  2. Gardiner – Carrick18:12

    xG 0.36–0.66 (35%)attempts 18–15goals 1–1

  3. Rielly – Zaitsev17:14

    xG 0.89–1.89 (32%)attempts 16–25goals 2–2

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestBailey – Tavares – Lee12:18

    xG 1.29–0.71 (65%)attempts 20–12goals 1–1

  2. Kulemin – Cizikas – Prince10:44

    xG 0.61–0.22 (74%)attempts 11–9goals 1–1

  3. Chimera – Ladd – Quine7:55

    xG 0.26–0.15 (64%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  4. Nelson – Strome – Beauvillier11:27

    xG 0.65–0.78 (45%)attempts 7–16goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeidenberg – de Haan16:18

    xG 1.27–0.70 (64%)attempts 19–15goals 2–1

  2. Boychuk – Leddy19:32

    xG 1.29–0.84 (60%)attempts 22–19goals 1–2

  3. Hickey – Pelech15:03

    xG 0.64–0.39 (62%)attempts 12–10goals 1–1

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.

NYI 3.5 xGTOR 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYITOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 100/100 · #9 of 1230 this seasonSwing 3.27 · 11 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 5% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +47 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 70% of the time.

NYI winsTOR wins

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

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