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Tue, Feb 14, 2017·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

New York Islanders 1, Toronto Maple Leafs 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 67% of the time.

TOR winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI01211606134
TOR210111420741

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:36TORJosh LeivoUnassisted · Snap, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:28TORNazem KadriGWGAssists: Nikita Zaitsev, William Nylander · Tip-in, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P2 9:26TORWilliam NylanderAssists: Nazem Kadri, Roman Polak · Tip-in, 0.11 xG0–3
  4. P2 16:55NYIJason ChimeraUnassisted · Snap, 0.31 xG1–3
  5. P3 5:41TORAuston MatthewsPPAssists: Leo Komarov, Josh Leivo · Backhand, 0.29 xG1–4
  6. P3 7:16TORTyler BozakAssists: James van Riemsdyk, Mitch Marner · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–5
  7. P3 11:51TORAuston MatthewsAssists: Connor Brown · Snap, 0.23 xG1–6
  8. P3 15:40TORMatt HunwickAssists: Josh Leivo, Ben Smith · Tip-in, 0.01 xG1–7
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 7:29NYINikolay Kulemin: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 15:10TORConnor Brown: Holding2 min
  3. P2 3:09NYIAnders Lee: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 4:11TORMitch Marner: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 10:30TORRoman Polak: Interference2 min
  6. P2 16:55TORMatt Hunwick: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  7. P2 17:51TORNazem Kadri: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 5:04NYINikolay Kulemin: Hooking2 min · PPG
  9. P3 6:06TORConnor Carrick: Fighting5 min
  10. P3 6:06NYIRyan Strome: Fighting5 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYITOR
34Shots on goal41
3.6Expected goals4.7
56Shot attempts67
22Faceoffs won38
4Power plays3
11Penalty minutes13
27Hits19
8Blocked shots4
13Giveaways15
2Takeaways13

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.

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestChimera – Ladd – Quine2:13

    xG 0.55–0.07 (88%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Ladd – Kulemin – Cizikas4:38

    xG 0.10–0.07 (59%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Bailey – Tavares – Lee11:18

    xG 0.57–0.60 (49%)attempts 10–8goals 0–1

  4. Chimera – Gionta – Quine2:47

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Seidenberg – de Haan14:11

    xG 0.63–0.84 (43%)attempts 13–18goals 0–1

  2. Boychuk – Leddy14:04

    xG 0.48–0.98 (33%)attempts 12–13goals 0–2

  3. Hickey – Pelech12:13

    xG 0.36–1.02 (26%)attempts 8–17goals 0–2

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestHyman – Brown – Matthews10:53

    xG 1.04–0.33 (76%)attempts 18–10goals 1–0

  2. Komarov – Kadri – Nylander10:58

    xG 0.76–0.44 (63%)attempts 10–7goals 2–0

  3. Martin – Smith – Leivo8:04

    xG 0.38–0.08 (83%)attempts 10–6goals 2–0

  4. van Riemsdyk – Bozak – Marner11:16

    xG 0.57–0.68 (46%)attempts 11–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRielly – Zaitsev13:00

    xG 1.02–0.64 (62%)attempts 11–12goals 2–0

  2. Gardiner – Carrick16:06

    xG 0.86–0.52 (62%)attempts 23–10goals 0–0

  3. Polak – Hunwick13:23

    xG 0.73–0.47 (61%)attempts 14–13goals 3–0

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 4.7 xGNYI 3.6 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORNYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 22/100 · #913 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.62 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 67% of the time.

TOR winsNYI wins

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

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