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Wed, Feb 15, 2017·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Toronto Maple Leafs 2, Columbus Blue Jackets 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 54% of the time.

CBJ winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR01517111233
CBJ21821215535

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:30CBJJosh AndersonAssists: William Karlsson, Seth Jones · Backhand, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:15CBJBoone JennerAssists: Zach Werenski, Brandon Dubinsky · Wrist, 0.43 xG0–2
  3. P2 1:32CBJOliver BjorkstrandGWGAssists: Alexander Wennberg, Brandon Saad · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–3
  4. P2 9:56CBJNick FolignoPPAssists: Zach Werenski, Alexander Wennberg · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–4
  5. P2 17:28TORNazem KadriAssists: Leo Komarov, Josh Leivo · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–4
  6. P3 6:19TORNazem KadriAssists: Josh Leivo · Tip-in, 0.12 xG2–4
  7. P3 17:39CBJMatt CalvertENAssists: Seth Jones · Wrist, 0.52 xG2–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 18:24CBJBoone Jenner: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P2 2:25TORNikita Zaitsev: Interference2 min
  3. P2 5:17TORMatt Martin: Holding2 min
  4. P2 9:03TORTyler Bozak: Slashing2 min · PPG
  5. P2 18:30TORAuston Matthews: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P3 6:57CBJJack Johnson: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 6:57TORTyler Bozak: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 15:19CBJCam Atkinson: Tripping2 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 SOG0CBJ
44% to win56% to win
← TOR attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dubinsky won the faceoff against Kadri
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORCBJ
33Shots on goal35
3.1Expected goals2.8
64Shot attempts49
31Faceoffs won29
2Power plays4
10Penalty minutes6
16Hits27
10Blocked shots19
3Giveaways5
7Takeaways7

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. bestKomarov – Kadri – Leivo3:31

    xG 0.31–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 2–0

  2. Martin – Smith – Leivo4:42

    xG 0.40–0.14 (74%)attempts 9–4goals 0–1

  3. Hyman – Brown – Matthews10:09

    xG 0.25–0.05 (83%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  4. van Riemsdyk – Bozak – Brown2:06

    xG 0.02–0.02 (54%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPolak – Hunwick10:51

    xG 0.48–0.09 (85%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

  2. Gardiner – Carrick15:00

    xG 0.57–0.42 (57%)attempts 12–15goals 2–1

  3. Hunwick – Rielly2:11

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestSaad – Bjorkstrand – Wennberg9:40

    xG 0.30–0.11 (73%)attempts 12–4goals 1–0

  2. Dubinsky – Atkinson – Jenner11:06

    xG 0.71–0.70 (50%)attempts 11–12goals 1–0

  3. Foligno – Karlsson – Anderson9:26

    xG 0.20–0.27 (43%)attempts 6–8goals 1–0

  4. Gagner – Calvert – Sedlak6:15

    xG 0.04–0.56 (7%)attempts 2–13goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestJones – Werenski12:46

    xG 0.90–0.27 (77%)attempts 14–8goals 3–1

  2. Murray – Jones2:43

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Murray – Nutivaara10:59

    xG 0.34–0.49 (41%)attempts 9–12goals 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.

CBJ 2.8 xGTOR 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 62/100 · #422 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.54 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50CBJ 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 54% of the time.

CBJ winsTOR wins

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

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