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Tue, Feb 21, 2017·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Winnipeg Jets 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 5 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 72% of the time.

TOR winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
WPG28270401420
TOR1152121812537

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:02TORLeo KomarovAssists: Josh Leivo, Nikita Zaitsev · Snap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:25WPGPatrik LaineAssists: Mark Scheifele, Mathieu Perreault · Slap, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P1 10:33WPGBryan LittlePPAssists: Adam Lowry, Dustin Byfuglien · Backhand, 0.28 xG2–1
  4. P2 15:52TORNazem KadriAssists: Josh Leivo, Leo Komarov · Backhand, 0.11 xG2–2
  5. P2 17:24WPGNikolaj EhlersAssists: Josh Morrissey, Blake Wheeler · Wrist, 0.01 xG3–2
  6. P2 19:28TORLeo KomarovPPAssists: William Nylander, Auston Matthews · Snap, 0.09 xG3–3
  7. P2 19:57WPGPatrik LaineAssists: Mark Scheifele, Mathieu Perreault · Snap, 0.19 xG4–3
  8. P3 3:30TORWilliam NylanderPPAssists: Auston Matthews, Jake Gardiner · Snap, 0.22 xG4–4
  9. OT 2:29TORJake GardinerGWGAssists: Auston Matthews · Snap, 0.11 xG4–5
Penalties (15)
  1. P1 10:04TORNazem Kadri: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 12:46WPGDustin Byfuglien: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 19:41TORRoman Polak: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 12:09TORZach Hyman: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 12:57WPGNic Petan: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P2 18:58WPGNikolaj Ehlers: Holding2 min · PPG
  7. P2 19:57WPGDustin Byfuglien: Fighting5 min · PPG
  8. P2 19:57TORMatt Martin: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 19:57WPGPatrik Laine: Roughing2 min
  10. P2 19:57TORJosh Leivo: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 1:52WPGMark Scheifele: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 1:52TORNazem Kadri: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 1:52WPGChris Thorburn: Roughing2 min
  14. P3 16:10WPGDustin Byfuglien: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  15. P3 19:34TORAuston Matthews: Hooking2 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGTOR
20Shots on goal37
2.5Expected goals3.8
36Shot attempts75
33Faceoffs won38
4Power plays5
19Penalty minutes17
31Hits32
17Blocked shots6
9Giveaways9
8Takeaways11

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestThorburn – Petan – Tanev5:15

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Wheeler – Little – Ehlers11:56

    xG 0.38–0.66 (37%)attempts 8–14goals 1–0

  3. Matthias – Lowry – Armia10:09

    xG 0.05–0.46 (10%)attempts 4–11goals 0–0

  4. Perreault – Scheifele – Laine11:10

    xG 0.51–0.98 (34%)attempts 8–18goals 2–2

Defence pairs

  1. Stuart – Chiarot2:15

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  2. Chiarot – Morrissey14:00

    xG 0.38–0.87 (30%)attempts 6–18goals 1–2

  3. Stuart – Postma8:50

    xG 0.10–0.62 (14%)attempts 4–16goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestKomarov – Kadri – Leivo9:57

    xG 0.90–0.15 (86%)attempts 18–3goals 2–1

  2. van Riemsdyk – Bozak – Brown11:06

    xG 0.83–0.10 (90%)attempts 17–4goals 0–0

  3. Martin – Gauthier – Soshnikov6:26

    xG 0.24–0.05 (82%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  4. Hyman – Nylander – Matthews11:30

    xG 0.51–0.62 (45%)attempts 13–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRielly – Zaitsev11:52

    xG 1.33–0.40 (77%)attempts 25–6goals 2–3

  2. Polak – Gardiner6:11

    xG 0.44–0.10 (82%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  3. Polak – Hunwick10:36

    xG 0.37–0.09 (80%)attempts 9–4goals 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.

TOR 3.8 xGWPG 2.5 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 96/100 · #30 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.66 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +26 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 72% of the time.

TOR winsWPG wins

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

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