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Tue, Feb 28, 2017·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Toronto Maple Leafs 1, San Jose Sharks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 79% of the time.

SJS winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR0511204121
SJS01319215337

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 6:41TORAuston MatthewsPPAssists: Josh Leivo, William Nylander · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P2 12:17SJSBrenden DillonAssists: Kevin Labanc, Joe Pavelski · Slap, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P3 18:36SJSTomas HertlGWGAssists: Patrick Marleau, Brent Burns · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:37SJSJoe PavelskiENAssists: Joe Thornton, Logan Couture · Wrist, 0.71 xG1–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 14:27TORMorgan Rielly: Interference2 min
  2. P2 5:49SJSJustin Braun: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 18:17SJSJoe Pavelski: Interference2 min
  4. P3 2:08TORRoman Polak: Interference2 min
  5. P3 5:36SJSBrenden Dillon: High sticking2 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 SOG0SJS
44% to win56% to win
← TOR attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Boyle won the faceoff against Thornton
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORSJS
21Shots on goal37
2.1Expected goals3.9
55Shot attempts71
30Faceoffs won31
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
20Hits27
18Blocked shots20
15Giveaways14
8Takeaways13

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 – Brown11:21

    xG 0.54–0.26 (67%)attempts 13–8goals 0–1

  2. Boyle – Martin – Leivo7:13

    xG 0.27–0.08 (78%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  3. Hyman – Nylander – Matthews10:22

    xG 0.17–0.40 (30%)attempts 7–18goals 0–0

  4. van Riemsdyk – Bozak – Marner12:34

    xG 0.42–1.48 (22%)attempts 14–19goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRielly – Zaitsev10:55

    xG 0.55–0.38 (59%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

  2. Gardiner – Zaitsev6:34

    xG 0.21–0.22 (49%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Polak – Hunwick14:27

    xG 0.33–0.39 (46%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestMarleau – Couture – Boedker13:07

    xG 0.64–0.17 (79%)attempts 16–13goals 0–0

  2. Ward – Sorensen – Hertl2:24

    xG 0.45–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  3. Haley – Sorensen – Karlsson6:24

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Ward – Hertl – Tierney8:16

    xG 0.34–0.47 (42%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBraun – Dillon2:06

    xG 0.27–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Martin – Burns15:37

    xG 0.74–0.52 (59%)attempts 18–12goals 0–0

  3. Schlemko – Dillon13:22

    xG 0.23–0.13 (63%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

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.

SJS 3.9 xGTOR 2.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 35/100 · #763 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.21 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 34% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +46 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 79% of the time.

SJS winsTOR wins

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

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