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Fri, Mar 3, 2017·Honda Center, Anaheim

Toronto Maple Leafs 2, Anaheim Ducks 5

Expected result

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

ANA winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR113111015239
ANA11321429536

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:40ANARickard RakellAssists: Chris Wagner, Logan Shaw · Slap, 0.23 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:15TORZach HymanAssists: Nikita Zaitsev, William Nylander · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:53TORNazem KadriPPAssists: Tyler Bozak, Mitch Marner · Backhand, 0.30 xG2–1
  4. P2 9:41ANAJakob SilfverbergAssists: Ryan Kesler, Andrew Cogliano · Backhand, 0.18 xG2–2
  5. P2 9:57ANARickard RakellGWGAssists: Hampus Lindholm, Nick Ritchie · Wrist, 0.33 xG2–3
  6. P3 1:19ANASami VatanenAssists: Ryan Getzlaf · Slap, 0.09 xG2–4
  7. P3 18:46ANAPatrick EavesENAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Sami Vatanen · Wrist, 0.53 xG2–5
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 4:20ANACorey Perry: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 8:05TORMitch Marner: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 17:55ANAHampus Lindholm: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 1:30ANACorey Perry: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 5:36ANACorey Perry: Tripping2 min · PPG

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 SOG0ANA
44% to win56% to win
← TOR attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kesler won the faceoff against Matthews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORANA
39Shots on goal36
4.2Expected goals3.9
78Shot attempts62
33Faceoffs won38
4Power plays1
2Penalty minutes8
16Hits19
14Blocked shots18
13Giveaways15
6Takeaways5

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. bestBoyle – Martin – Soshnikov10:23

    xG 0.91–0.05 (95%)attempts 25–6goals 0–0

  2. Hyman – Nylander – Matthews12:31

    xG 0.79–0.57 (58%)attempts 15–11goals 1–0

  3. van Riemsdyk – Bozak – Marner10:02

    xG 0.67–0.80 (45%)attempts 17–12goals 0–3

  4. Komarov – Kadri – Brown11:39

    xG 0.11–0.85 (11%)attempts 5–16goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGardiner – Zaitsev13:06

    xG 0.68–0.45 (61%)attempts 16–13goals 1–0

  2. Hunwick – Rielly3:46

    xG 0.21–0.14 (60%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Marchenko – Rielly11:44

    xG 0.50–0.78 (39%)attempts 14–18goals 0–2

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestPerry – Rakell – Ritchie9:05

    xG 0.86–0.19 (82%)attempts 12–9goals 1–0

  2. Kesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg15:04

    xG 1.02–0.53 (66%)attempts 21–13goals 1–0

  3. Getzlaf – Eaves – Kase11:59

    xG 0.79–0.88 (47%)attempts 14–16goals 1–0

  4. Thompson – Wagner – Shaw8:17

    xG 0.07–0.46 (13%)attempts 5–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestManson – Lindholm14:50

    xG 1.53–0.55 (74%)attempts 22–16goals 2–0

  2. Bieksa – Fowler14:54

    xG 0.45–0.60 (43%)attempts 12–18goals 1–0

  3. Vatanen – Fowler3:46

    xG 0.00–0.23 (0%)attempts 0–6goals 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.

ANA 3.9 xGTOR 4.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANATOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 55/100 · #512 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.34 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 35% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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.

ANA winsTOR wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).