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Mon, Oct 9, 2017·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Chicago Blackhawks 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 89% of the time.

TOR winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CHI29061600321
TOR0711921413443

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:46CHIJan RuttaAssists: John Hayden, Tommy Wingels · Wrap-around, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P1 7:57CHIJonathan ToewsAssists: Richard Panik, Brandon Saad · Wrist, 0.30 xG2–0
  3. P2 10:20TORNikita ZaitsevAssists: Connor Brown, Calle Rosen · Snap, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P3 7:52CHIRichard PanikPPAssists: Gustav Forsling, Jan Rutta · Wrist, 0.36 xG3–1
  5. P3 13:00TORConnor BrownAssists: Nikita Zaitsev, Ron Hainsey · Snap, 0.08 xG3–2
  6. P3 15:42TORJames van RiemsdykPPAssists: Tyler Bozak, Morgan Rielly · Tip-in, 0.13 xG3–3
  7. OT 3:43TORAuston MatthewsGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–4
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 8:24TORRon Hainsey: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 2:06TOREric Fehr: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 7:31CHIRyan Hartman: Holding2 min
  4. P2 11:14CHIRichard Panik: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 12:16TORJake Gardiner: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 15:52TORZach Hyman: Holding2 min
  7. P2 17:53CHIRyan Hartman: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 18:07TORCalle Rosen: Holding2 min
  9. P2 19:03CHIDuncan Keith: Slashing2 min
  10. P3 6:34TORAndreas Borgman: Interference2 min · PPG
  11. P3 10:11CHIBrent Seabrook: Slashing2 min
  12. P3 14:22CHIJan Rutta: Slashing2 min · PPG
  13. P3 16:36TORJake Gardiner: Slashing2 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
46% to win54% to win
← CHI attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Komarov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHITOR
21Shots on goal43
2.4Expected goals5.5
44Shot attempts75
25Faceoffs won39
6Power plays6
12Penalty minutes14
15Hits25
15Blocked shots12
7Giveaways17
9Takeaways5

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestToews – Panik – Saad11:04

    xG 0.71–0.33 (68%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  2. Sharp – Kero – DeBrincat6:11

    xG 0.15–0.33 (31%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  3. Bouma – Wingels – Hayden6:43

    xG 0.10–0.29 (25%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Anisimov – Kane – Hartman8:28

    xG 0.17–1.43 (10%)attempts 4–22goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMurphy – Kempny11:45

    xG 0.71–0.47 (60%)attempts 7–14goals 1–0

  2. Forsling – Rutta9:09

    xG 0.45–0.47 (49%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  3. Keith – Seabrook11:17

    xG 0.26–1.03 (20%)attempts 10–17goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestHyman – Nylander – Matthews9:01

    xG 1.38–0.12 (92%)attempts 18–3goals 0–0

  2. van Riemsdyk – Bozak – Marner9:41

    xG 0.58–0.25 (69%)attempts 16–5goals 0–1

  3. Fehr – Martin – Brown5:00

    xG 0.25–0.15 (63%)attempts 3–4goals 1–0

  4. Marleau – Komarov – Kadri8:36

    xG 0.19–0.26 (43%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Rielly11:32

    xG 1.05–0.20 (84%)attempts 21–7goals 0–1

  2. Rosen – Borgman10:59

    xG 0.87–0.24 (79%)attempts 16–4goals 0–0

  3. Gardiner – Zaitsev9:33

    xG 0.75–0.44 (63%)attempts 10–11goals 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 5.5 xGCHI 2.4 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORCHI

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 CHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 92/100 · #115 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.38 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 3% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +41 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 89% of the time.

TOR winsCHI wins

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

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