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Mon, Oct 30, 2017·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Toronto Maple Leafs 2, San Jose Sharks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 78% of the time.

SJS winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR190217218
SJS014111214339

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:14TORAuston MatthewsAssists: Nikita Zaitsev, William Nylander · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:58SJSJoe PavelskiAssists: Tim Heed, Joe Thornton · Deflected, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P3 4:11SJSTim HeedPPAssists: Brent Burns, Logan Couture · Slap, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P3 17:47SJSJoel WardENGWGAssists: Chris Tierney, Melker Karlsson · Wrist, 0.64 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:50TORAndreas BorgmanAssists: Morgan Rielly, Leo Komarov · Slap, 0.02 xG2–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 16:24TORMatt Martin: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 17:29TORNikita Zaitsev: Slashing2 min
  3. P3 2:57TORDominic Moore: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  4. P3 8:05TORConnor Brown: Interference2 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
46% to win54% to win
← TOR attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kadri won the faceoff against Thornton
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORSJS
18Shots on goal39
2.0Expected goals3.6
55Shot attempts71
29Faceoffs won35
0Power plays4
8Penalty minutes0
18Hits13
21Blocked shots25
4Giveaways13
8Takeaways14

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. bestHyman – Nylander – Matthews15:47

    xG 0.91–0.66 (58%)attempts 22–14goals 1–0

  2. Marleau – van Riemsdyk – Marner3:02

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. van Riemsdyk – Bozak – Marner8:53

    xG 0.42–0.29 (59%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  4. Komarov – Kadri – Brown3:19

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGardiner – Zaitsev13:18

    xG 0.73–0.65 (53%)attempts 16–13goals 1–0

  2. Rielly – Borgman3:01

    xG 0.08–0.00 (94%)attempts 4–3goals 1–0

  3. Polak – Rielly3:15

    xG 0.49–0.42 (53%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestBoedker – Donskoi – Tierney9:21

    xG 0.35–0.04 (89%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Ward – Carpenter – Meier9:40

    xG 0.44–0.15 (74%)attempts 15–4goals 0–0

  3. Thornton – Pavelski – Labanc11:07

    xG 0.55–0.35 (61%)attempts 17–15goals 1–0

  4. Couture – Hertl – Karlsson11:01

    xG 0.23–0.57 (29%)attempts 4–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDillon – Heed14:02

    xG 1.01–0.29 (78%)attempts 22–12goals 1–0

  2. Burns – Ryan18:35

    xG 0.45–0.53 (46%)attempts 19–16goals 0–1

  3. Vlasic – Braun14:46

    xG 0.39–0.80 (33%)attempts 12–21goals 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.

SJS 3.6 xGTOR 2.0 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 34/100 · #837 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.15 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 33% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 78% 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).