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Thu, Nov 2, 2017·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Toronto Maple Leafs 3, Los Angeles Kings 5

Expected result

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

LAK winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR09214113336
LAK3152706528

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:34LAKMichael AmadioAssists: Tanner Pearson · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:58LAKMichael CammalleriPPAssists: Dustin Brown, Anze Kopitar · Wrist, 0.42 xG0–2
  3. P1 19:24LAKTrevor LewisAssists: Nicholas Shore, Michael Cammalleri · Snap, 0.09 xG0–3
  4. P2 14:31LAKTyler ToffoliPPGWGAssists: Tanner Pearson, Jake Muzzin · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–4
  5. P2 16:32LAKTyler ToffoliAssists: Adrian Kempe, Tanner Pearson · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–5
  6. P2 17:50TORAuston MatthewsUnassisted · Backhand, 0.35 xG1–5
  7. P2 19:57TORMorgan RiellyAssists: Auston Matthews, Zach Hyman · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–5
  8. P3 8:00TORConnor BrownPPAssists: Jake Gardiner, William Nylander · Deflected, 0.08 xG3–5
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 3:56TORJames van Riemsdyk: Slashing2 min · PPG
  2. P1 5:39LAKBrooks Laich: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 7:41LAKBrooks Laich: Interference2 min
  4. P2 6:24LAKJake Muzzin: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 10:20TORAndreas Borgman: Interference2 min
  6. P2 12:54TORRoman Polak: Interference2 min · PPG
  7. P2 17:35TORAndreas Borgman: Embellishment2 min
  8. P2 17:35LAKNicholas Shore: Hooking2 min
  9. P2 17:50LAKAnze Kopitar: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  10. P3 6:29LAKTanner Pearson: Slashing2 min · PPG
  11. P3 13:53TORZach Hyman: Holding2 min
  12. P3 18:41LAKJake Muzzin: Penalty shot net displaced0 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 SOG0LAK
46% to win54% to win
← TOR attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Matthews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORLAK
36Shots on goal28
5.3Expected goals4.9
73Shot attempts46
35Faceoffs won31
4Power plays4
10Penalty minutes10
25Hits19
6Blocked shots19
6Giveaways15
1Takeaways2

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 – Kapanen9:05

    xG 1.43–0.13 (92%)attempts 13–5goals 0–1

  2. Martin – Bozak – Marner8:27

    xG 0.41–0.44 (48%)attempts 9–5goals 0–1

  3. Marleau – van Riemsdyk – Brown6:59

    xG 0.16–0.37 (30%)attempts 9–5goals 0–1

  4. Hyman – Nylander – Matthews10:47

    xG 0.31–0.56 (36%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPolak – Gardiner5:16

    xG 1.02–0.31 (77%)attempts 6–4goals 0–1

  2. Zaitsev – Borgman6:05

    xG 0.39–0.13 (74%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Polak – Borgman6:32

    xG 0.39–0.15 (72%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestBrown – Kopitar – Iafallo9:14

    xG 0.57–0.14 (80%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  2. Cammalleri – Lewis – Shore6:10

    xG 0.15–0.10 (59%)attempts 4–8goals 1–0

  3. Toffoli – Pearson – Kempe7:42

    xG 0.52–1.16 (31%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Fantenberg4:54

    xG 0.42–0.35 (54%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

  2. Muzzin – Martinez8:35

    xG 0.14–0.19 (43%)attempts 4–8goals 1–0

  3. Doughty – Forbort15:11

    xG 0.95–1.30 (42%)attempts 10–17goals 0–1

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.

LAK 4.9 xGTOR 5.3 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 82/100 · #242 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.62 · 6 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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.

LAK winsTOR wins

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

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