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Mon, Nov 6, 2017·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Vegas Golden Knights 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 74% of the time.

TOR winsVGK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
VGK1101617050328
TOR390608021425

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:14TORNazem KadriPPAssists: Morgan Rielly, Mitch Marner · Snap, 0.22 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:52VGKJames NealAssists: Erik Haula, David Perron · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P1 9:31TORJames van RiemsdykAssists: Auston Matthews, William Nylander · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P1 15:03TORNazem KadriAssists: Patrick Marleau · Backhand, 0.06 xG1–3
  5. P2 18:50VGKReilly SmithPPAssists: Colin Miller, William Karlsson · Snap, 0.26 xG2–3
  6. P3 6:16VGKDeryk EngellandAssists: Shea Theodore · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. TOR Mitch Marner scored
  2. 2. VGK Reilly Smith stopped
  3. 3. TOR Auston Matthews stopped
  4. 4. VGK James Neal stopped
  5. 5. TOR Patrick Marleau stopped
  6. 6. VGK David Perron stopped
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 3:32VGKLuca Sbisa: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 6:29VGKBrendan Leipsic: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 1:39VGKDavid Perron: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 12:00TORMitch Marner: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P2 12:48TORZach Hyman: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  6. P2 17:38TORAuston Matthews: Tripping2 min · PPG
  7. P3 1:24VGKBrayden McNabb: Illegal check to head2 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.

VGK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VGKTOR
28Shots on goal25
3.3Expected goals1.8
59Shot attempts52
30Faceoffs won29
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
31Hits29
19Blocked shots12
15Giveaways25
14Takeaways17

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.

Vegas Golden Knights

Forward lines

  1. bestSmith – Karlsson – Marchessault10:33

    xG 0.55–0.32 (63%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Leipsic – Bellemare – Nosek7:44

    xG 0.37–0.14 (72%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  3. Eakin – Lindberg – Tuch11:24

    xG 0.12–0.06 (65%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  4. Neal – Perron – Haula12:26

    xG 0.25–0.51 (33%)attempts 5–11goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcNabb – Miller8:36

    xG 0.25–0.01 (98%)attempts 7–3goals 1–0

  2. Engelland – McNabb7:36

    xG 0.21–0.12 (63%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Sbisa – Schmidt15:28

    xG 0.66–0.63 (51%)attempts 10–15goals 0–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. Martin – Bozak – Marner9:45

    xG 0.07–0.13 (35%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  2. Moore – van Riemsdyk – Brown7:02

    xG 0.01–0.13 (6%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Marleau – Komarov – Kadri8:42

    xG 0.18–0.36 (33%)attempts 7–6goals 1–1

  4. Hyman – Nylander – Matthews13:12

    xG 0.44–0.63 (41%)attempts 11–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Zaitsev – Borgman2:15

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  2. Carrick – Borgman8:10

    xG 0.03–0.27 (11%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  3. Hainsey – Rielly14:55

    xG 0.32–0.61 (34%)attempts 13–11goals 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.

TOR 1.8 xGVGK 3.3 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORVGK

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 VGK. Dots are goals.

Excitement 74/100 · #358 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.79 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
VGK 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +27 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 74% of the time.

TOR winsVGK wins

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

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