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Mon, Nov 20, 2017·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Arizona Coyotes 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 60% of the time.

TOR winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI11017214431
TOR0818012128

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:53ARIBrendan PerliniPPAssists: Derek Stepan, Clayton Keller · Snap, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P2 0:33TORJames van RiemsdykPPAssists: Nazem Kadri, Mitch Marner · Snap, 0.44 xG1–1
  3. P2 18:17ARIOliver Ekman-LarssonPPGWGAssists: Clayton Keller, Max Domi · Snap, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P3 18:54ARIMax DomiENAssists: Christian Dvorak, Anthony Duclair · Wrist, 0.72 xG3–1
  5. P3 19:19ARITobias RiederENAssists: Brad Richardson, Niklas Hjalmarsson · Wrist, 0.74 xG4–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 8:13TORConnor Carrick: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 19:52ARIKevin Connauton: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P2 11:48TORRon Hainsey: Holding2 min
  4. P2 18:12TORMitch Marner: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 19:25TORZach Hyman: High sticking2 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARITOR
31Shots on goal28
3.4Expected goals2.8
51Shot attempts62
33Faceoffs won26
4Power plays1
2Penalty minutes8
21Hits15
17Blocked shots9
12Giveaways17
4Takeaways9

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestRinaldo – Cousins – Martinook6:43

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Duclair – Domi – Dvorak10:34

    xG 0.14–0.25 (36%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  3. Stepan – Rieder – Perlini9:45

    xG 0.26–0.41 (38%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

  4. Richardson – Fischer – Keller9:14

    xG 0.22–0.40 (35%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Demers3:22

    xG 0.19–0.06 (76%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  2. Demers – Ekman-Larsson15:09

    xG 0.37–0.43 (46%)attempts 16–14goals 0–0

  3. Schenn – Connauton9:55

    xG 0.09–0.37 (20%)attempts 2–10goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestMarleau – Komarov – Kadri9:25

    xG 0.52–0.15 (78%)attempts 14–4goals 0–0

  2. Hyman – Nylander – Matthews10:17

    xG 0.53–0.20 (73%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. van Riemsdyk – Bozak – Marner10:09

    xG 0.33–0.15 (69%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  4. Hyman – Marner – Matthews3:14

    xG 0.25–0.16 (61%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Rielly13:49

    xG 0.82–0.20 (80%)attempts 20–7goals 0–0

  2. Gardiner – Zaitsev18:26

    xG 0.82–0.48 (63%)attempts 22–11goals 0–0

  3. Hainsey – Carrick2:28

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 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 2.8 xGARI 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORARI

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 ARI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 33/100 · #860 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.11 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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, Arizona Coyotes win this game 60% of the time.

TOR winsARI wins

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

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