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Thu, Nov 30, 2017·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Toronto Maple Leafs 6, Edmonton Oilers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 62% of the time.

EDM winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR316111210637
EDM113219113445

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:15TORAuston MatthewsPPAssists: William Nylander, Jake Gardiner · Snap, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P1 5:55TORDominic MooreUnassisted · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–0
  3. P1 12:37EDMMark LetestuAssists: Jujhar Khaira, Zack Kassian · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P1 13:06TORMatt MartinAssists: Dominic Moore, William Nylander · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–1
  5. P2 6:38EDMZack KassianAssists: Jujhar Khaira, Mark Letestu · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–2
  6. P2 17:32EDMConnor McDavidAssists: Kris Russell, Darnell Nurse · Tip-in, 0.10 xG3–3
  7. P2 18:29TORWilliam NylanderPPAssists: Jake Gardiner, Auston Matthews · Wrist, 0.02 xG4–3
  8. P3 3:01EDMKris RussellAssists: Darnell Nurse, Mark Letestu · Slap, 0.02 xG4–4
  9. P3 18:55TORPatrick MarleauGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.06 xG5–4
  10. P3 19:59TORNazem KadriENUnassisted · Backhand, 0.68 xG6–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 0:54EDMDarnell Nurse: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 15:44EDMZack Kassian: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 15:44TORMatt Martin: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 8:49TORRoman Polak: Interference2 min
  5. P2 11:44TORRoman Polak: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 18:22EDMEric Gryba: Boarding2 min · PPG

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 SOG0EDM
46% to win54% to win
← TOR attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nugent-Hopkins won the faceoff against Kadri
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TOREDM
37Shots on goal45
4.0Expected goals3.2
67Shot attempts77
36Faceoffs won36
2Power plays2
9Penalty minutes9
26Hits31
18Blocked shots16
17Giveaways16
8Takeaways12

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. bestvan Riemsdyk – Bozak – Marner10:16

    xG 0.47–0.10 (82%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  2. Marleau – Komarov – Kadri13:51

    xG 0.83–0.53 (61%)attempts 15–16goals 0–1

  3. Moore – Martin – Nylander6:54

    xG 0.50–0.32 (61%)attempts 9–9goals 2–0

  4. Hyman – Brown – Matthews13:53

    xG 0.87–1.37 (39%)attempts 17–21goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGardiner – Zaitsev18:12

    xG 1.47–1.25 (54%)attempts 24–22goals 0–2

  2. Polak – Borgman12:08

    xG 0.69–0.55 (56%)attempts 16–18goals 2–1

  3. Hainsey – Rielly16:05

    xG 0.90–0.84 (52%)attempts 18–20goals 0–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. Maroon – Nugent-Hopkins – Slepyshev11:27

    xG 0.92–1.00 (48%)attempts 13–16goals 0–0

  2. Strome – Draisaitl – Caggiula10:42

    xG 0.31–0.40 (44%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  3. Letestu – Kassian – Khaira9:19

    xG 0.48–0.66 (42%)attempts 13–12goals 3–2

  4. Lucic – McDavid – Puljujarvi14:54

    xG 0.69–0.89 (43%)attempts 21–19goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRussell – Nurse20:32

    xG 1.67–1.10 (60%)attempts 29–25goals 3–1

  2. Gryba – Auvitu7:04

    xG 0.46–0.47 (49%)attempts 14–10goals 1–2

  3. Klefbom – Benning16:54

    xG 0.38–1.43 (21%)attempts 15–23goals 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.

EDM 3.2 xGTOR 4.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 97/100 · #42 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.47 · 10 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +51 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 62% of the time.

EDM winsTOR wins

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

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