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Sat, Dec 2, 2017·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Toronto Maple Leafs 1, Vancouver Canucks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 66% of the time.

VAN winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR011014111136
VAN2170306226

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:52VANMarkus GranlundUnassisted · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:14VANAlexander EdlerGWGAssists: Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin · Slap, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P3 17:08TORJames van RiemsdykAssists: Morgan Rielly, Andreas Borgman · Deflected, 0.12 xG1–2
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 18:20VANDaniel Sedin: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 6:10VANNikolay Goldobin: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 11:05TORMitch Marner: Tripping2 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 SOG0VAN
46% to win54% to win
← TOR attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kadri won the faceoff against Granlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORVAN
36Shots on goal26
2.6Expected goals1.7
66Shot attempts47
34Faceoffs won24
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
15Hits16
10Blocked shots19
8Giveaways11
6Takeaways3

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 – Brown – Matthews4:12

    xG 0.36–0.03 (93%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Komarov – Kadri – Marner7:44

    xG 0.36–0.04 (90%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  3. Marleau – van Riemsdyk – Brown8:15

    xG 0.38–0.17 (69%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  4. Marleau – van Riemsdyk – Marner5:04

    xG 0.22–0.17 (56%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Rielly15:29

    xG 0.50–0.20 (71%)attempts 17–12goals 0–0

  2. Polak – Borgman10:07

    xG 0.48–0.26 (64%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  3. Gardiner – Zaitsev16:32

    xG 0.80–0.72 (53%)attempts 20–15goals 0–1

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestGranlund – Gaunce – Virtanen8:49

    xG 0.43–0.13 (76%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  2. Vanek – Gagner – Baertschi8:27

    xG 0.34–0.36 (48%)attempts 12–8goals 0–1

  3. Baertschi – Horvat – Boeser4:34

    xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  4. Horvat – Goldobin – Boeser6:30

    xG 0.13–0.26 (34%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Pouliot3:05

    xG 0.18–0.04 (83%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  2. Hutton – Stecher12:49

    xG 0.29–0.43 (40%)attempts 14–15goals 0–0

  3. Del Zotto – Pouliot17:07

    xG 0.52–0.79 (40%)attempts 15–18goals 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.

VAN 1.7 xGTOR 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 12/100 · #1128 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.62 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50VAN 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 66% of the time.

VAN winsTOR wins

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

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