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Sun, Dec 10, 2017·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Edmonton Oilers 0, Toronto Maple Leafs 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 78% of the time.

TOR winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM06019016041
TOR1110705123

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:34TORZach HymanGWGAssists: Jake Gardiner, William Nylander · Wrist, 0.43 xG0–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P2 6:07TORMatt Martin: Holding2 min
  2. P2 8:29EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 10:11EDMZack Kassian: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 17:38TORRoman Polak: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 17:38TORMitch Marner: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 1:48TORMitch 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMTOR
41Shots on goal23
4.9Expected goals2.9
89Shot attempts47
19Faceoffs won22
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
29Hits14
14Blocked shots20
9Giveaways15
4Takeaways13

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestStrome – Khaira – Draisaitl10:54

    xG 0.64–0.12 (85%)attempts 15–5goals 0–0

  2. Lucic – McDavid – Puljujarvi11:19

    xG 0.92–0.41 (69%)attempts 21–7goals 0–0

  3. Cammalleri – Maroon – Nugent-Hopkins10:28

    xG 0.71–0.31 (70%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  4. Letestu – Kassian – Caggiula7:22

    xG 0.16–0.20 (43%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRussell – Nurse15:21

    xG 1.30–0.60 (68%)attempts 23–9goals 0–1

  2. Klefbom – Benning13:46

    xG 0.73–0.50 (59%)attempts 16–10goals 0–0

  3. Davidson – Auvitu12:12

    xG 0.31–0.33 (49%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestMoore – Martin – Leivo8:08

    xG 0.32–0.18 (64%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  2. Hyman – Brown – Nylander10:42

    xG 0.61–0.59 (51%)attempts 9–14goals 1–0

  3. van Riemsdyk – Bozak – Marner9:40

    xG 0.37–0.69 (35%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0

  4. Marleau – Komarov – Kadri12:48

    xG 0.32–0.93 (26%)attempts 6–21goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPolak – Rielly2:41

    xG 0.53–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Polak – Gardiner2:35

    xG 0.18–0.17 (51%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Gardiner – Zaitsev13:16

    xG 0.85–0.91 (48%)attempts 14–17goals 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 2.9 xGEDM 4.9 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TOREDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 1/100 · #1268 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.58 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50TOR 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, Edmonton Oilers win this game 78% of the time.

TOR winsEDM wins

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

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