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Sat, Jan 6, 2018·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Vancouver Canucks 2, Toronto Maple Leafs 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 53% of the time.

TOR winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
VAN010111113021236
TOR0901527052336

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:59VANBrock BoeserAssists: Thomas Vanek · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P3 6:34VANSam GagnerPPAssists: Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin · Slap, 0.18 xG2–0
  3. P3 8:23TORAuston MatthewsAssists: Zach Hyman, William Nylander · Tip-in, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P3 12:37TORTyler BozakAssists: Morgan Rielly, Travis Dermott · Snap, 0.31 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. TOR Auston Matthews scored
  2. 2. VAN Sam Gagner scored
  3. 3. TOR Mitch Marner stopped
  4. 4. VAN Brock Boeser stopped
  5. 5. TOR Tyler Bozak scored
  6. 6. VAN Thomas Vanek stopped
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 9:57TORFrederik Andersen: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 15:43VANErik Gudbranson: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 11:36VANMichael Del Zotto: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 17:16VANHenrik Sedin: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  5. P3 4:53TORMatt Martin: Interference2 min · PPG
  6. P3 5:31TORRoman Polak: Tripping2 min
  7. OT 1:27VANBrock Boeser: Slashing2 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANTOR
36Shots on goal36
2.8Expected goals2.9
57Shot attempts67
26Faceoffs won45
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
37Hits20
21Blocked shots5
5Giveaways15
7Takeaways8

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestVanek – Gagner – Boeser13:24

    xG 0.74–0.37 (67%)attempts 19–14goals 1–1

  2. Chaput – Gaunce – Virtanen7:28

    xG 0.45–0.16 (74%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Sedin – Sedin – Virtanen3:02

    xG 0.13–0.01 (93%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Sedin – Sedin – Goldobin7:58

    xG 0.19–0.26 (42%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudbranson – Pouliot5:22

    xG 0.37–0.08 (83%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Edler – Pouliot3:02

    xG 0.26–0.05 (85%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Del Zotto – Stecher6:17

    xG 0.27–0.08 (79%)attempts 6–3goals 1–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestMartin – Brown – Gauthier5:28

    xG 0.13–0.01 (95%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. van Riemsdyk – Bozak – Marner10:36

    xG 0.59–0.52 (53%)attempts 11–13goals 1–1

  3. Marleau – Komarov – Kadri12:26

    xG 0.27–0.33 (45%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  4. Hyman – Nylander – Matthews13:46

    xG 0.55–0.72 (43%)attempts 16–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRielly – Dermott2:01

    xG 0.50–0.30 (62%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

  2. Hainsey – Rielly14:46

    xG 0.69–0.66 (51%)attempts 19–16goals 1–0

  3. Polak – Dermott8:23

    xG 0.23–0.25 (48%)attempts 9–6goals 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 2.9 xGVAN 2.8 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 72/100 · #377 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.75 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 6% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +38 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 53% of the time.

TOR winsVAN wins

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

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