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Thu, Jan 25, 2018·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Dallas Stars 1

Expected result

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

DAL winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR1821516429
DAL08115017140

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:50TORNazem KadriAssists: Mitch Marner, Jake Gardiner · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P2 1:55TORZach HymanGWGAssists: William Nylander · Tip-in, 0.31 xG2–0
  3. P2 9:29TORNazem KadriPPAssists: Tyler Bozak, Jake Gardiner · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–0
  4. P2 17:43DALTyler SeguinAssists: Alexander Radulov · Snap, 0.13 xG3–1
  5. P3 2:38TORAuston MatthewsAssists: William Nylander, Jake Gardiner · Slap, 0.07 xG4–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 19:43TORWilliam Nylander: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P2 2:10DALDan Hamhuis: Holding2 min
  3. P2 4:19TORConnor Carrick: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 4:19DALAntoine Roussel: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 8:38DALRemi Elie: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P2 14:04TORAndreas Borgman: Delaying game2 min
  7. P3 12:47TORZach Hyman: Interference2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
46% to win54% to win
← TOR attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Faksa won the faceoff against Matthews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORDAL
29Shots on goal40
3.0Expected goals2.8
56Shot attempts74
31Faceoffs won33
2Power plays3
11Penalty minutes9
17Hits15
15Blocked shots15
7Giveaways23
4Takeaways2

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 – Brown10:14

    xG 0.82–0.27 (75%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  2. Moore – Komarov – Kapanen7:29

    xG 0.07–0.03 (69%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Marleau – Kadri – Marner10:32

    xG 0.56–0.57 (49%)attempts 14–15goals 1–0

  4. Hyman – Nylander – Matthews12:08

    xG 0.64–0.87 (42%)attempts 9–16goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Polak3:07

    xG 0.58–0.07 (90%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  2. Carrick – Borgman13:06

    xG 0.69–0.46 (60%)attempts 9–18goals 0–0

  3. Gardiner – Dermott2:10

    xG 0.03–0.14 (19%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestRadulov – Benn – Seguin15:59

    xG 0.96–0.52 (65%)attempts 23–15goals 1–0

  2. Shore – Janmark – Dickinson3:36

    xG 0.21–0.06 (79%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Spezza – Shore – Janmark7:33

    xG 0.30–0.20 (60%)attempts 11–10goals 0–1

  4. Ritchie – Dickinson – Elie3:57

    xG 0.16–0.10 (62%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Johns2:30

    xG 0.35–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 0–0

  2. Klingberg – Lindell18:03

    xG 0.92–0.65 (59%)attempts 25–18goals 0–1

  3. Hamhuis – Pateryn14:20

    xG 0.40–0.34 (55%)attempts 17–9goals 1–1

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.

DAL 2.8 xGTOR 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 25/100 · #950 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.78 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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.

DAL winsTOR wins

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

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