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Wed, Feb 14, 2018·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Columbus Blue Jackets 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 51% of the time.

TOR winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ119222016357
TOR2122729628

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:38TORDominic MooreAssists: Roman Polak, Travis Dermott · Backhand, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:36TORNazem KadriUnassisted · Snap, 0.07 xG0–2
  3. P1 18:21CBJNick FolignoAssists: Alexander Wennberg, Dean Kukan · Backhand, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P2 2:25CBJNick FolignoAssists: Alexander Wennberg, Oliver Bjorkstrand · Snap, 0.11 xG2–2
  5. P2 8:03TORNazem KadriAssists: Morgan Rielly, Travis Dermott · Snap, 0.13 xG2–3
  6. P2 10:17TORMitch MarnerGWGAssists: Nazem Kadri, Patrick Marleau · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–4
  7. P2 14:35CBJJack JohnsonAssists: Nick Foligno, Markus Nutivaara · Slap, 0.03 xG3–4
  8. P3 11:21TORNazem KadriAssists: Mitch Marner, Patrick Marleau · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–5
  9. P3 18:13TORPatrick MarleauENAssists: Leo Komarov, Nazem Kadri · Backhand, 0.74 xG3–6
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 5:31CBJJosh Anderson: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 10:40CBJNick Foligno: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 4:37TORKasperi Kapanen: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 8:55TORNazem Kadri: Holding2 min
  5. P3 13:57CBJNick Foligno: Elbowing2 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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJTOR
57Shots on goal28
4.3Expected goals4.3
91Shot attempts56
27Faceoffs won43
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
17Hits18
15Blocked shots14
13Giveaways26
7Takeaways15

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.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestDubinsky – Jenner – Anderson10:15

    xG 1.29–0.09 (94%)attempts 23–5goals 0–0

  2. Foligno – Bjorkstrand – Wennberg10:44

    xG 1.07–0.23 (82%)attempts 25–4goals 3–0

  3. Atkinson – Panarin – Dubois10:35

    xG 0.71–0.52 (58%)attempts 17–11goals 0–0

  4. Jokinen – Calvert – Sedlak4:50

    xG 0.23–0.15 (60%)attempts 4–5goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestJones – Werenski17:18

    xG 1.44–0.68 (68%)attempts 31–16goals 0–0

  2. Savard – Kukan11:59

    xG 1.20–0.46 (72%)attempts 23–10goals 2–2

  3. Johnson – Nutivaara15:34

    xG 1.03–0.51 (67%)attempts 24–9goals 1–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. Marleau – Kadri – Marner11:47

    xG 0.76–0.78 (50%)attempts 13–17goals 3–0

  2. Komarov – Bozak – Kapanen3:22

    xG 0.04–0.20 (18%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

  3. Moore – Komarov – Kapanen8:49

    xG 0.29–0.57 (34%)attempts 7–13goals 1–0

  4. van Riemsdyk – Bozak – Brown6:41

    xG 0.20–0.69 (22%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Rielly8:08

    xG 0.54–0.36 (60%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

  2. Rielly – Dermott2:10

    xG 0.13–0.02 (84%)attempts 2–1goals 1–0

  3. Hainsey – Zaitsev6:01

    xG 0.29–0.42 (40%)attempts 5–11goals 1–2

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 4.3 xGCBJ 4.3 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORCBJ

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 CBJ. Dots are goals.

Excitement 82/100 · #237 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.51 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 51% of the time.

TOR winsCBJ wins

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

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