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

Dallas Stars 5, Toronto Maple Leafs 6 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 73% of the time.

TOR winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
DAL2921613070535
TOR21104315032633

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:28TORNazem KadriUnassisted · Tip-in, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:53TORJames van RiemsdykAssists: Tyler Bozak, Connor Carrick · Wrist, 0.32 xG0–2
  3. P1 14:29DALJamie BennAssists: Tyler Seguin, Esa Lindell · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P1 16:01DALRadek FaksaAssists: Greg Pateryn, Tyler Pitlick · Tip-in, 0.11 xG2–2
  5. P2 4:30DALTyler SeguinUnassisted · Wrist, 0.33 xG3–2
  6. P2 14:03DALRemi ElieAssists: Devin Shore, John Klingberg · Snap, 0.06 xG4–2
  7. P3 5:13TORJames van RiemsdykAssists: Tyler Bozak, Travis Dermott · Wrist, 0.24 xG4–3
  8. P3 10:43TORJames van RiemsdykPPAssists: Mitch Marner, Morgan Rielly · Wrist, 0.18 xG4–4
  9. P3 13:18DALBrett RitchieAssists: Tyler Seguin, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.02 xG5–4
  10. P3 19:44TORPatrick MarleauAssists: Mitch Marner, Jake Gardiner · Tip-in, 0.07 xG5–5

Shootout

  1. 1. TOR Tyler Bozak scored
  2. 2. DAL Tyler Seguin stopped
  3. 3. TOR James van Riemsdyk stopped
  4. 4. DAL Alexander Radulov stopped
  5. 5. TOR Mitch Marner scored
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 14:24TORRoman Polak: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 14:24DALAlexander Radulov: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  3. P3 9:30DALStephen Johns: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. OT 2:10TORMitch Marner: Hooking2 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALTOR
35Shots on goal33
2.5Expected goals3.9
58Shot attempts70
36Faceoffs won39
1Power plays1
4Penalty minutes4
39Hits20
17Blocked shots14
13Giveaways19
8Takeaways12

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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestBenn – Seguin – Ritchie13:41

    xG 1.12–0.18 (86%)attempts 19–9goals 2–1

  2. Spezza – Dickinson – Elie2:33

    xG 0.02–0.10 (15%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Roussel – Pitlick – Faksa11:32

    xG 0.12–0.36 (25%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

  4. Spezza – Radulov – Janmark8:02

    xG 0.14–0.39 (27%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Pateryn17:20

    xG 0.52–0.27 (66%)attempts 14–12goals 1–0

  2. Johns – Lindell3:11

    xG 0.08–0.10 (46%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  3. Johns – Honka9:31

    xG 0.05–0.47 (10%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestvan Riemsdyk – Bozak – Brown11:18

    xG 1.52–0.18 (89%)attempts 14–7goals 2–0

  2. Marleau – Hyman – Nylander4:04

    xG 0.36–0.04 (91%)attempts 9–3goals 0–1

  3. Hyman – Nylander – Marner5:36

    xG 0.08–0.06 (56%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Komarov – Kadri – Marner3:53

    xG 0.04–0.06 (40%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGardiner – Dermott3:45

    xG 0.83–0.00 (100%)attempts 10–0goals 1–0

  2. Carrick – Dermott12:45

    xG 0.91–0.22 (81%)attempts 10–10goals 1–1

  3. Polak – Rielly2:17

    xG 0.10–0.05 (65%)attempts 3–1goals 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 3.9 xGDAL 2.5 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORDAL

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 DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 99/100 · #8 of 1271 this seasonSwing 3.22 · 10 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 3% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +53 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 73% of the time.

TOR winsDAL wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).