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Thu, Nov 1, 2018·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Dallas Stars 2, Toronto Maple Leafs 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 89% of the time.

TOR winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL071814219
TOR0907116132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 11:55DALJamie BennAssists: Tyler Seguin, John Klingberg · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P3 4:43DALDevin ShoreGWGAssists: Mattias Janmark, Tyler Seguin · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–0
  3. P3 16:51TORPatrick MarleauPPAssists: John Tavares, Morgan Rielly · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 7:28DALBrett Ritchie: Holding2 min
  2. P2 9:53TORPar Lindholm: Holding2 min
  3. P2 12:41TORJustin Holl: Holding2 min
  4. P2 16:02DALMarc Methot: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 1:12DALBrett Ritchie: Holding2 min
  6. P3 5:30DALJason Dickinson: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 16:29DALBrett Ritchie: Tripping2 min · PPG

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 20:00Dickinson won the faceoff against Tavares
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALTOR
19Shots on goal32
1.4Expected goals4.1
39Shot attempts64
34Faceoffs won20
2Power plays5
10Penalty minutes4
34Hits18
13Blocked shots9
7Giveaways16
9Takeaways9

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. bestSpezza – Benn – Seguin2:31

    xG 0.20–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 1–0

  2. Seguin – Shore – Janmark9:47

    xG 0.23–0.16 (58%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

  3. Comeau – Pitlick – Faksa10:12

    xG 0.05–0.24 (19%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  4. Spezza – Benn – Nichushkin8:07

    xG 0.29–0.48 (38%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPolak – Honka8:42

    xG 0.32–0.15 (67%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Lindell – Heiskanen2:50

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Klingberg – Lindell14:56

    xG 0.39–0.33 (54%)attempts 9–9goals 2–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestMarleau – Kadri – Kapanen11:34

    xG 0.47–0.11 (81%)attempts 14–3goals 0–0

  2. Ennis – Leivo – Gauthier5:56

    xG 0.20–0.01 (93%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Brown – Johnsson – Lindholm6:03

    xG 0.26–0.09 (75%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Tavares – Hyman – Marner10:23

    xG 0.33–0.18 (64%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHoll – Dermott10:52

    xG 0.77–0.26 (75%)attempts 12–9goals 0–1

  2. Gardiner – Zaitsev9:24

    xG 0.41–0.04 (91%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Hainsey – Rielly10:19

    xG 0.24–0.28 (46%)attempts 8–8goals 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 4.1 xGDAL 1.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 13/100 · #1108 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.85 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 89% of the time.

TOR winsDAL wins

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

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