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Sat, Nov 3, 2018·PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh

Toronto Maple Leafs 5, Pittsburgh Penguins 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 80% of the time.

PIT winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR11321723533
PIT0909013031

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:34TORJohn TavaresGWGAssists: Mitch Marner, Ron Hainsey · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P2 0:44TORPatrick MarleauAssists: Kasperi Kapanen, Nazem Kadri · Backhand, 0.13 xG2–0
  3. P2 11:49TORMorgan RiellyAssists: John Tavares, Kasperi Kapanen · Snap, 0.14 xG3–0
  4. P3 15:33TORMorgan RiellyPPAssists: Mitch Marner, Jake Gardiner · Snap, 0.41 xG4–0
  5. P3 19:40TORZach HymanSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.19 xG5–0
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 4:46TORPatrick Marleau: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 1:21TORIgor Ozhiganov: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 3:22TORNazem Kadri: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 9:37PITJamie Oleksiak: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 15:38PITBryan Rust: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 3:32TORIgor Ozhiganov: Holding2 min
  7. P3 14:42PITCarl Hagelin: Slashing2 min · PPG
  8. P3 19:11TORConnor Brown: 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

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PIT
46% to win54% to win
← TOR attackPIT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Crosby won the faceoff against Tavares
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORPIT
33Shots on goal31
3.7Expected goals1.8
59Shot attempts54
45Faceoffs won35
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
25Hits46
12Blocked shots13
5Giveaways15
6Takeaways6

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. bestTavares – Hyman – Marner13:29

    xG 0.88–0.28 (76%)attempts 18–12goals 1–0

  2. Marleau – Kadri – Kapanen8:27

    xG 0.60–0.32 (65%)attempts 8–15goals 1–0

  3. Ennis – Leivo – Gauthier5:54

    xG 0.21–0.09 (69%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  4. Brown – Johnsson – Lindholm7:08

    xG 0.07–0.08 (46%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGardiner – Zaitsev12:54

    xG 0.66–0.29 (69%)attempts 11–16goals 1–0

  2. Dermott – Ozhiganov10:51

    xG 0.22–0.05 (80%)attempts 10–1goals 0–0

  3. Hainsey – Rielly14:31

    xG 0.66–0.58 (53%)attempts 12–18goals 0–0

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestCullen – Grant – Sprong6:20

    xG 0.13–0.06 (70%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  2. Sheahan – Rust – Guentzel2:41

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Crosby – Hornqvist – Simon3:20

    xG 0.09–0.13 (42%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Malkin – Kessel – Hagelin12:18

    xG 0.34–0.53 (39%)attempts 14–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Johnson – Ruhwedel10:10

    xG 0.27–0.30 (47%)attempts 9–5goals 0–1

  2. Johnson – Letang4:14

    xG 0.06–0.14 (32%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Dumoulin – Ruhwedel2:01

    xG 0.00–0.23 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–1

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.

PIT 1.8 xGTOR 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 6/100 · #1175 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.61 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50PIT 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 80% of the time.

PIT winsTOR wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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