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Thu, Feb 28, 2019·NYCB Live/Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale

Toronto Maple Leafs 1, New York Islanders 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 53% of the time.

NYI winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR11301408135
NYI110315212637

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:33TORZach HymanAssists: Mitch Marner, Ron Hainsey · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P1 16:16NYIAnthony BeauvillierAssists: Josh Bailey, Mathew Barzal · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 4:49NYIAnders LeeGWGAssists: Brock Nelson, Jordan Eberle · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P2 13:40NYICasey CizikasSHAssists: Cal Clutterbuck · Wrist, 0.28 xG1–3
  5. P2 19:00NYIValtteri FilppulaAssists: Andrew Ladd, Leo Komarov · Wrist, 0.32 xG1–4
  6. P3 0:33NYINick LeddyAssists: Cal Clutterbuck, Matt Martin · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–5
  7. P3 8:41NYIBrock NelsonAssists: Jordan Eberle, Ryan Pulock · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–6
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 3:54TORAuston Matthews: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P1 17:54NYIValtteri Filppula: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 11:48NYILeo Komarov: Holding2 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 SOG0NYI
46% to win54% to win
← TOR attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Matthews won the faceoff against Cizikas
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORNYI
35Shots on goal37
3.9Expected goals4.1
57Shot attempts56
21Faceoffs won27
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
22Hits39
7Blocked shots17
11Giveaways16
3Takeaways7

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 – Marner12:36

    xG 0.88–0.21 (81%)attempts 16–4goals 1–1

  2. Ennis – Nylander – Moore3:12

    xG 0.68–0.10 (87%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  3. Marleau – Brown – Matthews3:02

    xG 0.23–0.01 (95%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  4. Ennis – Gauthier – Moore6:53

    xG 0.36–0.28 (56%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Muzzin – Zaitsev13:39

    xG 0.34–0.42 (44%)attempts 6–9goals 0–1

  2. Hainsey – Rielly16:44

    xG 0.72–1.39 (34%)attempts 11–26goals 1–1

  3. Marincin – Holl14:16

    xG 0.61–1.31 (32%)attempts 14–12goals 0–2

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestEberle – Lee – Nelson12:42

    xG 1.23–0.30 (81%)attempts 20–6goals 1–0

  2. Bailey – Barzal – Beauvillier10:28

    xG 0.71–0.39 (65%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  3. Filppula – Ladd – Komarov8:48

    xG 0.65–0.88 (43%)attempts 6–10goals 1–1

  4. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas10:43

    xG 0.49–0.87 (36%)attempts 7–17goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPelech – Pulock15:27

    xG 1.33–0.40 (77%)attempts 21–9goals 2–0

  2. Mayfield – Toews17:02

    xG 1.34–0.65 (67%)attempts 18–11goals 1–0

  3. Boychuk – Leddy14:29

    xG 0.23–1.53 (13%)attempts 6–22goals 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.

NYI 4.1 xGTOR 3.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYITOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 29/100 · #860 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.98 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 33% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 53% of the time.

NYI winsTOR wins

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

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