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Sun, Nov 21, 2021·UBS Arena, Elmont

Toronto Maple Leafs 3, New York Islanders 0

Expected result

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

NYI winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR112013215340
NYI060707020

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:31TORMitch MarnerSHGWGAssists: Jake Muzzin · Backhand, 0.00 xG1–0
  2. P3 2:00TOROndrej KaseAssists: David Kampf, Nick Ritchie · Snap, 0.26 xG2–0
  3. P3 13:29TORMitch MarnerAssists: Michael Bunting · Tip-in, 0.17 xG3–0
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 2:18TORWayne Simmonds: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 2:18NYICal Clutterbuck: Holding2 min
  3. P1 2:41TORTimothy Liljegren: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 10:53NYIScott Mayfield: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 14:04NYIKyle Palmieri: Holding2 min
  6. P2 15:40TORJason Spezza: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 8:08NYIZach Parise: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 10:00TORWilliam Nylander: Tripping2 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
48% to win52% to win
← TOR attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Nelson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORNYI
40Shots on goal20
4.2Expected goals2.6
63Shot attempts46
29Faceoffs won23
3Power plays3
8Penalty minutes8
12Hits28
11Blocked shots12
9Giveaways9
4Takeaways5

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. bestBunting – Marner – Matthews9:54

    xG 1.13–0.19 (86%)attempts 16–3goals 1–0

  2. Spezza – Simmonds – Engvall7:20

    xG 1.05–0.35 (75%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  3. Ritchie – Kase – Kampf6:54

    xG 0.73–0.15 (83%)attempts 9–4goals 1–0

  4. Tavares – Kerfoot – Nylander11:42

    xG 0.39–0.87 (31%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLiljegren – Sandin12:25

    xG 1.64–0.46 (78%)attempts 20–10goals 1–0

  2. Muzzin – Holl15:46

    xG 1.17–0.72 (62%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  3. Brodie – Rielly16:35

    xG 0.69–0.77 (47%)attempts 13–16goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestNelson – Beauvillier – Wahlstrom3:51

    xG 0.32–0.03 (91%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Andreoff – Pageau – Wahlstrom2:16

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas9:53

    xG 0.60–0.58 (50%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

  4. Parise – Pageau – Beauvillier3:57

    xG 0.40–0.43 (48%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Chara – Hutton2:05

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  2. Mayfield – Salo15:25

    xG 0.82–1.14 (42%)attempts 11–14goals 0–1

  3. Aho – Hutton9:36

    xG 0.35–0.90 (28%)attempts 7–12goals 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.

NYI 2.6 xGTOR 4.2 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 8/100 · #1216 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.69 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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.

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).