Skip to content
Ice Lab

Sat, Jan 22, 2022·UBS Arena, Elmont

Toronto Maple Leafs 3, New York Islanders 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 56% of the time.

NYI winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR2911004323
NYI1706015128

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:25TORMitch MarnerSHAssists: Morgan Rielly · Wrist, 0.27 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:00NYIZach PariseAssists: Scott Mayfield · Backhand, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:59TORPierre EngvallGWGUnassisted · Backhand, 0.22 xG2–1
  4. P2 9:42TORMorgan RiellyAssists: William Nylander, Alexander Kerfoot · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 1:45NYIBrock Nelson: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 4:10NYIAnthony Beauvillier: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 13:16TORJason Spezza: Holding2 min
  4. P2 9:54TORCarl Dahlstrom: Interference2 min
  5. P3 7:55TORMorgan Rielly: 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.

TOR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYI
48% to win52% to win
← TOR attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kampf won the faceoff against Cizikas
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORNYI
23Shots on goal28
2.5Expected goals2.8
42Shot attempts47
24Faceoffs won23
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
16Hits20
9Blocked shots14
14Giveaways16
7Takeaways6

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. bestEngvall – Kampf – Mikheyev9:33

    xG 0.38–0.04 (91%)attempts 6–2goals 1–0

  2. Tavares – Kerfoot – Nylander10:16

    xG 0.46–0.20 (70%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

  3. Spezza – Simmonds – Anderson5:45

    xG 0.45–0.19 (70%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Bunting – Marner – Matthews12:41

    xG 0.22–0.83 (21%)attempts 11–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodie – Rielly17:30

    xG 1.05–0.61 (63%)attempts 18–14goals 1–0

  2. Dahlstrom – Dermott8:41

    xG 0.34–0.33 (51%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

  3. Liljegren – Sandin14:28

    xG 0.50–0.58 (46%)attempts 10–10goals 0–1

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestLee – Pageau – Barzal2:44

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Parise – Nelson – Beauvillier2:10

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Bailey – Nelson – Beauvillier12:03

    xG 0.27–0.34 (44%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

  4. Parise – Pageau – Bellows4:18

    xG 0.35–0.48 (42%)attempts 5–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPelech – Dobson5:19

    xG 0.32–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Mayfield – Pelech8:59

    xG 0.69–0.53 (57%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  3. Salo – Dobson4:25

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 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.

NYI 2.8 xGTOR 2.5 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 19/100 · #1095 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.99 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 56% of the time.

NYI winsTOR wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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