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Mon, Nov 21, 2022·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

New York Islanders 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 57% of the time.

TOR winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NYI17081712324
TOR0921301000232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:21NYINoah DobsonAssists: Sebastian Aho, Mathew Barzal · Slap, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P2 4:49TORJohn TavaresPPAssists: William Nylander, Mitch Marner · Snap, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:06TORAuston MatthewsAssists: Timothy Liljegren, Rasmus Sandin · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P3 17:02NYIJosh BaileyUnassisted · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:56NYIAnthony BeauvillierGWGAssists: Brock Nelson, Noah Dobson · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 17:55TORJordie Benn: Holding the stick2 min
  2. P2 4:41NYIAlexander Romanov: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 18:37NYIScott Mayfield: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  4. P2 18:37TORMichael Bunting: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 18:37TORMichael Bunting: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  6. P2 18:37NYICal Clutterbuck: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 8:52NYIOliver Wahlstrom: Fighting5 min
  8. P3 8:52TORRasmus Sandin: Fighting5 min
  9. P3 8:52NYIMatt Martin: Too many men on the ice2 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
49% to win51% to win
← NYI attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Pageau
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYITOR
24Shots on goal32
2.7Expected goals3.1
48Shot attempts60
28Faceoffs won31
1Power plays2
13Penalty minutes11
51Hits21
12Blocked shots9
10Giveaways18
9Takeaways10

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.

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestLee – Barzal – Wahlstrom8:16

    xG 0.76–0.06 (92%)attempts 13–5goals 1–0

  2. Bailey – Nelson – Beauvillier7:51

    xG 0.42–0.09 (82%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  3. Parise – Barzal – Wahlstrom3:15

    xG 0.32–0.01 (96%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas8:20

    xG 0.28–0.27 (50%)attempts 4–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMayfield – Romanov18:43

    xG 1.19–0.38 (76%)attempts 18–12goals 1–0

  2. Pelech – Dobson2:56

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Pulock – Aho2:33

    xG 0.04–0.08 (35%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestJarnkrok – Engvall – Holmberg7:31

    xG 0.94–0.53 (64%)attempts 15–6goals 0–1

  2. Tavares – Kerfoot – Marner11:50

    xG 0.77–0.62 (55%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  3. Nylander – Bunting – Matthews13:57

    xG 0.38–0.43 (47%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  4. Malgin – Aston-Reese – Kampf8:31

    xG 0.09–0.42 (17%)attempts 4–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLiljegren – Sandin10:29

    xG 0.48–0.19 (71%)attempts 14–5goals 1–0

  2. Giordano – Liljegren4:08

    xG 0.11–0.02 (86%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Holl – Sandin2:45

    xG 0.06–0.11 (36%)attempts 2–2goals 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 3.1 xGNYI 2.7 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORNYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 59/100 · #586 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.77 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 10% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +37 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 57% of the time.

TOR winsNYI wins

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

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