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Ice Lab

Thu, Jan 2, 2025·UBS Arena, Elmont

Toronto Maple Leafs 2, New York Islanders 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 62% of the time.

NYI winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR01111119231
NYI08111014133

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 10:43TORBobby McMannAssists: Nick Robertson · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P2 18:15NYIScott MayfieldAssists: Mathew Barzal, Adam Pelech · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P3 17:01TORBobby McMannPPGWGAssists: Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Max Domi · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 17:06NYICasey Cizikas: Boarding2 min
  2. P2 12:44TORMax Domi: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 14:25TORNick Robertson: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P3 10:18TORBobby McMann: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 15:19NYIAdam Pelech: Tripping2 min · PPG

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
43% to win57% to win
← TOR attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kampf won the faceoff against Barzal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORNYI
31Shots on goal33
2.7Expected goals3.4
64Shot attempts70
30Faceoffs won23
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
26Hits19
16Blocked shots14
14Giveaways20
4Takeaways8

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. bestNylander – Kampf – Knies10:27

    xG 0.49–0.21 (69%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  2. Pacioretty – Tavares – Marner9:57

    xG 0.71–0.53 (57%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  3. Domi – Robertson – McMann9:28

    xG 0.37–0.29 (56%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  4. Reaves – Lorentz – Dewar4:24

    xG 0.21–0.30 (42%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRielly – Myers13:35

    xG 0.80–0.21 (80%)attempts 20–12goals 0–0

  2. Ekman-Larsson – Benoit10:15

    xG 0.38–0.41 (48%)attempts 15–9goals 1–0

  3. Ekman-Larsson – Rielly2:44

    xG 0.05–0.12 (32%)attempts 3–2goals 0–1

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. Fasching – Engvall – MacLean5:22

    xG 0.22–0.26 (45%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Palmieri – Nelson – Tsyplakov10:38

    xG 0.35–0.50 (41%)attempts 14–12goals 0–0

  3. Cizikas – Duclair – Horvat9:28

    xG 0.27–0.48 (36%)attempts 5–11goals 0–1

  4. Lee – Pageau – Barzal11:45

    xG 0.53–0.76 (41%)attempts 10–14goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Mayfield – Dobson2:21

    xG 0.12–0.11 (53%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  2. Mayfield – George6:30

    xG 0.40–0.52 (43%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  3. Pelech – Pulock14:34

    xG 0.29–0.62 (32%)attempts 17–18goals 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 3.4 xGTOR 2.7 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 46/100 · #703 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.47 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 40% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +44 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 62% 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).