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Mon, Mar 21, 2016·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Calgary Flames 2, Toronto Maple Leafs 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 75% of the time.

TOR winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY0321507225
TOR1718311526

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:27TORPA ParenteauAssists: William Nylander · Snap, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 10:25CGYMatt StajanSHAssists: Garnet Hathaway · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:26TORZach HymanAssists: William Nylander, Jake Gardiner · Tip-in, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P2 17:32CGYJoe ColborneAssists: Mark Giordano, Dougie Hamilton · Deflected, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P3 0:29TORWilliam NylanderGWGAssists: Jake Gardiner · Slap, 0.03 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:39TORColin GreeningENAssists: Ben Smith, Brooks Laich · Wrist, 0.68 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:33TORJosh LeivoENAssists: Connor Brown · Wrist, 0.69 xG2–5
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 5:43CGYSam Bennett: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 2:22TORPA Parenteau: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 3:17TORMorgan Rielly: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 6:22CGYMichael Frolik: Interference2 min
  5. P2 9:39CGYJosh Jooris: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 14:54CGYJohnny Gaudreau: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 14:54CGYJosh Jooris: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 14:54TORNazem Kadri: Embellishment2 min
  9. P3 7:05CGYJyrki Jokipakka: Interference2 min
  10. P3 11:25CGYBrandon Bollig: Elbowing2 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
47% to win54% to win
← CGY attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nylander won the faceoff against Bennett
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYTOR
25Shots on goal26
2.2Expected goals3.6
47Shot attempts67
38Faceoffs won29
2Power plays6
14Penalty minutes6
32Hits10
23Blocked shots13
9Giveaways7
9Takeaways14

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.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestStajan – Bollig – Hathaway7:24

    xG 0.16–0.10 (61%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  2. Gaudreau – Monahan – Jooris7:36

    xG 0.26–0.25 (51%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Colborne – Ferland – Bennett5:10

    xG 0.09–0.14 (38%)attempts 4–5goals 0–1

  4. Gaudreau – Monahan – Bennett2:35

    xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Hamilton11:58

    xG 0.56–0.15 (79%)attempts 15–8goals 1–0

  2. Brodie – Jokipakka9:49

    xG 0.19–0.29 (40%)attempts 8–10goals 0–1

  3. Jokipakka – Nakladal2:07

    xG 0.13–0.23 (35%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestParenteau – Hyman – Nylander10:16

    xG 0.61–0.10 (86%)attempts 18–7goals 3–0

  2. Leivo – Brown – Gauthier6:43

    xG 0.07–0.08 (48%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Michalek – Grabner – Kadri10:19

    xG 0.31–0.35 (47%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  4. Laich – Greening – Smith9:04

    xG 0.29–0.42 (41%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGardiner – Carrick12:43

    xG 0.54–0.25 (68%)attempts 10–11goals 2–0

  2. Corrado – Valiev9:48

    xG 0.36–0.08 (81%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  3. Gardiner – Marincin2:51

    xG 0.03–0.04 (45%)attempts 3–1goals 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.

TOR 3.6 xGCGY 2.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORCGY

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 CGY. Dots are goals.

Excitement 67/100 · #384 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.81 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 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 75% of the time.

TOR winsCGY wins

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

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