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Mon, Jan 23, 2017·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Calgary Flames 0, Toronto Maple Leafs 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 58% of the time.

TOR winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY0801206026
TOR11321114428

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:59TORMitch MarnerGWGAssists: Nikita Zaitsev · Tip-in, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:00TORNazem KadriAssists: William Nylander · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–2
  3. P2 16:55TORZach HymanSHAssists: Martin Marincin · Backhand, 0.36 xG0–3
  4. P3 2:21TORNazem KadriPPAssists: Mitch Marner, Nikita Zaitsev · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–4
Penalties (16)
  1. P1 4:56CGYTroy Brouwer: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 10:26TORMitch Marner: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 1:35CGYMichael Frolik: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 3:25TORTyler Bozak: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 11:17TORNikita Zaitsev: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P2 11:40TORMatt Hunwick: Interference2 min
  7. P2 11:40CGYTJ Brodie: Embellishment2 min
  8. P2 12:36TORLeo Komarov: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 12:36CGYMark Giordano: Roughing2 min
  10. P2 16:25TORWilliam Nylander: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 1:33CGYAlex Chiasson: Roughing2 min · PPG
  12. P3 4:44CGYMichael Frolik: Slashing2 min
  13. P3 18:40TORConnor Carrick: Cross checking2 min
  14. P3 18:40TORConnor Carrick: Roughing2 min
  15. P3 18:40CGYSam Bennett: Roughing2 min
  16. P3 0:00CGYMatthew Tkachuk: Roughing2 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
44% to win56% to win
← CGY attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Matthews won the faceoff against Bennett
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYTOR
26Shots on goal28
2.3Expected goals2.7
56Shot attempts52
28Faceoffs won35
5Power plays4
16Penalty minutes16
37Hits19
11Blocked shots22
8Giveaways12
5Takeaways15

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. bestFrolik – Backlund – Tkachuk9:44

    xG 0.66–0.26 (72%)attempts 11–7goals 0–1

  2. Chiasson – Gaudreau – Monahan7:46

    xG 0.41–0.08 (83%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Versteeg – Brouwer – Bennett6:09

    xG 0.25–0.12 (67%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  4. Stajan – Bouma – Hamilton6:24

    xG 0.22–0.14 (60%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWideman – Brodie16:39

    xG 0.96–0.35 (73%)attempts 19–13goals 0–0

  2. Giordano – Hamilton10:21

    xG 0.21–0.24 (47%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

  3. Engelland – Giordano2:23

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestMartin – Gauthier – Soshnikov7:35

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Kadri – Nylander – Matthews2:15

    xG 0.11–0.06 (64%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

  3. van Riemsdyk – Bozak – Marner10:49

    xG 0.48–0.45 (52%)attempts 9–11goals 1–0

  4. Hyman – Brown – Matthews8:45

    xG 0.20–0.45 (31%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPolak – Hunwick13:10

    xG 0.39–0.11 (79%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  2. Marincin – Zaitsev12:59

    xG 0.38–0.62 (38%)attempts 12–12goals 1–0

  3. Gardiner – Carrick13:00

    xG 0.36–0.90 (29%)attempts 9–16goals 1–0

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 2.7 xGCGY 2.3 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 3/100 · #1164 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.55 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 58% 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).