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Tue, Feb 12, 2019·Pepsi Center, Denver

Toronto Maple Leafs 5, Colorado Avalanche 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 56% of the time.

COL winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR1931217528
COL11701019236

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:17TORKasperi KapanenAssists: Auston Matthews · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:16COLRyan GravesAssists: Alexander Kerfoot, Samuel Girard · Slap, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:19TORAuston MatthewsPPAssists: John Tavares, Mitch Marner · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P2 6:46TORNazem KadriPPGWGAssists: John Tavares, Auston Matthews · Wrist, 0.20 xG3–1
  5. P2 7:08TORKasperi KapanenPPAssists: Patrick Marleau · Wrist, 0.30 xG4–1
  6. P3 5:42TORNazem KadriAssists: William Nylander, Andreas Johnsson · Wrist, 0.15 xG5–1
  7. P3 8:14COLAlexander KerfootAssists: Samuel Girard · Tip-in, 0.07 xG5–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 12:09TORKasperi Kapanen: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 15:39COLA.J. Greer: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 4:30COLTyson Barrie: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 6:19COLJ.T. Compher: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  5. P2 16:33COLNikita Zadorov: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 6:08TORTravis Dermott: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 9:35TORFrederik Gauthier: Too many men on the ice2 min
  8. P3 19:41COLSven Andrighetto: 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.

TOR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0COL
46% to win54% to win
← TOR attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00MacKinnon won the faceoff against Matthews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORCOL
28Shots on goal36
2.4Expected goals2.8
44Shot attempts66
26Faceoffs won30
6Power plays3
6Penalty minutes12
20Hits19
20Blocked shots11
3Giveaways7
10Takeaways14

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. bestKadri – Johnsson – Nylander7:23

    xG 0.42–0.13 (77%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

  2. Marleau – Kapanen – Matthews9:59

    xG 0.34–0.05 (87%)attempts 7–6goals 1–1

  3. Brown – Gauthier – Lindholm8:16

    xG 0.28–0.37 (44%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

  4. Tavares – Hyman – Marner10:39

    xG 0.06–0.90 (6%)attempts 5–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Rielly6:15

    xG 0.54–0.35 (61%)attempts 6–14goals 1–0

  2. Gardiner – Dermott11:00

    xG 0.25–0.07 (79%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Muzzin – Zaitsev9:08

    xG 0.19–0.05 (78%)attempts 5–4goals 1–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestSoderberg – Calvert – Nieto8:45

    xG 1.09–0.03 (97%)attempts 19–3goals 0–0

  2. Andrighetto – Greer – Dries4:56

    xG 0.05–0.10 (33%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen15:22

    xG 0.14–0.36 (28%)attempts 13–10goals 0–1

  4. Kerfoot – Compher – Jost8:57

    xG 0.12–0.55 (17%)attempts 6–9goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Zadorov6:18

    xG 1.00–0.33 (75%)attempts 15–5goals 0–0

  2. Barrie – Girard6:38

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Barrie – Zadorov4:21

    xG 0.15–0.06 (72%)attempts 5–2goals 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.

COL 2.8 xGTOR 2.4 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

COL's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line COL is favoured, below it TOR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 43/100 · #724 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.01 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50COL 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, Colorado Avalanche win this game 56% of the time.

COL winsTOR wins

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

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