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Wed, Feb 27, 2019·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Edmonton Oilers 2, Toronto Maple Leafs 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 76% of the time.

TOR winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM11607113236
TOR110414112636

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:06EDMLeon DraisaitlPPAssists: Connor McDavid, Darnell Nurse · Backhand, 0.30 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:02TORPatrick MarleauAssists: Jake Muzzin, Connor Brown · Backhand, 0.18 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:09TORMitch MarnerAssists: Zach Hyman, Ron Hainsey · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P2 2:26TORAndreas JohnssonGWGAssists: Kasperi Kapanen, Auston Matthews · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–3
  5. P2 4:50TORWilliam NylanderPPAssists: Tyler Ennis, Patrick Marleau · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–4
  6. P2 8:09TORAndreas JohnssonPPAssists: John Tavares, Mitch Marner · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–5
  7. P3 0:25TORJohn TavaresPPAssists: Mitch Marner, William Nylander · Wrist, 0.34 xG1–6
  8. P3 16:06EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsAssists: Darnell Nurse · Wrist, 0.26 xG2–6
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 10:04TORMorgan Rielly: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 15:57EDMAlex Chiasson: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 4:07EDMDarnell Nurse: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P2 6:39EDMColby Cave: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. P2 17:12TORAuston Matthews: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 18:47EDMLeon Draisaitl: High sticking2 min · PPG
  7. P2 19:51EDMMatt Benning: Cross checking2 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
46% to win54% to win
← EDM attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Draisaitl won the faceoff against Matthews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMTOR
36Shots on goal36
2.7Expected goals4.4
64Shot attempts68
22Faceoffs won37
2Power plays5
10Penalty minutes4
33Hits17
17Blocked shots14
12Giveaways8
7Takeaways10

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestGagner – Rieder – Draisaitl2:07

    xG 0.26–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  2. Kassian – Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid5:02

    xG 0.45–0.33 (57%)attempts 10–4goals 1–0

  3. Lucic – Cave – Currie10:56

    xG 0.36–0.31 (54%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  4. Brodziak – Malone – Kassian3:37

    xG 0.02–0.12 (15%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Klefbom14:39

    xG 0.82–0.64 (56%)attempts 20–19goals 0–1

  2. Sekera – Benning12:15

    xG 0.35–0.30 (54%)attempts 17–6goals 0–0

  3. Klefbom – Benning2:26

    xG 0.07–0.14 (34%)attempts 1–4goals 0–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestTavares – Hyman – Marner12:26

    xG 0.84–0.63 (57%)attempts 13–17goals 1–1

  2. Johnsson – Kapanen – Matthews9:14

    xG 0.43–0.24 (64%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

  3. Ennis – Gauthier – Moore8:26

    xG 0.43–0.26 (62%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  4. Marleau – Brown – Nylander10:37

    xG 0.35–0.62 (36%)attempts 13–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Dermott3:09

    xG 0.35–0.02 (94%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  2. Muzzin – Rielly2:22

    xG 0.19–0.00 (99%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Dermott – Ozhiganov8:39

    xG 0.37–0.23 (61%)attempts 10–7goals 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 4.4 xGEDM 2.7 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TOREDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 42/100 · #731 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.95 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 33% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 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 76% of the time.

TOR winsEDM wins

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

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