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Mon, Mar 4, 2019·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Toronto Maple Leafs 6, Calgary Flames 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 65% of the time.

CGY winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR311111210632
CGY01211619237

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:50TORTyler EnnisPPAssists: Jake Muzzin, Kasperi Kapanen · Backhand, 0.20 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:15TORTyler EnnisAssists: Martin Marincin, Trevor Moore · Backhand, 0.05 xG2–0
  3. P1 18:51TORZach HymanGWGAssists: Mitch Marner · Wrist, 0.34 xG3–0
  4. P2 4:11TORZach HymanAssists: Mitch Marner, Morgan Rielly · Wrist, 0.11 xG4–0
  5. P2 15:35CGYMatthew TkachukPPAssists: Johnny Gaudreau, Sean Monahan · Wrist, 0.24 xG4–1
  6. P3 3:15TORTyler EnnisAssists: Trevor Moore, Jake Muzzin · Wrist, 0.01 xG5–1
  7. P3 12:24CGYDerek RyanAssists: Mark Giordano, Andrew Mangiapane · Deflected, 0.13 xG5–2
  8. P3 12:56TORMitch MarnerAssists: John Tavares · Wrist, 0.01 xG6–2
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 9:07CGYJohnny Gaudreau: Slashing2 min · PPG
  2. P2 15:25TORMartin Marincin: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P3 8:24CGYMatthew Tkachuk: Slashing2 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 SOG0CGY
46% to win54% to win
← TOR attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Backlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORCGY
32Shots on goal37
2.8Expected goals3.7
57Shot attempts78
33Faceoffs won31
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
13Hits15
20Blocked shots16
15Giveaways33
12Takeaways12

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. bestTavares – Hyman – Marner14:24

    xG 0.93–0.64 (59%)attempts 15–17goals 3–0

  2. Ennis – Gauthier – Moore8:23

    xG 0.46–0.31 (60%)attempts 11–12goals 2–0

  3. Johnsson – Kapanen – Matthews12:53

    xG 0.68–0.82 (45%)attempts 14–14goals 0–0

  4. Marleau – Brown – Nylander13:02

    xG 0.12–0.58 (18%)attempts 7–18goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Rielly17:33

    xG 1.39–1.01 (58%)attempts 20–25goals 3–0

  2. Muzzin – Zaitsev16:03

    xG 0.69–0.53 (57%)attempts 15–15goals 1–0

  3. Marincin – Ozhiganov12:18

    xG 0.17–0.99 (14%)attempts 6–19goals 0–1

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestHathaway – Mangiapane – Ryan9:44

    xG 0.42–0.12 (78%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  2. Jankowski – Bennett – Czarnik10:55

    xG 0.60–0.39 (60%)attempts 18–7goals 0–0

  3. Gaudreau – Lindholm – Monahan14:01

    xG 0.50–0.47 (52%)attempts 14–11goals 0–3

  4. Frolik – Backlund – Tkachuk13:15

    xG 0.79–0.93 (46%)attempts 17–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Brodie19:48

    xG 1.24–0.93 (57%)attempts 25–17goals 1–1

  2. Andersson – Kylington16:16

    xG 0.54–0.31 (63%)attempts 17–13goals 0–1

  3. Hamonic – Hanifin16:39

    xG 1.15–0.95 (55%)attempts 25–15goals 0–3

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.

CGY 3.7 xGTOR 2.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 22/100 · #964 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.60 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 65% of the time.

CGY winsTOR wins

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

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