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Sat, Mar 9, 2019·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Toronto Maple Leafs 3, Edmonton Oilers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 58% of the time.

EDM winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR116112112340
EDM01009214233

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:46TORMorgan RiellyPPAssists: John Tavares, Nazem Kadri · Slap, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P2 12:28TORJohn TavaresAssists: Zach Hyman, Nikita Zaitsev · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–0
  3. P3 3:00TORJake MuzzinGWGAssists: William Nylander, John Tavares · Snap, 0.14 xG3–0
  4. P3 18:21EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Connor McDavid · Snap, 0.21 xG3–1
  5. P3 19:07EDMOscar KlefbomAssists: Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl · Snap, 0.17 xG3–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 13:17EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 17:49EDMLeon Draisaitl: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P1 0:00TORFrederik Gauthier: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 4:24TORZach Hyman: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 10:26TORMorgan Rielly: Holding2 min
  6. P3 11:49TORJake Muzzin: 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 SOG0EDM
46% to win54% to win
← TOR attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Draisaitl won the faceoff against Tavares
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TOREDM
40Shots on goal33
3.3Expected goals3.8
72Shot attempts62
30Faceoffs won21
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
21Hits23
12Blocked shots15
17Giveaways13
8Takeaways10

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 – Marner11:59

    xG 1.02–0.43 (70%)attempts 18–14goals 1–0

  2. Johnsson – Kapanen – Matthews13:11

    xG 0.74–0.34 (68%)attempts 18–8goals 0–0

  3. Marleau – Kadri – Nylander9:36

    xG 0.38–0.40 (49%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  4. Ennis – Brown – Gauthier4:36

    xG 0.06–0.13 (32%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Rielly13:39

    xG 1.29–0.57 (70%)attempts 28–14goals 0–0

  2. Rielly – Ozhiganov2:37

    xG 0.50–0.28 (64%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Muzzin – Zaitsev15:29

    xG 0.51–0.52 (49%)attempts 14–12goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestGagner – Chiasson – Nugent-Hopkins2:19

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  2. Gagner – Rieder – Nugent-Hopkins2:47

    xG 0.20–0.14 (60%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Kassian – Draisaitl – McDavid8:29

    xG 0.49–0.44 (52%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  4. Khaira – Cave – Currie3:46

    xG 0.18–0.19 (48%)attempts 1–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSekera – Larsson2:04

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Larsson – Nurse2:43

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Russell – Nurse12:21

    xG 0.81–0.92 (47%)attempts 12–24goals 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.

EDM 3.8 xGTOR 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 60/100 · #494 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.71 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50EDM 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, Edmonton Oilers win this game 58% of the time.

EDM winsTOR wins

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

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