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Wed, Mar 27, 2019·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Philadelphia Flyers 5 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 57% of the time.

PHI winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
TOR211013215030442
PHI010318111051544

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:03TORConnor BrownAssists: Tyler Ennis, Frederik Gauthier · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:02TORNazem KadriAssists: Connor Brown · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P2 3:39PHITravis KonecnyAssists: Travis Sanheim, Scott Laughton · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P2 8:15PHIRadko GudasAssists: Robert Hagg, Corban Knight · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–2
  5. P2 15:46PHISean CouturierAssists: Travis Sanheim, Ivan Provorov · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–3
  6. P3 1:43TORAuston MatthewsUnassisted · Wrist, 0.18 xG3–3
  7. P3 9:00PHIRyan HartmanAssists: Scott Laughton, Corban Knight · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–4
  8. P3 11:33TORWilliam NylanderAssists: Auston Matthews · Wrist, 0.17 xG4–4

Shootout

  1. 1. PHI Claude Giroux stopped
  2. 2. TOR Tyler Ennis stopped
  3. 3. PHI Jakub Voracek stopped
  4. 4. TOR Mitch Marner stopped
  5. 5. PHI Nolan Patrick stopped
  6. 6. TOR Auston Matthews stopped
  7. 7. PHI James van Riemsdyk stopped
  8. 8. TOR John Tavares stopped
  9. 9. PHI Sean Couturier scored
  10. 10. TOR William Nylander stopped
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 17:09PHIMichael Raffl: Hooking2 min
  2. P3 6:08TORAndreas Johnsson: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 18:00PHITravis Sanheim: Hooking2 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 SOG0PHI
46% to win54% to win
← TOR attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Matthews won the faceoff against Couturier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORPHI
42Shots on goal44
4.4Expected goals4.0
78Shot attempts65
31Faceoffs won28
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
20Hits20
9Blocked shots17
8Giveaways14
4Takeaways7

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. bestEnnis – Brown – Gauthier7:37

    xG 0.60–0.27 (69%)attempts 8–6goals 1–1

  2. Johnsson – Nylander – Matthews14:16

    xG 1.20–0.99 (55%)attempts 19–17goals 1–1

  3. Marleau – Kadri – Kapanen12:08

    xG 0.44–0.31 (58%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  4. Tavares – Hyman – Marner14:33

    xG 0.62–0.69 (47%)attempts 19–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMarincin – Ozhiganov7:17

    xG 1.10–0.23 (83%)attempts 16–4goals 2–1

  2. Hainsey – Zaitsev2:52

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Marincin – Rielly2:40

    xG 0.01–0.09 (12%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestLaughton – Hartman – Konecny4:13

    xG 0.97–0.16 (86%)attempts 11–3goals 1–0

  2. Giroux – van Riemsdyk – Patrick9:58

    xG 0.37–0.20 (65%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  3. Giroux – Voracek – Couturier3:03

    xG 0.01–0.20 (5%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Voracek – Couturier – Lindblom12:33

    xG 0.48–1.31 (27%)attempts 10–22goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanheim – Provorov20:43

    xG 1.45–1.06 (58%)attempts 22–24goals 2–0

  2. Gostisbehere – Myers8:20

    xG 0.74–0.56 (57%)attempts 12–12goals 0–1

  3. Gudas – Hagg13:47

    xG 0.34–1.26 (21%)attempts 8–23goals 1–2

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.

PHI 4.0 xGTOR 4.4 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHITOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 97/100 · #36 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.87 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 16% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +36 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 57% of the time.

PHI winsTOR wins

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

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