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Fri, Oct 4, 2019·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Columbus Blue Jackets 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 53% of the time.

CBJ winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR11019210429
CBJ0911109129

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:04TORMitch MarnerPPAssists: John Tavares, Morgan Rielly · Snap, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P2 10:35TORCody CeciGWGAssists: Morgan Rielly, William Nylander · Snap, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P2 14:11CBJCam AtkinsonPPUnassisted · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P3 2:16TORMitch MarnerAssists: John Tavares, Jake Muzzin · Wrist, 0.16 xG3–1
  5. P3 14:04TORAuston MatthewsPPAssists: Morgan Rielly, Mitch Marner · Wrist, 0.04 xG4–1
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 4:11TORTyson Barrie: Holding2 min
  2. P1 11:56CBJDavid Savard: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P1 12:45TORAndreas Johnsson: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 18:52CBJMarkus Nutivaara: Holding2 min
  5. P1 19:07TORAndreas Johnsson: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 14:07TORMorgan Rielly: Holding2 min · PPG
  7. P2 15:44CBJScott Harrington: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 1:01TORAndreas Johnsson: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 1:01CBJJosh Anderson: Cross checking2 min
  10. P3 6:32CBJBoone Jenner: Interference2 min
  11. P3 12:27CBJAlexandre Texier: Slashing2 min · PPG
  12. P3 17:53TORFrederik Gauthier: High sticking2 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 SOG0CBJ
45% to win55% to win
← TOR attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Jenner won the faceoff against Tavares
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORCBJ
29Shots on goal29
2.3Expected goals2.2
53Shot attempts50
34Faceoffs won24
5Power plays5
12Penalty minutes12
18Hits20
13Blocked shots17
8Giveaways16
5Takeaways9

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. bestSpezza – Petan – Gauthier5:01

    xG 0.63–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 0–0

  2. Johnsson – Nylander – Matthews8:13

    xG 0.29–0.14 (68%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  3. Tavares – Kapanen – Marner9:03

    xG 0.14–0.27 (35%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  4. Gauthier – Moore – Mikheyev3:22

    xG 0.00–0.23 (0%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCeci – Sandin3:57

    xG 0.59–0.38 (61%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  2. Muzzin – Barrie11:22

    xG 0.24–0.22 (52%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  3. Rielly – Ceci11:14

    xG 0.24–0.22 (52%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestFoligno – Jenner – Anderson9:15

    xG 0.65–0.17 (79%)attempts 9–12goals 0–1

  2. Nyquist – Bjorkstrand – Wennberg5:33

    xG 0.27–0.01 (95%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Bjorkstrand – Wennberg – Texier3:09

    xG 0.13–0.05 (73%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Atkinson – Dubois – Texier6:07

    xG 0.16–0.11 (60%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSavard – Werenski13:25

    xG 0.79–0.28 (74%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

  2. Murray – Jones12:57

    xG 0.28–0.28 (50%)attempts 12–13goals 0–0

  3. Harrington – Nutivaara12:23

    xG 0.27–0.68 (28%)attempts 7–13goals 0–1

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.

CBJ 2.2 xGTOR 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 29/100 · #792 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.97 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 53% of the time.

CBJ winsTOR wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).