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Mon, Oct 7, 2019·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

St. Louis Blues 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 61% of the time.

TOR winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL0721518330
TOR01521108234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 8:30STLOskar SundqvistAssists: Ivan Barbashev, Jordan Binnington · Slap, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P2 11:34TORFrederik GauthierAssists: Jason Spezza, Nic Petan · Wrist, 0.24 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:58TORWilliam NylanderAssists: Cody Ceci, Andreas Johnsson · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P2 19:12STLBrayden SchennAssists: Jaden Schwartz, Vladimir Tarasenko · Slap, 0.16 xG2–2
  5. P3 7:51STLAlex PietrangeloGWGAssists: David Perron, Sammy Blais · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 14:22STLDavid Perron: Interference2 min
  2. P2 2:36TORRasmus Sandin: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 12:22TORJustin Holl: Interference2 min
  4. P2 16:22STLCarl Gunnarsson: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 1:39TORTrevor Moore: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 1:39STLCarl Gunnarsson: Holding2 min
  7. P3 15:03TORJake 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.

STL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
45% to win55% to win
← STL attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00O'Reilly won the faceoff against Tavares
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLTOR
30Shots on goal34
2.9Expected goals3.6
51Shot attempts77
28Faceoffs won28
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
26Hits15
18Blocked shots9
15Giveaways15
5Takeaways11

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.

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestSteen – Sundqvist – Barbashev8:11

    xG 0.57–0.33 (64%)attempts 6–10goals 1–0

  2. Bozak – Sanford – Fabbri5:43

    xG 0.04–0.09 (28%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz9:43

    xG 0.56–0.69 (45%)attempts 11–11goals 1–1

  4. Perron – O'Reilly – Blais9:52

    xG 0.35–0.67 (34%)attempts 9–18goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFaulk – Dunn8:20

    xG 0.99–0.16 (86%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

  2. Parayko – Dunn2:39

    xG 0.03–0.05 (36%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Pietrangelo – Faulk4:19

    xG 0.26–0.50 (34%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestSpezza – Petan – Gauthier4:25

    xG 0.75–0.05 (93%)attempts 10–4goals 1–1

  2. Johnsson – Nylander – Matthews10:15

    xG 0.76–0.16 (83%)attempts 15–6goals 1–0

  3. Tavares – Kapanen – Marner12:15

    xG 0.57–0.29 (66%)attempts 17–10goals 0–1

  4. Kerfoot – Moore – Mikheyev7:18

    xG 0.26–0.64 (29%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Barrie12:54

    xG 1.46–0.15 (91%)attempts 23–8goals 1–2

  2. Rielly – Ceci12:24

    xG 0.72–0.44 (62%)attempts 18–12goals 1–0

  3. Muzzin – Ceci2:09

    xG 0.04–0.04 (54%)attempts 5–2goals 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 3.6 xGSTL 2.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORSTL

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 STL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 50/100 · #561 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.64 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 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 61% of the time.

TOR winsSTL wins

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

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