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Tue, Oct 15, 2019·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Minnesota Wild 2, Toronto Maple Leafs 4

Expected result

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

TOR winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN18010111229
TOR0941906434

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:30MINLuke KuninAssists: Ryan Suter, Jared Spurgeon · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P2 1:58TORJohn TavaresAssists: Cody Ceci, Morgan Rielly · Slap, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:17TORMitch MarnerPPAssists: Andreas Johnsson, Morgan Rielly · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P2 8:29TORAndreas JohnssonPPGWGAssists: Mitch Marner, Morgan Rielly · Wrist, 0.43 xG1–3
  5. P2 13:05TORAuston MatthewsAssists: Mitch Marner, Morgan Rielly · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–4
  6. P3 18:58MINGerry MayhewAssists: Jordan Greenway, Ryan Donato · Wrist, 0.33 xG2–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 0:35MINRyan Suter: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 18:27TORMorgan Rielly: Holding2 min
  3. P2 6:29MINJared Spurgeon: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 8:19MINRyan Hartman: Holding2 min · PPG
  5. P3 7:55TORAlexander Kerfoot: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 15:26TORAlexander Kerfoot: Interference2 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.

MIN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINTOR
29Shots on goal34
2.3Expected goals3.1
52Shot attempts62
24Faceoffs won29
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
31Hits11
15Blocked shots11
11Giveaways14
2Takeaways6

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.

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. Staal – Hartman – Greenway4:00

    xG 0.10–0.06 (61%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Rask – Greenway – Mayhew4:31

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Foligno – Eriksson Ek – Kunin11:12

    xG 0.47–0.59 (44%)attempts 12–11goals 1–0

  4. Koivu – Parise – Zucker11:07

    xG 0.18–0.34 (34%)attempts 4–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHunt – Soucy12:07

    xG 0.70–0.41 (63%)attempts 9–14goals 1–0

  2. Brodin – Dumba16:43

    xG 0.39–0.48 (45%)attempts 10–17goals 0–1

  3. Suter – Spurgeon15:48

    xG 0.29–0.79 (27%)attempts 10–14goals 1–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestJohnsson – Nylander – Matthews12:19

    xG 1.21–0.34 (78%)attempts 21–10goals 0–0

  2. Tavares – Marner – Moore7:06

    xG 0.22–0.20 (52%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  3. Kerfoot – Moore – Mikheyev2:30

    xG 0.03–0.02 (61%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Tavares – Kapanen – Marner4:03

    xG 0.01–0.05 (18%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRielly – Ceci16:44

    xG 1.04–0.53 (66%)attempts 20–16goals 2–0

  2. Marincin – Holl11:08

    xG 0.49–0.36 (58%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  3. Muzzin – Barrie18:07

    xG 0.59–0.65 (48%)attempts 18–9goals 0–2

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.

TOR 3.1 xGMIN 2.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORMIN

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 MIN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 43/100 · #655 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.03 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 winsMIN wins

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

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