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Tue, Nov 5, 2019·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Los Angeles Kings 1, Toronto Maple Leafs 3

Expected result

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

TOR winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK071909125
TOR071729323

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 5:40LAKAlex IafalloPPAssists: Anze Kopitar, Dustin Brown · Wrist, 0.28 xG1–0
  2. P2 13:29TORAlexander KerfootUnassisted · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P3 12:36TORAuston MatthewsGWGAssists: William Nylander, Andreas Johnsson · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P3 13:06TORWilliam NylanderAssists: Auston Matthews, Justin Holl · Backhand, 0.09 xG1–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 15:42LAKTyler Toffoli: Roughing2 min
  2. P2 4:02TORAlexander Kerfoot: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P2 15:05LAKAdrian Kempe: Interference2 min
  4. P2 18:33TORJake Muzzin: Interference2 min
  5. P2 0:00LAKAlec Martinez: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 2:49TORNicholas Shore: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 19:47LAKBen Hutton: Tripping2 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.

LAK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKTOR
25Shots on goal23
1.9Expected goals2.5
49Shot attempts62
23Faceoffs won31
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
24Hits25
16Blocked shots12
10Giveaways14
7Takeaways13

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.

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestKovalchuk – Toffoli – Lizotte4:24

    xG 0.31–0.10 (75%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Brown – Kempe – Iafallo8:06

    xG 0.13–0.15 (46%)attempts 5–6goals 0–1

  3. Lewis – Clifford – Amadio6:48

    xG 0.11–0.25 (31%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

  4. Carter – Kopitar – Grundstrom10:08

    xG 0.30–0.47 (39%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMartinez – Doughty18:50

    xG 0.50–0.34 (60%)attempts 13–17goals 0–0

  2. Hutton – Walker14:49

    xG 0.37–0.69 (35%)attempts 16–15goals 0–2

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestTavares – Petan – Marner9:42

    xG 0.32–0.11 (74%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  2. Kerfoot – Kapanen – Mikheyev8:43

    xG 0.34–0.24 (58%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  3. Shore – Gauthier – Moore6:29

    xG 0.20–0.18 (53%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  4. Johnsson – Nylander – Matthews11:23

    xG 0.17–0.16 (51%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRielly – Ceci14:25

    xG 0.73–0.29 (71%)attempts 18–11goals 1–0

  2. Holl – Dermott10:21

    xG 0.37–0.24 (60%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  3. Muzzin – Barrie12:55

    xG 0.23–0.41 (35%)attempts 11–12goals 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 2.5 xGLAK 1.9 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORLAK

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 LAK. Dots are goals.

Excitement 37/100 · #705 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.28 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +34 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 winsLAK wins

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

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