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Thu, Nov 7, 2019·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Vegas Golden Knights 1, Toronto Maple Leafs 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 52% of the time.

TOR winsVGK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
VGK0701411502138
TOR01301011212237

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 4:08VGKMax PaciorettyUnassisted · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P3 8:14TORAuston MatthewsPPAssists: John Tavares, Morgan Rielly · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. OT 2:33TORJohn TavaresGWGAssists: Mitch Marner · Slap, 0.23 xG1–2
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 0:26VGKNicolas Hague: Interference2 min
  2. P1 13:48VGKPaul Stastny: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 16:46TORDmytro Timashov: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 3:09TORWilliam Nylander: Holding2 min
  5. P2 11:11VGKBrayden McNabb: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 16:12VGKNick Holden: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 1:33VGKPaul Stastny: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 4:20TORJustin Holl: Interference2 min
  9. P3 6:44VGKWilliam Carrier: Holding2 min · PPG
  10. P3 9:33TORTrevor Moore: Slashing2 min
  11. P3 18:39TORAlexander Kerfoot: Too many men on the ice2 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.

VGK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VGKTOR
38Shots on goal37
3.6Expected goals3.7
67Shot attempts71
31Faceoffs won36
5Power plays6
12Penalty minutes10
29Hits23
20Blocked shots19
12Giveaways18
7Takeaways7

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.

Vegas Golden Knights

Forward lines

  1. bestStastny – Pacioretty – Stone9:31

    xG 0.79–0.14 (85%)attempts 16–8goals 1–0

  2. Reaves – Carrier – Roy3:51

    xG 0.68–0.07 (91%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Pirri – Eakin – Glass5:52

    xG 0.28–0.26 (52%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault9:23

    xG 0.16–0.72 (18%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcNabb – Schmidt12:22

    xG 0.85–0.32 (73%)attempts 15–13goals 0–0

  2. Theodore – Hague9:42

    xG 0.40–0.14 (74%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  3. Holden – Merrill11:24

    xG 0.58–0.93 (38%)attempts 11–13goals 1–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestKerfoot – Kapanen – Mikheyev6:23

    xG 0.25–0.07 (79%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Shore – Gauthier – Timashov3:56

    xG 0.10–0.14 (42%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Tavares – Marner – Moore5:38

    xG 0.44–0.65 (41%)attempts 5–12goals 0–0

  4. Johnsson – Nylander – Matthews10:39

    xG 0.30–0.54 (36%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRielly – Ceci8:52

    xG 0.85–0.29 (74%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  2. Holl – Dermott6:02

    xG 0.28–0.17 (63%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Holl – Rielly2:14

    xG 0.01–0.05 (14%)attempts 2–2goals 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 3.7 xGVGK 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORVGK

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 VGK. Dots are goals.

Excitement 58/100 · #464 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.76 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 20% (winner's lowest chance)
VGK 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +31 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 52% of the time.

TOR winsVGK wins

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

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