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Tue, Nov 19, 2019·T-Mobile Arena, Paradise

Toronto Maple Leafs 2, Vegas Golden Knights 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 52% of the time.

VGK winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR0908216233
VGK010117310437

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 8:07VGKCody GlassPPAssists: Max Pacioretty, Nate Schmidt · Wrist, 0.42 xG0–1
  2. P3 7:26TORJason SpezzaAssists: Ilya Mikheyev · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P3 8:08VGKTomas NosekUnassisted · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P3 10:22VGKMark StonePPGWGAssists: Cody Glass, Shea Theodore · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–3
  5. P3 12:47TORZach HymanPPAssists: Jason Spezza, Tyson Barrie · Wrist, 0.46 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:39VGKCody EakinENAssists: Max Pacioretty, Jonathan Marchessault · Wrist, 0.67 xG2–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 6:37TORJustin Holl: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  2. P3 10:00TORJohn Tavares: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P3 11:01VGKRyan Reaves: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P3 16:40VGKBrayden McNabb: 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.

TOR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VGK
45% to win55% to win
← TOR attackVGK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Eakin won the faceoff against Tavares
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORVGK
33Shots on goal37
3.5Expected goals3.7
66Shot attempts67
35Faceoffs won30
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
28Hits30
19Blocked shots22
4Giveaways10
8Takeaways12

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. bestJohnsson – Nylander – Matthews13:18

    xG 1.53–0.68 (69%)attempts 20–10goals 0–0

  2. Tavares – Hyman – Kapanen13:36

    xG 0.68–0.56 (55%)attempts 18–13goals 0–0

  3. Spezza – Petan – Mikheyev8:16

    xG 0.23–0.19 (54%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  4. Shore – Gauthier – Engvall6:17

    xG 0.11–0.21 (34%)attempts 2–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBarrie – Rielly2:10

    xG 0.86–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–0goals 0–0

  2. Rielly – Ceci17:22

    xG 1.19–0.86 (58%)attempts 23–24goals 0–0

  3. Holl – Dermott3:17

    xG 0.11–0.00 (97%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Vegas Golden Knights

Forward lines

  1. bestEakin – Stone – Marchessault14:29

    xG 0.92–0.39 (70%)attempts 21–15goals 0–0

  2. Reaves – Carrier – Nosek8:18

    xG 0.57–0.29 (66%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  3. Stastny – Tuch – Glass11:36

    xG 0.32–0.36 (47%)attempts 17–12goals 0–1

  4. Pacioretty – Smith – Karlsson12:14

    xG 0.59–1.28 (31%)attempts 10–18goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Theodore – Hague15:48

    xG 0.55–0.54 (50%)attempts 17–14goals 1–1

  2. Engelland – Merrill15:55

    xG 0.49–0.58 (46%)attempts 15–20goals 0–0

  3. McNabb – Schmidt16:30

    xG 1.07–1.37 (44%)attempts 18–19goals 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.

VGK 3.7 xGTOR 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VGKTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 46/100 · #620 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.32 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50VGK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 52% of the time.

VGK winsTOR wins

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

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