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Sat, Nov 23, 2019·Pepsi Center, Denver

Toronto Maple Leafs 5, Colorado Avalanche 3

Expected result

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

COL winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR41503110528
COL18113116337

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:31COLNathan MacKinnonAssists: Erik Johnson, Nazem Kadri · Slap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:49TORNicholas ShoreAssists: Pierre Engvall, Justin Holl · Tip-in, 0.18 xG1–1
  3. P1 10:56TORAuston MatthewsAssists: Tyson Barrie, Travis Dermott · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P1 13:22TORTyson BarriePPAssists: William Nylander, Auston Matthews · Snap, 0.20 xG3–1
  5. P1 17:36TORKasperi KapanenGWGAssists: Jason Spezza, Jake Muzzin · Wrist, 0.12 xG4–1
  6. P2 10:21COLAndre BurakovskyPPAssists: Joonas Donskoi, Nazem Kadri · Snap, 0.13 xG4–2
  7. P3 6:54COLValeri NichushkinAssists: Ian Cole · Wrist, 0.16 xG4–3
  8. P3 19:59TORZach HymanENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.59 xG5–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 13:00COLIan Cole: High sticking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 18:13TORJohn Tavares: Interference2 min
  3. P2 8:56TORJustin Holl: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P2 17:19TORAlexander Kerfoot: Boarding2 min
  5. P3 7:32COLNazem Kadri: Holding2 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 SOG0COL
45% to win55% to win
← TOR attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00MacKinnon won the faceoff against Matthews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORCOL
28Shots on goal37
3.4Expected goals2.8
53Shot attempts73
25Faceoffs won38
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
17Hits17
26Blocked shots16
9Giveaways11
11Takeaways11

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. bestTavares – Hyman – Mikheyev15:17

    xG 1.29–0.86 (60%)attempts 18–20goals 0–1

  2. Johnsson – Nylander – Matthews11:16

    xG 0.56–0.33 (63%)attempts 14–9goals 1–0

  3. Shore – Gauthier – Engvall4:05

    xG 0.24–0.02 (91%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  4. Spezza – Kerfoot – Kapanen6:34

    xG 0.24–0.22 (52%)attempts 4–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Holl14:17

    xG 1.30–0.73 (64%)attempts 22–14goals 2–1

  2. Barrie – Dermott10:56

    xG 0.84–0.31 (73%)attempts 11–16goals 1–0

  3. Rielly – Ceci16:41

    xG 0.24–0.71 (25%)attempts 8–18goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestDonskoi – Burakovsky – MacKinnon6:12

    xG 0.65–0.19 (77%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Nichushkin – Bellemare – O'Connor6:02

    xG 0.42–0.22 (65%)attempts 11–5goals 1–0

  3. Tynan – Nichushkin – Bellemare3:20

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Kadri – Donskoi – MacKinnon9:31

    xG 0.39–0.51 (43%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Girard9:32

    xG 0.42–0.16 (73%)attempts 14–4goals 1–0

  2. Girard – Makar10:10

    xG 0.54–0.35 (61%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Zadorov3:39

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 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.

COL 2.8 xGTOR 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 76/100 · #252 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.29 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 32% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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.

COL winsTOR wins

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

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