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Thu, Dec 12, 2019·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Toronto Maple Leafs 2, Calgary Flames 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 53% of the time.

CGY winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR110113011234
CGY190837424

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:24TORJohn TavaresAssists: Mitch Marner, Tyson Barrie · Snap, 0.20 xG1–0
  2. P1 16:23CGYTravis HamonicAssists: Sean Monahan, Mark Giordano · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:06TORMitch MarnerAssists: John Tavares, Cody Ceci · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P3 0:19CGYJohnny GaudreauAssists: Mikael Backlund · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–2
  5. P3 1:59CGYMichael FrolikGWGAssists: Tobias Rieder · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–3
  6. P3 2:49CGYJohnny GaudreauAssists: Travis Hamonic, Sean Monahan · Tip-in, 0.05 xG2–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 18:15TORJustin Holl: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 10:05CGYMark Jankowski: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 4:26CGYElias Lindholm: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 4:51CGYTravis Hamonic: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 SOG0CGY
45% to win55% to win
← TOR attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Monahan won the faceoff against Tavares
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORCGY
34Shots on goal24
3.0Expected goals3.2
62Shot attempts55
24Faceoffs won30
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
12Hits22
12Blocked shots18
18Giveaways19
11Takeaways19

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. bestSpezza – Aberg – Petan4:01

    xG 0.18–0.06 (73%)attempts 4–2goals 0–1

  2. Tavares – Hyman – Marner14:37

    xG 1.13–1.06 (52%)attempts 21–19goals 2–2

  3. Nylander – Kapanen – Matthews10:19

    xG 0.46–0.41 (53%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  4. Kerfoot – Engvall – Mikheyev8:16

    xG 0.21–0.32 (40%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Ceci – Dermott13:20

    xG 0.39–0.40 (49%)attempts 11–15goals 0–0

  2. Muzzin – Holl14:48

    xG 0.77–0.86 (47%)attempts 18–11goals 0–2

  3. Barrie – Rielly15:29

    xG 0.94–1.17 (44%)attempts 17–21goals 2–2

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestLindholm – Mangiapane – Tkachuk13:10

    xG 1.35–0.57 (70%)attempts 16–11goals 0–1

  2. Backlund – Gaudreau – Monahan9:08

    xG 0.52–0.38 (58%)attempts 10–9goals 3–0

  3. Lucic – Gaudreau – Ryan3:22

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  4. Frolik – Rieder – Jankowski8:53

    xG 0.37–0.35 (51%)attempts 14–5goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamonic – Hanifin11:53

    xG 0.81–0.63 (56%)attempts 13–13goals 2–1

  2. Giordano – Hamonic2:01

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0

  3. Hamonic – Brodie3:46

    xG 0.25–0.09 (74%)attempts 4–2goals 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.

CGY 3.2 xGTOR 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 50/100 · #568 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.58 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 53% of the time.

CGY winsTOR wins

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

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