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Sat, Dec 14, 2019·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Edmonton Oilers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 65% of the time.

EDM winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR11319210432
EDM012011114137

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:38TORAlexander KerfootAssists: Pierre Engvall, Morgan Rielly · Snap, 0.27 xG1–0
  2. P2 5:27TORIlya MikheyevGWGAssists: Alexander Kerfoot, Pierre Engvall · Wrist, 0.21 xG2–0
  3. P3 6:08EDMAlex ChiassonPPAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Oscar Klefbom · Backhand, 0.20 xG2–1
  4. P3 13:49TORFrederik GauthierAssists: Dmytro Timashov · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–1
  5. P3 18:39TORMitch MarnerENAssists: Zach Hyman · Wrist, 0.64 xG4–1
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 14:39TORJake Muzzin: Holding2 min
  2. P3 5:43TORCody Ceci: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  3. P3 17:39EDMGaetan Haas: Tripping2 min · PPG

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 SOG0EDM
45% to win55% to win
← TOR attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Sheahan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TOREDM
32Shots on goal37
3.9Expected goals3.1
54Shot attempts62
27Faceoffs won30
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
21Hits29
13Blocked shots8
13Giveaways17
10Takeaways14

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 – Marner16:47

    xG 1.33–0.35 (79%)attempts 21–12goals 0–0

  2. Kerfoot – Engvall – Mikheyev11:39

    xG 0.91–0.35 (72%)attempts 11–10goals 2–0

  3. Spezza – Gauthier – Timashov7:16

    xG 0.38–0.33 (53%)attempts 5–10goals 1–0

  4. Nylander – Kapanen – Matthews11:52

    xG 0.24–1.10 (18%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRielly – Ceci12:07

    xG 0.85–0.32 (73%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0

  2. Barrie – Rielly2:33

    xG 0.40–0.09 (81%)attempts 6–2goals 1–0

  3. Muzzin – Holl19:05

    xG 1.18–0.88 (57%)attempts 19–15goals 1–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestSheahan – Archibald – Khaira7:29

    xG 0.80–0.07 (92%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Chiasson – Khaira – Haas4:28

    xG 0.28–0.01 (95%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Neal – Gagner – Nugent-Hopkins15:02

    xG 0.48–0.71 (41%)attempts 17–13goals 0–1

  4. Chiasson – Granlund – Haas5:04

    xG 0.17–0.54 (24%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Klefbom22:53

    xG 1.36–0.68 (67%)attempts 25–19goals 0–0

  2. Russell – Jones8:05

    xG 0.27–0.55 (33%)attempts 8–8goals 0–1

  3. Nurse – Bear19:09

    xG 0.82–1.97 (29%)attempts 19–22goals 0–2

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.

EDM 3.1 xGTOR 3.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 26/100 · #834 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.84 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 65% of the time.

EDM winsTOR wins

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

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