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Wed, Jan 8, 2020·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Winnipeg Jets 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 68% of the time.

TOR winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
WPG2411108053428
TOR1619111022328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:00WPGNikolaj EhlersAssists: Blake Wheeler, Neal Pionk · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–0
  2. P1 4:56TORAuston MatthewsAssists: Mitch Marner · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P1 18:00WPGMason AppletonSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.23 xG2–1
  4. P2 6:00TORDmytro TimashovAssists: Adam Brooks, Kasperi Kapanen · Wrist, 0.21 xG2–2
  5. P2 11:45WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Kyle Connor, Tucker Poolman · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:46TORAuston MatthewsAssists: Morgan Rielly · Slap, 0.05 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. TOR Jason Spezza scored
  2. 2. WPG Kyle Connor stopped
  3. 3. TOR Mitch Marner stopped
  4. 4. WPG Patrik Laine scored
  5. 5. TOR Auston Matthews scored
  6. 6. WPG Mark Scheifele scored
  7. 7. TOR William Nylander stopped
  8. 8. WPG Blake Wheeler scored
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 16:42WPGBlake Wheeler: Holding2 min
  2. P2 3:47TORDmytro Timashov: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P2 7:31TORJohn Tavares: Holding2 min
  4. P2 13:20WPGJosh Morrissey: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 6:55WPGSami Niku: Tripping2 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGTOR
28Shots on goal28
1.9Expected goals3.0
53Shot attempts54
19Faceoffs won18
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
25Hits9
9Blocked shots12
11Giveaways12
11Takeaways14

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestWheeler – Copp – Ehlers5:16

    xG 0.30–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–1goals 0–0

  2. Perreault – Lowry – Copp3:51

    xG 0.01–0.10 (8%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Perreault – Lowry – Roslovic4:45

    xG 0.12–0.31 (28%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Scheifele – Connor – Laine14:36

    xG 0.24–0.45 (35%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSbisa – Pionk16:58

    xG 0.52–0.45 (54%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  2. Bitetto – Niku7:43

    xG 0.03–0.36 (8%)attempts 3–5goals 1–0

  3. Poolman – Morrissey16:33

    xG 0.28–0.95 (23%)attempts 16–14goals 0–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestTavares – Kerfoot – Nylander12:43

    xG 0.65–0.22 (75%)attempts 10–11goals 0–1

  2. Hyman – Marner – Matthews12:19

    xG 0.44–0.23 (66%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

  3. Spezza – Kapanen – Engvall7:50

    xG 0.27–0.15 (64%)attempts 4–6goals 0–1

  4. Gauthier – Engvall – Brooks2:04

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMarincin – Ceci10:14

    xG 0.57–0.03 (94%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1

  2. Barrie – Rielly16:18

    xG 0.92–0.46 (67%)attempts 15–14goals 2–0

  3. Ceci – Dermott3:49

    xG 0.09–0.01 (90%)attempts 2–1goals 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 3.0 xGWPG 1.9 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 91/100 · #96 of 1082 this seasonSwing 2.56 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +49 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 68% of the time.

TOR winsWPG wins

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

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