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Thu, Jan 16, 2020·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Calgary Flames 2, Toronto Maple Leafs 1 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 55% of the time.

TOR winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CGY0911207041232
TOR01001419030136

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 7:34CGYDerek RyanAssists: Travis Hamonic, Dillon Dube · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P3 8:35TORWilliam NylanderPPAssists: John Tavares, Tyson Barrie · Tip-in, 0.15 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. TOR Jason Spezza stopped
  2. 2. CGY Sean Monahan stopped
  3. 3. TOR Auston Matthews stopped
  4. 4. CGY Matthew Tkachuk scored
  5. 5. TOR Mitch Marner stopped
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 8:16CGYElias Lindholm: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 9:34TORRasmus Sandin: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 3:26CGYSam Bennett: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 14:10CGYOliver Kylington: Holding2 min
  5. P3 7:15CGYTobias Rieder: Holding2 min · PPG
  6. P3 12:02TORZach Hyman: Interference2 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYTOR
32Shots on goal36
3.2Expected goals2.9
56Shot attempts70
22Faceoffs won26
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
22Hits18
23Blocked shots11
12Giveaways16
5Takeaways12

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestLindholm – Mangiapane – Tkachuk12:24

    xG 0.88–0.57 (61%)attempts 15–16goals 0–0

  2. Backlund – Gaudreau – Monahan11:39

    xG 0.71–0.63 (53%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  3. Lucic – Ryan – Dube8:14

    xG 0.12–0.12 (50%)attempts 4–9goals 1–0

  4. Rieder – Jankowski – Bennett9:36

    xG 0.13–0.53 (20%)attempts 4–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAndersson – Kylington10:15

    xG 0.35–0.21 (63%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0

  2. Hamonic – Hanifin14:08

    xG 0.70–0.59 (54%)attempts 15–13goals 1–0

  3. Hamonic – Kylington2:07

    xG 0.00–0.19 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestTavares – Nylander – Engvall3:47

    xG 0.42–0.15 (74%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Johnsson – Marner – Matthews5:22

    xG 0.26–0.15 (64%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Kerfoot – Johnsson – Kapanen4:32

    xG 0.21–0.13 (62%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Spezza – Tavares – Nylander2:36

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHoll – Dermott13:09

    xG 0.96–0.56 (63%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

  2. Holl – Ceci2:22

    xG 0.28–0.02 (93%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Barrie – Ceci2:35

    xG 0.21–0.08 (73%)attempts 2–2goals 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.

TOR 2.9 xGCGY 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORCGY

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 CGY. Dots are goals.

Excitement 45/100 · #622 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.45 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +32 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 55% of the time.

TOR winsCGY wins

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

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