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Wed, Jan 29, 2020·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Toronto Maple Leafs 5, Dallas Stars 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 52% of the time.

DAL winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR11228214534
DAL11011519334

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:18TORAuston MatthewsAssists: Mitch Marner, Tyson Barrie · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:21DALDenis GurianovAssists: John Klingberg · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P2 4:40TORZach HymanAssists: Mitch Marner, Auston Matthews · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–1
  4. P2 11:58TORTyson BarrieAssists: Andreas Johnsson · Slap, 0.07 xG3–1
  5. P2 19:02DALAlexander RadulovAssists: Radek Faksa · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–2
  6. P3 3:28TORWilliam NylanderGWGAssists: Jake Muzzin, Alexander Kerfoot · Wrist, 0.22 xG4–2
  7. P3 6:26DALAlexander RadulovAssists: Miro Heiskanen, Mattias Janmark · Tip-in, 0.07 xG4–3
  8. P3 19:57TORAndreas JohnssonENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.66 xG5–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 4:54TORCody Ceci: Roughing2 min
  2. P2 8:14DALMiro Heiskanen: Holding2 min
  3. P3 8:42TORZach Hyman: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 9:05DALRadek Faksa: Interference2 min
  5. P3 12:55TORJason Spezza: 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.

TOR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
45% to win55% to win
← TOR attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Seguin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORDAL
34Shots on goal34
3.3Expected goals3.2
54Shot attempts71
26Faceoffs won26
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
20Hits31
23Blocked shots15
13Giveaways16
5Takeaways13

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. bestHyman – Marner – Matthews14:22

    xG 1.02–0.72 (59%)attempts 15–18goals 2–0

  2. Spezza – Gauthier – Moore4:57

    xG 0.27–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Tavares – Kerfoot – Nylander10:13

    xG 0.50–0.25 (67%)attempts 10–9goals 1–1

  4. Johnsson – Kapanen – Engvall8:42

    xG 0.18–0.31 (36%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Holl14:39

    xG 0.91–0.58 (61%)attempts 20–14goals 1–2

  2. Ceci – Sandin9:38

    xG 0.43–0.32 (58%)attempts 8–10goals 0–1

  3. Holl – Dermott2:43

    xG 0.05–0.08 (42%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestPerry – Dowling – Janmark8:06

    xG 0.77–0.39 (67%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Comeau – Cogliano – Faksa9:08

    xG 0.58–0.56 (51%)attempts 17–7goals 0–1

  3. Radulov – Benn – Seguin12:23

    xG 0.42–0.56 (43%)attempts 13–13goals 0–1

  4. Pavelski – Dickinson – Gurianov9:14

    xG 0.30–0.46 (39%)attempts 8–8goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestOleksiak – Heiskanen7:46

    xG 0.61–0.23 (73%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Lindell – Heiskanen9:27

    xG 0.69–0.58 (54%)attempts 10–13goals 1–1

  3. Sekera – Polak6:47

    xG 0.14–0.18 (45%)attempts 4–4goals 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.

DAL 3.2 xGTOR 3.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 72/100 · #298 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.66 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 52% of the time.

DAL winsTOR wins

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

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