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Thu, Feb 13, 2020·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Dallas Stars 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 81% of the time.

TOR winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL1611013319
TOR03114114231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:20DALDenis GurianovAssists: John Klingberg · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P2 0:24DALRadek FaksaAssists: Blake Comeau, Andrew Cogliano · Backhand, 0.09 xG2–0
  3. P2 11:21TORAuston MatthewsPPAssists: William Nylander, Tyson Barrie · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–1
  4. P3 1:21DALTyler SeguinPPGWGAssists: Mattias Janmark, Jason Robertson · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–1
  5. P3 18:41TORZach HymanAssists: John Tavares, Mitch Marner · Backhand, 0.26 xG3–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P2 0:58TORJustin Holl: Roughing2 min
  2. P2 3:18TORJohn Tavares: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P2 5:55DALJamie Oleksiak: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 5:55TORKyle Clifford: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 10:14DALCorey Perry: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P2 17:07TORMitch Marner: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 17:27DALMiro Heiskanen: Holding2 min
  8. P3 1:11TORJohn Tavares: 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALTOR
19Shots on goal31
2.2Expected goals4.4
35Shot attempts72
20Faceoffs won25
4Power plays2
9Penalty minutes13
27Hits12
18Blocked shots4
15Giveaways9
12Takeaways9

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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestComeau – Cogliano – Faksa9:26

    xG 0.25–0.09 (73%)attempts 7–4goals 1–0

  2. Benn – Dickinson – Gurianov6:26

    xG 0.52–0.46 (53%)attempts 3–7goals 1–0

  3. Janmark – Robertson – Kiviranta3:50

    xG 0.08–0.04 (65%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Perry – Seguin – Hintz7:32

    xG 0.32–0.33 (49%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlingberg – Lindell13:47

    xG 0.41–0.29 (58%)attempts 7–8goals 2–0

  2. Polak – Heiskanen4:04

    xG 0.20–0.18 (53%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Johns – Lindell2:40

    xG 0.16–0.26 (38%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestHyman – Marner – Matthews9:51

    xG 0.73–0.32 (69%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  2. Clifford – Aberg – Engvall3:54

    xG 0.15–0.07 (69%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Nylander – Marner – Matthews7:19

    xG 0.25–0.17 (59%)attempts 10–4goals 0–1

  4. Spezza – Clifford – Kapanen2:25

    xG 0.05–0.08 (39%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Barrie3:13

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Barrie – Dermott11:30

    xG 0.27–0.18 (60%)attempts 11–3goals 0–1

  3. Barrie – Sandin5:57

    xG 0.30–0.25 (55%)attempts 5–5goals 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 4.4 xGDAL 2.2 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORDAL

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 DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 29/100 · #794 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.97 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50TOR 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 81% of the time.

TOR winsDAL wins

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

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