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Thu, Feb 20, 2020·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Pittsburgh Penguins 0, Toronto Maple Leafs 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 75% of the time.

TOR winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT0140802024
TOR010310110430

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 7:45TORJake MuzzinGWGAssists: Justin Holl, John Tavares · Slap, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 10:01TORWilliam NylanderPPAssists: Auston Matthews, John Tavares · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P2 13:04TORKasperi KapanenAssists: Alexander Kerfoot, Jake Muzzin · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–3
  4. P3 3:56TORZach HymanAssists: Mitch Marner, Jake Muzzin · Wrist, 0.30 xG0–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 17:26TORDenis Malgin: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 9:20PITMarcus Pettersson: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P2 9:27PITBrandon Tanev: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P2 16:05PITJared McCann: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 16:05TORKasperi Kapanen: Fighting5 min
  6. P3 10:56PITChad Ruhwedel: Holding2 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.

PIT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITTOR
24Shots on goal30
1.7Expected goals3.1
57Shot attempts64
20Faceoffs won33
1Power plays3
11Penalty minutes7
22Hits18
19Blocked shots20
7Giveaways15
4Takeaways3

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.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestMalkin – Rust – Kahun12:15

    xG 0.24–0.14 (63%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  2. Hornqvist – Agozzino – McCann4:29

    xG 0.12–0.08 (60%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Blueger – McCann – Tanev4:18

    xG 0.05–0.12 (29%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  4. Blueger – Lafferty – Tanev6:31

    xG 0.05–0.33 (14%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Ruhwedel – Riikola12:21

    xG 0.16–0.22 (42%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Letang18:37

    xG 0.44–1.16 (28%)attempts 20–23goals 0–1

  3. Schultz – Pettersson17:23

    xG 0.26–1.24 (17%)attempts 20–21goals 0–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestTavares – Nylander – Malgin12:33

    xG 0.87–0.08 (92%)attempts 22–12goals 1–0

  2. Kerfoot – Kapanen – Engvall9:27

    xG 0.53–0.15 (78%)attempts 10–4goals 1–0

  3. Hyman – Marner – Matthews13:53

    xG 0.71–0.46 (61%)attempts 14–19goals 1–0

  4. Spezza – Clifford – Gauthier7:57

    xG 0.26–0.18 (59%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Holl17:52

    xG 1.54–0.37 (81%)attempts 24–17goals 3–0

  2. Barrie – Sandin13:38

    xG 0.67–0.25 (73%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

  3. Marincin – Dermott14:59

    xG 0.52–0.18 (74%)attempts 17–15goals 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 3.1 xGPIT 1.7 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORPIT

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 PIT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #1049 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.56 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 75% of the time.

TOR winsPIT wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).