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Thu, Feb 27, 2020·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Toronto Maple Leafs 5, Florida Panthers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 64% of the time.

FLA winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR3901426529
FLA3904014327

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:23FLAMark PysykAssists: Aaron Ekblad, Keith Yandle · Slap, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 3:32TORZach HymanAssists: Auston Matthews, Justin Holl · Backhand, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P1 7:25FLAMike HoffmanAssists: Frank Vatrano, Erik Haula · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P1 12:36FLANoel AcciariAssists: Keith Yandle · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–3
  5. P1 17:43TORKasperi KapanenAssists: Jason Spezza, Alexander Kerfoot · Snap, 0.02 xG2–3
  6. P1 18:58TORAuston MatthewsAssists: Zach Hyman, Mitch Marner · Slap, 0.16 xG3–3
  7. P3 9:00TORWilliam NylanderGWGAssists: Kyle Clifford, Martin Marincin · Wrist, 0.06 xG4–3
  8. P3 19:39TORJustin HollENAssists: John Tavares · Wrist, 0.48 xG5–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 15:42FLAAleksi Saarela: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 0:00FLAMacKenzie Weegar: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 0:00TORKasperi Kapanen: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 16:24TORMartin Marincin: 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

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0FLA
45% to win55% to win
← TOR attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Barkov won the faceoff against Matthews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORFLA
29Shots on goal27
2.9Expected goals2.2
54Shot attempts54
19Faceoffs won23
1Power plays1
7Penalty minutes7
16Hits19
16Blocked shots13
17Giveaways16
5Takeaways9

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. bestTavares – Kerfoot – Nylander3:28

    xG 0.25–0.03 (90%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Hyman – Marner – Matthews16:17

    xG 0.69–0.56 (55%)attempts 12–20goals 2–0

  3. Clifford – Gauthier – Engvall2:23

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  4. Tavares – Nylander – Kapanen2:07

    xG 0.09–0.10 (49%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBarrie – Sandin11:00

    xG 0.43–0.05 (89%)attempts 12–3goals 0–1

  2. Holl – Dermott14:16

    xG 0.55–0.38 (59%)attempts 12–13goals 1–0

  3. Barrie – Marincin8:35

    xG 0.40–0.23 (63%)attempts 6–11goals 1–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. Connolly – Wallmark – Saarela9:53

    xG 0.11–0.13 (47%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  2. Hoffman – Haula – Vatrano8:43

    xG 0.34–0.55 (38%)attempts 10–14goals 1–2

  3. Dadonov – Huberdeau – Barkov13:56

    xG 0.31–0.86 (27%)attempts 12–17goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestYandle – Matheson10:35

    xG 0.30–0.16 (66%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  2. Matheson – Ekblad3:27

    xG 0.06–0.05 (56%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Weegar – Ekblad12:14

    xG 0.37–0.44 (46%)attempts 11–14goals 0–2

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.

FLA 2.2 xGTOR 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLATOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 77/100 · #242 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.47 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 16% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +33 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 64% of the time.

FLA winsTOR wins

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

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