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Fri, Mar 6, 2020·Honda Center, Anaheim

Toronto Maple Leafs 1, Anaheim Ducks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 54% of the time.

ANA winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR0808115131
ANA11301312228

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:17ANACarter RowneyAssists: David Backes, Michael Del Zotto · Wrist, 0.25 xG0–1
  2. P3 10:20ANAAdam HenriqueGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–2
  3. P3 17:00TORWilliam NylanderUnassisted · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 11:38ANAJohn Gibson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P2 7:48TORJustin Holl: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 14:40ANANicolas Deslauriers: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 14:40TORKyle Clifford: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 18:38TORMitch Marner: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 3:25ANADavid Backes: Boarding2 min
  7. P3 11:45ANAKiefer Sherwood: Tripping2 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 SOG0ANA
45% to win55% to win
← TOR attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Henrique won the faceoff against Matthews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORANA
31Shots on goal28
3.1Expected goals3.0
58Shot attempts51
25Faceoffs won33
3Power plays2
9Penalty minutes11
19Hits18
12Blocked shots13
11Giveaways10
7Takeaways6

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. bestKerfoot – Kapanen – Engvall8:50

    xG 0.62–0.01 (98%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  2. Spezza – Kerfoot – Kapanen2:03

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  3. Tavares – Nylander – Malgin12:15

    xG 0.52–0.68 (43%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  4. Hyman – Marner – Matthews13:10

    xG 0.14–0.49 (22%)attempts 9–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBarrie – Rosen11:29

    xG 0.82–0.48 (63%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  2. Marincin – Ceci6:26

    xG 0.25–0.12 (67%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Holl – Dermott16:40

    xG 0.30–0.56 (35%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Milano – Heinen12:24

    xG 0.91–0.37 (71%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  2. Backes – Deslauriers – Rowney4:21

    xG 0.48–0.11 (82%)attempts 6–2goals 1–0

  3. Henrique – Silfverberg – Rakell12:53

    xG 0.29–0.17 (62%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  4. Agozzino – Steel – Sherwood9:41

    xG 0.40–0.38 (51%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDel Zotto – Larsson14:18

    xG 0.80–0.31 (72%)attempts 16–7goals 0–0

  2. Irwin – Guhle12:49

    xG 0.66–0.47 (58%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  3. Hakanpää – Djoos15:40

    xG 0.34–0.29 (54%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

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.

ANA 3.0 xGTOR 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANATOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 12/100 · #973 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.73 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 54% of the time.

ANA winsTOR wins

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

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