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Mon, Jan 18, 2021·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Winnipeg Jets 1, Toronto Maple Leafs 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 91% of the time.

TOR winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG01016012128
TOR01022216338

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 5:28TORJohn TavaresPPAssists: William Nylander, Jake Muzzin · Wrist, 0.27 xG0–1
  2. P2 18:39TORMitch MarnerGWGAssists: Justin Holl, Auston Matthews · Wrist, 0.35 xG0–2
  3. P2 19:13WPGKyle ConnorAssists: Derek Forbort, Neal Pionk · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:37TORMitch MarnerENAssists: Alexander Kerfoot, Justin Holl · Snap, 0.66 xG1–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 5:03WPGKyle Connor: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P1 5:03TORJustin Holl: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 14:33TORZach Hyman: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 3:33WPGSami Niku: Holding2 min · PPG
  5. P2 7:45TORTravis Dermott: Holding2 min
  6. P3 1:25TORJake Muzzin: Holding2 min
  7. P3 14:45TORMorgan Rielly: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
46% to win54% to win
← WPG attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Scheifele won the faceoff against Matthews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGTOR
28Shots on goal38
1.9Expected goals5.1
48Shot attempts65
17Faceoffs won31
4Power plays1
4Penalty minutes10
31Hits25
11Blocked shots10
13Giveaways12
6Takeaways10

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestLowry – Harkins – Appleton3:59

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Thompson – Lewis – Harkins2:43

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Thompson – Lewis – Perreault2:30

    xG 0.04–0.09 (33%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

  4. Stastny – Perreault – Connor4:50

    xG 0.06–0.13 (31%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Beaulieu – Stanley9:25

    xG 0.24–0.26 (48%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  2. Forbort – Pionk15:37

    xG 0.46–0.55 (46%)attempts 12–13goals 1–0

  3. Beaulieu – Morrissey3:05

    xG 0.00–0.45 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestTavares – Vesey – Nylander8:25

    xG 0.46–0.04 (92%)attempts 13–1goals 0–0

  2. Thornton – Marner – Matthews8:27

    xG 0.53–0.26 (67%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  3. Hyman – Kerfoot – Mikheyev6:49

    xG 0.27–0.18 (61%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Holl10:55

    xG 0.92–0.10 (90%)attempts 14–8goals 0–1

  2. Brodie – Rielly15:30

    xG 0.98–0.42 (70%)attempts 19–8goals 0–0

  3. Bogosian – Lehtonen3:02

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 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 5.1 xGWPG 1.9 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 18/100 · #691 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.95 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 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 91% of the time.

TOR winsWPG wins

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

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