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Wed, Jan 20, 2021·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Edmonton Oilers 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 65% of the time.

TOR winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM1408211323
TOR0801216126

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:42EDMKailer YamamotoUnassisted · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P3 6:44TORAuston MatthewsAssists: Zach Hyman, TJ Brodie · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P3 9:12EDMLeon DraisaitlPPGWGAssists: Jesse Puljujarvi, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–1
  4. P3 18:54EDMJosh ArchibaldENAssists: Connor McDavid, Darnell Nurse · Wrist, 0.60 xG3–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 15:24EDMDarnell Nurse: Holding2 min
  2. P2 7:42TORMitch Marner: Holding2 min
  3. P2 12:55TORAlexander Kerfoot: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 17:35EDMConnor McDavid: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 7:31TORJake Muzzin: 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMTOR
23Shots on goal26
2.8Expected goals2.0
37Shot attempts53
21Faceoffs won29
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
25Hits20
19Blocked shots6
6Giveaways9
4Takeaways2

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestDraisaitl – Yamamoto – Kahun10:23

    xG 0.42–0.12 (78%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  2. Chiasson – Archibald – Shore7:29

    xG 0.14–0.03 (80%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Kassian – Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid13:03

    xG 0.24–0.25 (49%)attempts 6–9goals 0–1

  4. Turris – Puljujarvi – Nygard6:36

    xG 0.07–0.13 (36%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRussell – Barrie14:34

    xG 0.67–0.10 (87%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  2. Nurse – Bear16:54

    xG 0.40–0.28 (59%)attempts 8–12goals 0–1

  3. Larsson – Koekkoek15:21

    xG 0.31–0.51 (37%)attempts 9–13goals 1–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestHyman – Marner – Matthews6:22

    xG 0.20–0.07 (75%)attempts 6–3goals 1–0

  2. Tavares – Nylander – Mikheyev4:29

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Tavares – Vesey – Nylander4:27

    xG 0.02–0.01 (66%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Hyman – Kerfoot – Mikheyev3:31

    xG 0.00–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBogosian – Dermott6:11

    xG 0.35–0.14 (71%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  2. Muzzin – Holl14:52

    xG 0.19–0.35 (35%)attempts 12–8goals 0–1

  3. Brodie – Rielly17:09

    xG 0.13–0.54 (20%)attempts 7–10goals 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.

TOR 2.0 xGEDM 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TOREDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 40/100 · #503 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.36 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 65% of the time.

TOR winsEDM wins

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

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