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Fri, Jan 22, 2021·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Edmonton Oilers 2, Toronto Maple Leafs 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 50% of the time.

TOR winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM011110111232
TOR0122928429

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 5:12EDMLeon DraisaitlSHAssists: Kailer Yamamoto · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–0
  2. P2 5:55TORAdam BrooksPPAssists: Jason Spezza, TJ Brodie · Deflected, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:16TORJimmy VeseyAssists: William Nylander, Alexander Kerfoot · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P3 0:50EDMConnor McDavidAssists: Ethan Bear, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. P3 11:46TORJohn TavaresPPGWGAssists: Mitch Marner, William Nylander · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:59TORMitch MarnerENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.58 xG2–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 1:45TORPierre Engvall: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 4:07EDMKyle Turris: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 14:14TORJason Spezza: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 10:30EDMDevin Shore: Hooking2 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 20:00Kerfoot won the faceoff against Draisaitl
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMTOR
32Shots on goal29
2.8Expected goals2.8
55Shot attempts54
22Faceoffs won28
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
34Hits26
17Blocked shots15
8Giveaways17
2Takeaways9

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. bestKassian – Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid13:49

    xG 0.67–0.31 (68%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  2. Turris – Ennis – Puljujarvi7:34

    xG 0.24–0.06 (79%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Neal – Archibald – Shore4:54

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 2–3goals 0–1

  4. Draisaitl – Yamamoto – Kahun11:02

    xG 0.16–0.35 (31%)attempts 7–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Koekkoek9:06

    xG 0.40–0.14 (75%)attempts 7–8goals 0–1

  2. Nurse – Bear14:00

    xG 0.33–0.40 (45%)attempts 5–10goals 1–0

  3. Russell – Barrie14:18

    xG 0.31–0.42 (43%)attempts 11–17goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestVesey – Kerfoot – Nylander8:55

    xG 0.29–0.04 (89%)attempts 15–2goals 1–0

  2. Simmonds – Engvall – Mikheyev5:50

    xG 0.31–0.13 (71%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Spezza – Brooks – Barabanov4:38

    xG 0.07–0.09 (43%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Tavares – Hyman – Marner12:47

    xG 0.41–0.52 (44%)attempts 11–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Holl14:09

    xG 0.61–0.18 (77%)attempts 21–9goals 0–0

  2. Bogosian – Dermott8:52

    xG 0.20–0.21 (50%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  3. Brodie – Rielly11:24

    xG 0.22–0.61 (27%)attempts 6–10goals 0–1

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 2.8 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 50/100 · #417 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.58 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 32% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 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 50% of the time.

TOR winsEDM wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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