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Thu, Jan 28, 2021·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Edmonton Oilers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 54% of the time.

EDM winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR21104212427
EDM01118210329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:29TORJason SpezzaAssists: Travis Boyd · Backhand, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:22TORWilliam NylanderAssists: John Tavares, Jason Spezza · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–0
  3. P2 18:11EDMLeon DraisaitlPPAssists: Connor McDavid, Darnell Nurse · Snap, 0.24 xG2–1
  4. P3 7:00EDMLeon DraisaitlPPAssists: Connor McDavid, Tyson Barrie · Backhand, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. P3 7:56TORWayne SimmondsPPAssists: Mitch Marner, Morgan Rielly · Tip-in, 0.15 xG3–2
  6. P3 11:12EDMZack KassianAssists: Kyle Turris, Adam Larsson · Wrist, 0.30 xG3–3
  7. P3 13:37TORAuston MatthewsPPGWGAssists: TJ Brodie, Alexander Kerfoot · Snap, 0.08 xG4–3
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 12:56TORAlexander Kerfoot: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 16:22EDMKyle Turris: Holding2 min
  3. P2 5:27TORJustin Holl: Interference2 min
  4. P2 13:45TORJason Spezza: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 17:01TORAlexander Kerfoot: Slashing2 min · PPG
  6. P2 17:31TORZach Hyman: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 1:41EDMAdam Larsson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  8. P3 6:08TORAlexander Kerfoot: Interference2 min · PPG
  9. P3 7:42EDMJosh Archibald: Hooking2 min · PPG
  10. P3 12:12EDMEthan Bear: Slashing2 min · PPG
  11. P3 17:08TORWilliam Nylander: 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 SOG0EDM
46% to win54% to win
← TOR attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Draisaitl
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TOREDM
27Shots on goal29
3.7Expected goals4.0
48Shot attempts58
24Faceoffs won27
4Power plays7
14Penalty minutes8
24Hits18
14Blocked shots10
20Giveaways23
8Takeaways7

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. bestHyman – Marner – Matthews11:03

    xG 1.06–0.60 (64%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

  2. Spezza – Boyd – Barabanov4:27

    xG 0.18–0.18 (50%)attempts 3–3goals 1–0

  3. Simmonds – Vesey – Kerfoot8:10

    xG 0.26–0.63 (29%)attempts 8–6goals 0–1

  4. Tavares – Nylander – Mikheyev7:46

    xG 0.29–0.86 (25%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBogosian – Dermott7:41

    xG 0.65–0.42 (61%)attempts 14–8goals 1–0

  2. Brodie – Rielly11:48

    xG 0.73–0.96 (43%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0

  3. Muzzin – Holl15:57

    xG 0.42–1.31 (25%)attempts 5–18goals 0–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestNeal – Turris – Kassian7:18

    xG 0.67–0.37 (65%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  2. Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid – Puljujarvi8:39

    xG 0.60–0.41 (60%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  3. Draisaitl – Yamamoto – Kahun10:00

    xG 0.69–0.51 (58%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  4. Draisaitl – McDavid – Puljujarvi2:25

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 2–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Jones11:03

    xG 1.04–0.45 (70%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  2. Nurse – Bear13:59

    xG 1.05–0.61 (63%)attempts 17–6goals 0–0

  3. Barrie – Koekkoek11:02

    xG 0.56–0.75 (43%)attempts 8–13goals 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.

EDM 4.0 xGTOR 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 94/100 · #49 of 868 this seasonSwing 2.50 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +36 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 54% of the time.

EDM winsTOR wins

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

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