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Sat, Feb 6, 2021·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Vancouver Canucks 1, Toronto Maple Leafs 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 85% of the time.

TOR winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN07010111128
TOR21111228531

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:42TORWayne SimmondsPPAssists: Mitch Marner, Morgan Rielly · Wrist, 0.23 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:04TORAuston MatthewsGWGAssists: Mitch Marner, Zach Hyman · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–2
  3. P2 7:36TORZach HymanAssists: Mikko Lehtonen, Mitch Marner · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–3
  4. P3 1:28TORAuston MatthewsUnassisted · Wrist, 0.27 xG0–4
  5. P3 3:16TORWayne SimmondsAssists: Mikko Lehtonen, John Tavares · Tip-in, 0.08 xG0–5
  6. P3 17:56VANBrock BoeserPPAssists: Quinn Hughes, Elias Pettersson · Tip-in, 0.14 xG1–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 3:19VANAlexander Edler: Slashing2 min · PPG
  2. P1 5:03VANAlexander Edler: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 15:42TORZach Hyman: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 12:02VANTyler Myers: Elbowing2 min
  5. P3 6:18TORJake Muzzin: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 10:15VANTyler Motte: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 12:34TORZach Bogosian: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 16:21TORJake Muzzin: 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANTOR
28Shots on goal31
2.0Expected goals4.6
52Shot attempts57
26Faceoffs won30
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
25Hits16
10Blocked shots15
10Giveaways21
8Takeaways10

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. Miller – Boeser – Pettersson6:46

    xG 0.23–0.36 (39%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  2. Sutter – Bailey – Hoglander4:49

    xG 0.09–0.32 (21%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Miller – Pettersson – Hoglander4:09

    xG 0.11–0.44 (20%)attempts 3–5goals 0–1

  4. Beagle – Roussel – Motte8:13

    xG 0.24–0.88 (22%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Edler – Chatfield6:56

    xG 0.50–0.63 (44%)attempts 10–7goals 0–2

  2. Benn – Hughes5:47

    xG 0.24–0.42 (37%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Myers – Hughes4:45

    xG 0.00–0.18 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestHyman – Marner – Matthews13:12

    xG 1.55–0.34 (82%)attempts 16–10goals 3–0

  2. Spezza – Boyd – Petan6:53

    xG 0.58–0.02 (96%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Simmonds – Tavares – Nylander9:23

    xG 0.66–0.43 (61%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

  4. Vesey – Kerfoot – Mikheyev8:01

    xG 0.47–0.33 (59%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBogosian – Lehtonen10:38

    xG 1.41–0.31 (82%)attempts 12–9goals 3–0

  2. Muzzin – Holl13:08

    xG 0.98–0.17 (85%)attempts 17–8goals 0–0

  3. Brodie – Rielly15:27

    xG 1.08–0.68 (61%)attempts 12–13goals 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 4.6 xGVAN 2.0 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #740 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.52 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50TOR 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 85% of the time.

TOR winsVAN wins

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

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