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Wed, Feb 24, 2021·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Calgary Flames 1, Toronto Maple Leafs 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 76% of the time.

TOR winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CGY070111301122
TOR01101511211239

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 16:33CGYAndrew MangiapaneAssists: Matthew Tkachuk, Elias Lindholm · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P3 18:32TORWilliam NylanderAssists: Zach Hyman, Auston Matthews · Wrist, 0.36 xG1–1
  3. OT 1:06TORWilliam NylanderGWGAssists: Auston Matthews, Justin Holl · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 4:51TORJimmy Vesey: Interference2 min
  2. P1 8:19CGYRasmus Andersson: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 10:46CGYJosh Leivo: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 17:12CGYNoah Hanifin: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 9:55TORJustin Holl: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 7:21CGYMatthew Tkachuk: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 11:47TORAuston Matthews: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 11:47CGYRasmus Andersson: Holding2 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYTOR
22Shots on goal39
2.6Expected goals4.3
42Shot attempts70
19Faceoffs won30
2Power plays4
10Penalty minutes6
31Hits15
15Blocked shots11
12Giveaways16
9Takeaways13

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.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestNordstrom – Leivo – Gawdin2:07

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

  2. Gaudreau – Monahan – Bennett12:34

    xG 0.40–0.45 (47%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

  3. Lindholm – Mangiapane – Tkachuk10:46

    xG 0.42–0.84 (34%)attempts 7–14goals 1–0

  4. Lucic – Backlund – Dube9:15

    xG 0.18–0.67 (21%)attempts 5–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTanev – Hanifin12:21

    xG 0.59–0.12 (83%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  2. Tanev – Välimäki3:03

    xG 0.11–0.09 (55%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Andersson – Välimäki4:28

    xG 0.00–0.16 (0%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestSpezza – Boyd – Barabanov5:02

    xG 0.50–0.06 (90%)attempts 11–1goals 0–0

  2. Tavares – Kerfoot – Nylander4:53

    xG 0.13–0.10 (56%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Vesey – Engvall – Mikheyev3:41

    xG 0.23–0.21 (52%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  4. Hyman – Marner – Matthews9:52

    xG 0.17–0.39 (30%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRielly – Dermott2:13

    xG 0.58–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Holl – Dermott15:15

    xG 0.62–0.29 (68%)attempts 17–6goals 0–1

  3. Bogosian – Lehtonen5:18

    xG 0.12–0.02 (85%)attempts 6–2goals 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 4.3 xGCGY 2.6 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORCGY

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 CGY. Dots are goals.

Excitement 61/100 · #333 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.83 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 6% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +47 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 76% of the time.

TOR winsCGY wins

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

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