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Mon, Mar 1, 2021·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Toronto Maple Leafs 3, Edmonton Oilers 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 52% of the time.

EDM winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR3100508323
EDM0908014031

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:19TORZach HymanGWGAssists: Morgan Rielly, Ilya Mikheyev · Backhand, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:20TORWilliam NylanderUnassisted · Backhand, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P1 18:07TORMorgan RiellyPPAssists: Mitch Marner, William Nylander · Slap, 0.07 xG3–0
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 15:15TORJake Muzzin: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 15:18EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 17:19EDMAdam Larsson: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 5:17TORMorgan Rielly: Interference2 min
  5. P2 8:29TORTravis Dermott: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 12:55EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Interference2 min
  7. P2 15:17EDMConnor McDavid: Cross checking2 min
  8. P3 5:42TORAlexander Barabanov: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 19:35EDMJosh Archibald: Fighting5 min
  10. P3 19:35TORTravis Dermott: Fighting5 min
  11. P3 19:35EDMDarnell Nurse: Misconduct10 min
  12. P3 19:35TORZach Bogosian: Misconduct10 min
  13. P3 0:00EDMAlex Chiasson: Cross checking5 min
  14. P3 0:00EDMAlex Chiasson: Game misconduct10 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 20:00McDavid won the faceoff against Tavares
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TOREDM
23Shots on goal31
2.5Expected goals2.4
41Shot attempts56
19Faceoffs won26
4Power plays4
23Penalty minutes38
16Hits22
14Blocked shots7
7Giveaways8
6Takeaways6

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. bestKerfoot – Nylander – Barabanov3:33

    xG 0.13–0.05 (72%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

  2. Spezza – Boyd – Vesey3:01

    xG 0.08–0.04 (64%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Kerfoot – Nylander – Mikheyev2:33

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  4. Hyman – Vesey – Engvall2:21

    xG 0.00–0.18 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBogosian – Dermott10:32

    xG 0.22–0.04 (83%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Bogosian – Brodie2:23

    xG 0.11–0.05 (67%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Muzzin – Holl15:45

    xG 0.42–0.81 (34%)attempts 6–19goals 1–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestNugent-Hopkins – McDavid – Yamamoto6:14

    xG 0.73–0.20 (78%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  2. Draisaitl – Puljujarvi – Kahun4:28

    xG 0.41–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid – Puljujarvi4:59

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  4. Ennis – Archibald – Khaira8:13

    xG 0.11–0.15 (42%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Jones13:34

    xG 0.61–0.21 (75%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  2. Larsson – Nurse2:25

    xG 0.38–0.09 (80%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Bear – Bouchard8:14

    xG 0.29–0.13 (69%)attempts 14–2goals 0–2

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 2.4 xGTOR 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 3/100 · #820 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.57 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 52% of the time.

EDM winsTOR wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).