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Tue, Mar 9, 2021·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Winnipeg Jets 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 81% of the time.

TOR winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG1621116423
TOR28018113339

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:16TORZach HymanAssists: TJ Brodie · Backhand, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:20WPGAndrew CoppPPAssists: Neal Pionk, Nikolaj Ehlers · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P1 17:44TORAuston MatthewsPPAssists: Morgan Rielly, Mitch Marner · Wrist, 0.26 xG1–2
  4. P2 12:45WPGJosh MorrisseyAssists: Neal Pionk, Mark Scheifele · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–2
  5. P2 17:42WPGKyle ConnorAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Adam Lowry · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–2
  6. P3 7:53WPGMason AppletonGWGAssists: Andrew Copp, Neal Pionk · Wrist, 0.38 xG4–2
  7. P3 18:06TORAuston MatthewsAssists: John Tavares, William Nylander · Wrist, 0.24 xG4–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 2:00TORZach Bogosian: Holding2 min
  2. P1 10:27TORJake Muzzin: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 16:44WPGNeal Pionk: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 9:35WPGNate Thompson: 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGTOR
23Shots on goal39
2.5Expected goals4.7
41Shot attempts69
18Faceoffs won26
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
28Hits15
15Blocked shots4
14Giveaways11
7Takeaways2

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. Ehlers – Connor – Dubois12:23

    xG 0.44–0.72 (38%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0

  2. Thompson – Lewis – Perreault4:56

    xG 0.03–0.33 (9%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  3. Lowry – Copp – Appleton9:07

    xG 0.16–0.65 (20%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  4. Wheeler – Stastny – Scheifele13:58

    xG 0.44–1.22 (27%)attempts 7–16goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeMelo – Pionk3:01

    xG 0.91–0.07 (93%)attempts 6–2goals 1–0

  2. Forbort – DeMelo2:03

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

  3. Morrissey – Pionk3:26

    xG 0.15–0.34 (31%)attempts 4–5goals 2–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestTavares – Kerfoot – Nylander10:13

    xG 1.12–0.03 (98%)attempts 12–2goals 0–0

  2. Hyman – Engvall – Mikheyev9:39

    xG 0.67–0.24 (74%)attempts 11–9goals 1–1

  3. Thornton – Marner – Matthews10:16

    xG 0.83–0.46 (64%)attempts 14–3goals 0–1

  4. Hyman – Marner – Matthews4:20

    xG 0.46–0.25 (65%)attempts 6–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Holl11:43

    xG 0.73–0.21 (78%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  2. Muzzin – Bogosian5:41

    xG 0.87–0.36 (71%)attempts 14–4goals 0–1

  3. Holl – Dermott4:36

    xG 0.09–0.05 (63%)attempts 1–3goals 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 4.7 xGWPG 2.5 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 57/100 · #363 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.51 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 81% of the time.

TOR winsWPG wins

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

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