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Thu, Mar 11, 2021·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Winnipeg Jets 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 78% of the time.

TOR winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
WPG181811001327
TOR01011421311438

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:19WPGNikolaj EhlersAssists: Pierre-Luc Dubois · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P2 3:14TORMitch MarnerAssists: Auston Matthews, TJ Brodie · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:50WPGNikolaj EhlersAssists: Kyle Connor · Snap, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P3 6:29TORWilliam NylanderAssists: John Tavares, Morgan Rielly · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. P3 12:39TORIlya MikheyevAssists: Alexander Kerfoot, Pierre Engvall · Snap, 0.13 xG2–3
  6. P3 17:34WPGPaul StastnyAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Neal Pionk · Tip-in, 0.10 xG3–3
  7. OT 0:59TORAuston MatthewsGWGAssists: Morgan Rielly, Mitch Marner · Backhand, 0.15 xG3–4
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 13:48TORIlya Mikheyev: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 15:01WPGAndrew Copp: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 7:30TORZach Bogosian: 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.

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
27Shots on goal38
2.2Expected goals4.1
42Shot attempts73
27Faceoffs won34
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
30Hits18
18Blocked shots6
8Giveaways13
7Takeaways6

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. bestLowry – Copp – Appleton9:46

    xG 0.37–0.30 (55%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  2. Thompson – Lewis – Perreault5:54

    xG 0.09–0.23 (28%)attempts 1–9goals 0–0

  3. Ehlers – Connor – Dubois13:16

    xG 0.50–0.82 (38%)attempts 12–13goals 2–3

  4. Wheeler – Stastny – Scheifele16:59

    xG 0.44–1.22 (27%)attempts 12–22goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Forbort – Pionk18:19

    xG 0.80–0.88 (48%)attempts 16–18goals 0–2

  2. DeMelo – Stanley10:30

    xG 0.27–0.54 (33%)attempts 7–7goals 1–1

  3. Poolman – Morrissey19:42

    xG 0.38–1.65 (19%)attempts 11–31goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestHyman – Marner – Matthews14:13

    xG 1.36–0.45 (75%)attempts 20–12goals 1–0

  2. Thornton – Tavares – Nylander7:26

    xG 0.71–0.31 (70%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  3. Tavares – Kerfoot – Nylander5:27

    xG 0.18–0.05 (77%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Kerfoot – Engvall – Mikheyev5:36

    xG 0.19–0.08 (69%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodie – Rielly20:26

    xG 1.57–0.54 (74%)attempts 28–16goals 2–0

  2. Muzzin – Holl19:43

    xG 1.24–0.44 (74%)attempts 24–11goals 1–1

  3. Bogosian – Dermott9:49

    xG 0.19–0.41 (31%)attempts 8–6goals 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.

TOR 4.1 xGWPG 2.2 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 93/100 · #53 of 868 this seasonSwing 2.63 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 22% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +39 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 78% 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).