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Sat, Mar 13, 2021·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Winnipeg Jets 5, Toronto Maple Leafs 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 59% of the time.

TOR winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG07213312532
TOR072906222

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:41WPGMason AppletonAssists: Adam Lowry, Andrew Copp · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P2 5:03TORJake MuzzinSHAssists: Mitch Marner · Snap, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:12TORWilliam NylanderAssists: Joe Thornton, Justin Holl · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P2 16:34WPGPaul StastnyAssists: Mark Scheifele, Logan Stanley · Tip-in, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P3 7:39WPGAdam LowryGWGAssists: Mason Appleton, Dylan DeMelo · Backhand, 0.12 xG3–2
  6. P3 14:34WPGNikolaj EhlersPPAssists: Neal Pionk, Andrew Copp · Wrist, 0.05 xG4–2
  7. P3 16:32WPGMark ScheifelePPAssists: Josh Morrissey, Blake Wheeler · Wrist, 0.09 xG5–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 11:00WPGMark Scheifele: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 4:02TORZach Bogosian: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 16:51WPGJosh Morrissey: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 17:28TORJoe Thornton: Interference2 min
  5. P2 17:43WPGPierre-Luc Dubois: Holding2 min
  6. P3 12:50TORMorgan Rielly: Interference2 min · PPG
  7. P3 15:46TORZach Hyman: Interference2 min · PPG
  8. P3 15:46TORTravis Boyd: Unsportsmanlike conduct bench2 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
32Shots on goal22
3.3Expected goals2.8
55Shot attempts45
26Faceoffs won31
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes10
31Hits15
14Blocked shots11
8Giveaways23
2Takeaways9

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. bestWheeler – Stastny – Scheifele13:27

    xG 0.97–0.18 (84%)attempts 16–5goals 1–1

  2. Thompson – Lewis – Perreault5:17

    xG 0.56–0.10 (85%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  3. Lowry – Copp – Appleton11:51

    xG 0.52–0.40 (57%)attempts 7–9goals 2–0

  4. Ehlers – Connor – Dubois11:40

    xG 0.35–0.82 (30%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestForbort – Pionk16:22

    xG 0.94–0.48 (66%)attempts 17–11goals 0–1

  2. Poolman – Morrissey10:36

    xG 0.56–0.11 (84%)attempts 11–3goals 1–0

  3. Poolman – Stanley4:44

    xG 0.39–0.28 (59%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestKerfoot – Engvall – Mikheyev8:30

    xG 0.52–0.37 (58%)attempts 8–4goals 0–2

  2. Thornton – Tavares – Nylander9:40

    xG 0.34–0.42 (45%)attempts 9–9goals 1–0

  3. Spezza – Boyd – Vesey4:32

    xG 0.00–0.13 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–1

  4. Hyman – Marner – Matthews14:22

    xG 0.25–1.01 (20%)attempts 7–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Muzzin – Holl15:33

    xG 0.70–0.70 (50%)attempts 12–13goals 0–1

  2. Bogosian – Dermott9:04

    xG 0.25–0.44 (36%)attempts 4–8goals 0–2

  3. Brodie – Rielly15:26

    xG 0.31–0.75 (29%)attempts 10–14goals 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 2.8 xGWPG 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 62/100 · #332 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.71 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +33 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 59% 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).