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Fri, Mar 19, 2021·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Calgary Flames 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 77% of the time.

TOR winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY371902418
TOR2121708327

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:19CGYMatthew TkachukAssists: Nikita Nesterov, Elias Lindholm · Slap, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P1 7:33CGYDerek RyanAssists: Rasmus Andersson, Milan Lucic · Slap, 0.12 xG2–0
  3. P1 12:47TORJason SpezzaAssists: Morgan Rielly, Wayne Simmonds · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P1 18:55CGYChris TanevAssists: Noah Hanifin · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–1
  5. P1 19:35TORAlexander KerfootAssists: Zach Bogosian, Travis Dermott · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–2
  6. P2 3:48TORMitch MarnerUnassisted · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–3
  7. P2 12:33CGYMark GiordanoPPGWGAssists: Rasmus Andersson, Mikael Backlund · Slap, 0.03 xG4–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 1:44TORJustin Holl: Cross checking2 min
  2. P2 7:15CGYJuuso Välimäki: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 10:28CGYMatthew Tkachuk: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 10:28TORJustin Holl: Fighting5 min · PPG
  5. P2 12:30TORIlya Mikheyev: Holding2 min
  6. P2 19:42TORJohn Tavares: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 7:33CGYMikael Backlund: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 12:06CGYDerek Ryan: 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

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYTOR
18Shots on goal27
1.3Expected goals2.9
36Shot attempts70
25Faceoffs won26
3Power plays3
11Penalty minutes11
33Hits31
29Blocked shots7
17Giveaways15
2Takeaways6

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. bestLucic – Backlund – Mangiapane9:10

    xG 0.38–0.15 (72%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  2. Leivo – Bennett – Ryan8:16

    xG 0.32–0.15 (69%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  3. Gaudreau – Ritchie – Monahan11:14

    xG 0.11–0.67 (14%)attempts 2–15goals 0–2

  4. Lindholm – Tkachuk – Dube8:49

    xG 0.06–0.64 (9%)attempts 4–8goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. Giordano – Andersson15:25

    xG 0.35–0.48 (42%)attempts 9–16goals 0–1

  2. Nesterov – Välimäki10:11

    xG 0.04–0.17 (20%)attempts 2–10goals 1–0

  3. Tanev – Hanifin16:43

    xG 0.49–0.87 (36%)attempts 14–15goals 1–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestThornton – Marner – Matthews8:02

    xG 0.64–0.01 (98%)attempts 10–2goals 1–0

  2. Tavares – Galchenyuk – Nylander9:21

    xG 0.49–0.15 (76%)attempts 9–6goals 0–1

  3. Kerfoot – Engvall – Mikheyev2:57

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 1–0

  4. Hyman – Marner – Matthews2:08

    xG 0.08–0.08 (49%)attempts 3–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Holl10:59

    xG 1.09–0.10 (91%)attempts 17–3goals 2–0

  2. Bogosian – Dermott5:22

    xG 0.23–0.13 (64%)attempts 7–5goals 0–1

  3. Muzzin – Bogosian2:41

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 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 2.9 xGCGY 1.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 75/100 · #212 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.75 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 77% 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).