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Sat, Mar 20, 2021·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Calgary Flames 0, Toronto Maple Leafs 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 76% of the time.

TOR winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY05013013031
TOR11111309233

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:31TORJason SpezzaGWGAssists: Jake Muzzin · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 16:28TORZach HymanAssists: John Tavares, Alex Galchenyuk · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 8:11CGYMilan Lucic: Interference2 min
  2. P2 5:59CGYMatthew Tkachuk: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 8:18TORWayne Simmonds: Charging2 min
  4. P2 9:08CGYNoah Hanifin: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 13:09TORWilliam Nylander: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P3 2:51CGYDerek Ryan: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 14:56TORAlex Galchenyuk: Hooking2 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

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYTOR
31Shots on goal33
2.1Expected goals3.6
56Shot attempts64
32Faceoffs won27
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
36Hits23
12Blocked shots16
21Giveaways23
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.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestLindholm – Bennett – Tkachuk6:23

    xG 0.25–0.12 (67%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. Leivo – Bennett – Ryan2:42

    xG 0.01–0.02 (32%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Gaudreau – Ritchie – Monahan9:39

    xG 0.15–0.25 (37%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  4. Lucic – Backlund – Mangiapane9:22

    xG 0.08–0.33 (19%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTanev – Hanifin15:17

    xG 0.62–0.42 (60%)attempts 13–15goals 0–0

  2. Giordano – Andersson12:32

    xG 0.35–0.44 (44%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

  3. Nesterov – Välimäki10:42

    xG 0.16–0.60 (21%)attempts 10–13goals 0–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestThornton – Spezza – Kerfoot6:20

    xG 0.37–0.09 (81%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

  2. Hyman – Engvall – Mikheyev6:12

    xG 0.38–0.10 (79%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Simmonds – Marner – Matthews8:25

    xG 0.24–0.18 (57%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  4. Tavares – Galchenyuk – Nylander7:31

    xG 0.10–0.06 (63%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodie – Rielly11:11

    xG 0.47–0.32 (60%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  2. Muzzin – Holl16:35

    xG 0.75–0.61 (55%)attempts 23–17goals 1–0

  3. Bogosian – Brodie2:04

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 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 3.6 xGCGY 2.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 1/100 · #854 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.64 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50TOR 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 76% 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).