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Sat, Mar 27, 2021·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Edmonton Oilers 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 4 (OT)

Expected result

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

TOR winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
EDM043100501320
TOR01011021011431

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:14TORPierre EngvallAssists: Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner · Deflected, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:47EDMDarnell NurseAssists: Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:05EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Connor McDavid, Tyson Barrie · Snap, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P2 18:06EDMTyson BarrieAssists: Leon Draisaitl · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–1
  5. P3 12:21TORJohn TavaresAssists: Alex Galchenyuk, William Nylander · Snap, 0.19 xG3–2
  6. P3 16:38TORWilliam NylanderAssists: Justin Holl, Alex Galchenyuk · Snap, 0.16 xG3–3
  7. OT 0:54TORAuston MatthewsGWGAssists: Morgan Rielly · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–4
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 9:55TORPierre Engvall: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 14:54EDMEthan Bear: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 3:39EDMDevin Shore: 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMTOR
20Shots on goal31
1.3Expected goals2.6
37Shot attempts59
15Faceoffs won30
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
32Hits13
16Blocked shots12
6Giveaways18
6Takeaways7

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestDraisaitl – McDavid – Puljujarvi16:47

    xG 0.56–0.37 (60%)attempts 16–12goals 2–1

  2. Chiasson – Shore – Khaira5:34

    xG 0.05–0.13 (29%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  3. Kassian – Archibald – Haas9:25

    xG 0.14–0.21 (39%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  4. Nugent-Hopkins – Yamamoto – Kahun10:59

    xG 0.13–0.58 (19%)attempts 5–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBarrie – Nurse18:46

    xG 0.62–0.50 (56%)attempts 16–14goals 3–0

  2. Nurse – Bear2:27

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Russell – Bear14:09

    xG 0.29–0.53 (35%)attempts 10–14goals 0–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestTavares – Galchenyuk – Nylander3:34

    xG 0.52–0.08 (86%)attempts 5–4goals 2–0

  2. Hyman – Marner – Matthews8:05

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Spezza – Galchenyuk – Kerfoot4:49

    xG 0.18–0.12 (60%)attempts 4–2goals 0–1

  4. Simmonds – Tavares – Nylander7:37

    xG 0.16–0.15 (50%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Holl18:22

    xG 0.77–0.54 (59%)attempts 20–14goals 3–2

  2. Brodie – Rielly18:51

    xG 0.65–0.45 (59%)attempts 17–17goals 0–1

  3. Bogosian – Dermott12:22

    xG 0.17–0.06 (74%)attempts 7–1goals 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 2.6 xGEDM 1.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TOREDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 89/100 · #101 of 868 this seasonSwing 2.22 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 4% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +43 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 winsEDM wins

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

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