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Mon, Mar 29, 2021·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Edmonton Oilers 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 71% of the time.

TOR winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
EDM16091711323
TOR2130701001231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:15EDMJosh ArchibaldAssists: Kris Russell, Jujhar Khaira · Backhand, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P1 7:59TORMitch MarnerAssists: Zach Hyman, Justin Holl · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P1 11:08TORAuston MatthewsAssists: Mitch Marner, Justin Holl · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P3 1:20EDMKyle TurrisAssists: Adam Larsson, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Deflected, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. OT 0:17EDMDarnell NurseGWGAssists: Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–2
Penalties (2)
  1. P2 12:30EDMGaetan Haas: Holding2 min
  2. P3 2:45TORWayne Simmonds: Cross checking2 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 McDavid
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMTOR
23Shots on goal31
1.8Expected goals3.0
43Shot attempts53
23Faceoffs won29
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
33Hits22
8Blocked shots12
17Giveaways19
6Takeaways9

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. bestArchibald – Shore – Khaira10:01

    xG 0.37–0.07 (84%)attempts 5–4goals 1–0

  2. Turris – Nugent-Hopkins – Yamamoto11:39

    xG 0.56–0.50 (53%)attempts 13–9goals 1–1

  3. Ennis – Kassian – Haas7:18

    xG 0.05–0.16 (23%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

  4. Draisaitl – McDavid – Puljujarvi15:58

    xG 0.36–1.53 (19%)attempts 12–17goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Lagesson10:23

    xG 0.42–0.22 (65%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

  2. Larsson – Nurse3:13

    xG 0.15–0.01 (96%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Russell – Bear16:10

    xG 0.30–0.34 (47%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestHyman – Marner – Matthews16:06

    xG 0.99–0.35 (74%)attempts 11–13goals 2–0

  2. Tavares – Galchenyuk – Nylander10:58

    xG 0.77–0.38 (67%)attempts 19–8goals 0–0

  3. Thornton – Spezza – Kerfoot8:03

    xG 0.15–0.20 (44%)attempts 4–4goals 0–1

  4. Simmonds – Engvall – Mikheyev6:29

    xG 0.22–0.30 (42%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Holl18:36

    xG 1.62–0.62 (72%)attempts 23–14goals 1–0

  2. Bogosian – Dermott13:01

    xG 0.36–0.14 (72%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  3. Brodie – Rielly17:24

    xG 0.66–0.78 (46%)attempts 14–15goals 0–2

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 3.0 xGEDM 1.8 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 47/100 · #449 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.49 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 22% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +25 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 71% 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).