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Wed, Mar 31, 2021·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

Toronto Maple Leafs 3, Winnipeg Jets 1

Expected result

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

WPG winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR2141705326
WPG0611605127

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:40TORAuston MatthewsAssists: Zach Hyman, Mitch Marner · Backhand, 0.22 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:47TORZach HymanGWGAssists: Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner · Backhand, 0.21 xG2–0
  3. P2 16:40TORAlexander KerfootSHAssists: Ilya Mikheyev, Morgan Rielly · Snap, 0.25 xG3–0
  4. P2 17:15WPGJosh MorrisseyPPAssists: Mark Scheifele, Kyle Connor · Slap, 0.05 xG3–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 7:29WPGMathieu Perreault: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 10:47WPGMathieu Perreault: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
  3. P1 13:53WPGBlake Wheeler: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P1 16:26TORPierre Engvall: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 13:15TORJake Muzzin: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 15:21TORTJ Brodie: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  7. P3 3:29WPGMathieu Perreault: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 19:49WPGPaul Stastny: 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.

TOR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WPG
46% to win54% to win
← TOR attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Lowry
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORWPG
26Shots on goal27
4.1Expected goals2.4
43Shot attempts52
30Faceoffs won31
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
14Hits27
17Blocked shots11
16Giveaways6
5Takeaways10

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.

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestHyman – Marner – Matthews10:37

    xG 1.44–0.02 (99%)attempts 10–5goals 2–0

  2. Tavares – Galchenyuk – Nylander9:50

    xG 0.70–0.08 (89%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  3. Thornton – Spezza – Kerfoot5:10

    xG 0.05–0.08 (38%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Simmonds – Engvall – Mikheyev5:44

    xG 0.23–0.28 (45%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBogosian – Dermott7:13

    xG 1.53–0.18 (90%)attempts 11–7goals 2–0

  2. Muzzin – Holl14:44

    xG 0.22–0.14 (61%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  3. Brodie – Rielly12:11

    xG 0.56–0.53 (51%)attempts 10–15goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestThompson – Lewis – Perreault4:15

    xG 0.13–0.01 (91%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Stastny – Copp – Dubois2:20

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

  3. Lowry – Copp – Appleton7:18

    xG 0.02–0.33 (5%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Scheifele – Ehlers – Connor11:35

    xG 0.47–0.80 (37%)attempts 13–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeMelo – Stanley9:34

    xG 0.39–0.03 (93%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  2. Forbort – Pionk15:22

    xG 0.29–0.62 (32%)attempts 13–10goals 0–1

  3. Poolman – Morrissey11:08

    xG 0.30–0.73 (29%)attempts 11–8goals 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.

WPG 2.4 xGTOR 4.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

WPG's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line WPG is favoured, below it TOR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 16/100 · #706 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.79 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50WPG 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.

WPG winsTOR wins

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

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