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Sun, Apr 4, 2021·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Calgary Flames 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 65% of the time.

CGY winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR11216212430
CGY211013010234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:58TORMorgan RiellyAssists: Auston Matthews · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:43CGYJoakim NordstromAssists: Mark Giordano, Sam Bennett · Slap, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:20CGYAndrew MangiapaneAssists: Mikael Backlund, Milan Lucic · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P2 17:08TORAlex GalchenyukAssists: John Tavares, William Nylander · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–2
  5. P3 6:55TORJohn TavaresGWGAssists: William Nylander, Jake Muzzin · Wrist, 0.24 xG3–2
  6. P3 9:16TORAuston MatthewsAssists: Mitch Marner, Zach Hyman · Wrist, 0.17 xG4–2
Penalties (2)
  1. P2 1:31TORZach Hyman: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 9:17CGYSam Bennett: Tripping2 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 SOG0CGY
46% to win54% to win
← TOR attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Monahan won the faceoff against Tavares
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORCGY
30Shots on goal34
3.6Expected goals2.7
45Shot attempts59
26Faceoffs won24
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
13Hits24
17Blocked shots5
9Giveaways8
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.

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestTavares – Galchenyuk – Nylander10:38

    xG 0.99–0.38 (72%)attempts 10–10goals 2–1

  2. Simmonds – Engvall – Mikheyev9:11

    xG 0.27–0.25 (52%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  3. Hyman – Marner – Matthews14:33

    xG 0.52–0.52 (50%)attempts 11–13goals 2–0

  4. Thornton – Spezza – Kerfoot8:01

    xG 0.47–0.74 (39%)attempts 11–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodie – Rielly16:27

    xG 1.14–0.47 (71%)attempts 18–14goals 4–1

  2. Muzzin – Holl17:22

    xG 0.77–0.46 (63%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

  3. Bogosian – Dermott11:41

    xG 0.34–0.72 (33%)attempts 8–14goals 0–1

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestLucic – Backlund – Mangiapane12:03

    xG 0.71–0.31 (70%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  2. Nordstrom – Bennett – Ryan9:28

    xG 0.69–0.41 (63%)attempts 16–6goals 1–0

  3. Lindholm – Tkachuk – Dube12:12

    xG 0.49–0.52 (48%)attempts 13–9goals 0–2

  4. Gaudreau – Ritchie – Monahan13:23

    xG 0.13–0.74 (15%)attempts 4–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Stone – Nesterov12:52

    xG 0.34–0.31 (52%)attempts 14–14goals 0–0

  2. Tanev – Hanifin15:46

    xG 0.62–0.67 (48%)attempts 14–9goals 1–3

  3. Hanifin – Andersson2:34

    xG 0.05–0.41 (11%)attempts 1–6goals 0–1

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.

CGY 2.7 xGTOR 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 47/100 · #442 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.43 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 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 65% of the time.

CGY winsTOR wins

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

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