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Mon, Apr 5, 2021·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Toronto Maple Leafs 5, Calgary Flames 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 72% of the time.

CGY winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR06212312530
CGY01019210329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 3:10TORJason SpezzaAssists: Alexander Kerfoot, Travis Dermott · Wrist, 0.29 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:53TORAuston MatthewsAssists: William Nylander, TJ Brodie · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P2 18:06CGYAndrew MangiapaneAssists: Noah Hanifin, Elias Lindholm · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–1
  4. P3 4:17CGYMikael BacklundAssists: Sam Bennett · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. P3 7:13TORWayne SimmondsAssists: Pierre Engvall · Tip-in, 0.13 xG3–2
  6. P3 10:05CGYMikael BacklundSHAssists: Elias Lindholm · Tip-in, 0.12 xG3–3
  7. P3 10:50TORAuston MatthewsPPGWGAssists: John Tavares, Zach Hyman · Wrist, 0.41 xG4–3
  8. P3 12:10TORJohn TavaresAssists: Jake Muzzin, William Nylander · Wrist, 0.14 xG5–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 16:13CGYNikita Nesterov: Hooking2 min
  2. P3 9:39CGYNikita Nesterov: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P3 13:58TORWayne Simmonds: Interference2 min
  4. P3 15:43CGYAndrew Mangiapane: High sticking double minor4 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 goal29
4.9Expected goals3.4
55Shot attempts55
29Faceoffs won37
4Power plays1
2Penalty minutes8
10Hits21
12Blocked shots9
13Giveaways9
3Takeaways3

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. bestSimmonds – Engvall – Mikheyev7:51

    xG 0.68–0.18 (79%)attempts 12–6goals 1–1

  2. Hyman – Marner – Matthews12:51

    xG 0.53–0.37 (59%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  3. Tavares – Galchenyuk – Nylander11:41

    xG 0.31–0.81 (28%)attempts 7–15goals 1–0

  4. Thornton – Spezza – Kerfoot10:11

    xG 0.70–1.30 (35%)attempts 9–14goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodie – Rielly16:29

    xG 0.83–0.69 (55%)attempts 18–15goals 2–1

  2. Bogosian – Dermott12:40

    xG 1.11–1.44 (44%)attempts 10–17goals 1–1

  3. Muzzin – Holl17:11

    xG 0.38–0.72 (35%)attempts 10–15goals 1–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestGaudreau – Ritchie – Monahan9:24

    xG 0.72–0.18 (80%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  2. Lindholm – Tkachuk – Dube8:02

    xG 0.49–0.13 (79%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Nordstrom – Bennett – Ryan5:42

    xG 0.93–0.78 (54%)attempts 8–7goals 0–2

  4. Gaudreau – Lindholm – Mangiapane3:20

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStone – Nesterov12:57

    xG 0.96–0.55 (63%)attempts 11–17goals 1–1

  2. Giordano – Andersson17:03

    xG 0.78–0.62 (56%)attempts 18–9goals 0–2

  3. Tanev – Hanifin16:21

    xG 0.64–0.89 (42%)attempts 13–9goals 1–1

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 3.4 xGTOR 4.9 xG
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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 91/100 · #76 of 868 this seasonSwing 2.20 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +33 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 72% 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).