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Tue, Apr 13, 2021·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Calgary Flames 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 53% of the time.

TOR winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CGY151801411328
TOR170611201226

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:37CGYJuuso VälimäkiAssists: Milan Lucic, Mikael Backlund · Snap, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:37TORZach HymanAssists: Morgan Rielly, John Tavares · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P2 0:34CGYElias LindholmPPAssists: Matthew Tkachuk, Johnny Gaudreau · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P3 6:17TORAlexander KerfootAssists: John Tavares, Zach Hyman · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. OT 0:36CGYJohnny GaudreauGWGAssists: Elias Lindholm, Mark Giordano · Wrist, 0.26 xG3–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 10:38TORScott Sabourin: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 10:38CGYMilan Lucic: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 0:27TORMitch Marner: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 17:09TORJustin Holl: Holding2 min
  5. P3 10:11CGYRasmus Andersson: 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYTOR
28Shots on goal26
2.6Expected goals2.5
53Shot attempts48
22Faceoffs won28
2Power plays2
9Penalty minutes9
21Hits23
10Blocked shots11
14Giveaways19
7Takeaways8

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.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestLucic – Backlund – Nordstrom9:58

    xG 0.60–0.41 (59%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  2. Gaudreau – Lindholm – Tkachuk11:12

    xG 0.56–0.51 (53%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  3. Leivo – Ritchie – Ryan7:26

    xG 0.15–0.16 (48%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  4. Monahan – Mangiapane – Dube8:51

    xG 0.32–0.35 (47%)attempts 8–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStone – Välimäki13:15

    xG 0.53–0.39 (58%)attempts 11–9goals 1–2

  2. Giordano – Tanev17:51

    xG 0.54–0.67 (45%)attempts 13–15goals 0–0

  3. Hanifin – Andersson19:38

    xG 0.60–0.80 (43%)attempts 16–14goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestTavares – Hyman – Mikheyev4:59

    xG 0.29–0.04 (88%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  2. Galchenyuk – Marner – Matthews13:31

    xG 0.76–0.62 (55%)attempts 11–15goals 0–0

  3. Kerfoot – Sabourin – Robertson3:08

    xG 0.07–0.11 (38%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Simmonds – Engvall – Mikheyev5:28

    xG 0.11–0.31 (27%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodie – Rielly16:56

    xG 0.77–0.51 (60%)attempts 16–11goals 2–0

  2. Muzzin – Holl20:26

    xG 0.54–0.73 (42%)attempts 11–20goals 0–0

  3. Bogosian – Dermott12:03

    xG 0.13–0.58 (18%)attempts 3–13goals 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.

TOR 2.5 xGCGY 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORCGY

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 CGY. Dots are goals.

Excitement 54/100 · #383 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.67 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 42% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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, Calgary Flames win this game 53% of the time.

TOR winsCGY wins

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

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