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Thu, Apr 15, 2021·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Winnipeg Jets 5, Toronto Maple Leafs 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 64% of the time.

TOR winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG3801125524
TOR17111015233

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:41TORAlex GalchenyukAssists: Mitch Marner, John Tavares · Wrist, 0.53 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:45WPGNikolaj EhlersPPAssists: Neal Pionk, Pierre-Luc Dubois · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P1 11:12WPGKyle ConnorAssists: Mark Scheifele, Neal Pionk · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P1 13:54WPGMark ScheifeleGWGAssists: Kyle Connor · Backhand, 0.12 xG3–1
  5. P2 6:47TORJohn TavaresAssists: Jason Spezza, Nick Robertson · Wrist, 0.19 xG3–2
  6. P3 5:34WPGNikolaj EhlersUnassisted · Backhand, 0.12 xG4–2
  7. P3 19:23WPGKyle ConnorENAssists: Paul Stastny, Mark Scheifele · Wrist, 0.61 xG5–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 6:45WPGMason Appleton: Holding2 min
  2. P1 7:34WPGDylan DeMelo: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 10:36TORZach Bogosian: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P2 15:08TORJohn Tavares: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 0:00WPGPierre-Luc Dubois: Illegal check to head2 min
  6. P3 5:53WPGKyle Connor: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 18:16TORZach Hyman: High sticking2 min · PPG

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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGTOR
24Shots on goal33
2.4Expected goals3.3
42Shot attempts62
20Faceoffs won27
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
32Hits15
15Blocked shots12
10Giveaways17
9Takeaways12

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestStastny – Copp – Ehlers11:16

    xG 0.66–0.34 (66%)attempts 10–13goals 1–0

  2. Thompson – Lewis – Harkins7:29

    xG 0.19–0.13 (60%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Perreault – Lowry – Appleton9:03

    xG 0.07–0.13 (34%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  4. Scheifele – Connor – Dubois13:39

    xG 0.30–0.91 (25%)attempts 10–10goals 2–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestForbort – Pionk17:44

    xG 0.51–0.45 (53%)attempts 17–19goals 3–0

  2. DeMelo – Heinola12:10

    xG 0.18–0.39 (31%)attempts 7–10goals 0–1

  3. Poolman – Morrissey13:50

    xG 0.47–0.79 (38%)attempts 9–14goals 0–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestTavares – Galchenyuk – Marner10:02

    xG 0.69–0.47 (59%)attempts 8–13goals 1–3

  2. Thornton – Simmonds – Engvall7:54

    xG 0.21–0.10 (68%)attempts 11–2goals 0–0

  3. Spezza – Brooks – Robertson5:52

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  4. Hyman – Kerfoot – Mikheyev9:07

    xG 0.24–0.29 (45%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodie – Rielly15:15

    xG 0.86–0.47 (65%)attempts 13–10goals 1–0

  2. Bogosian – Dermott11:32

    xG 0.20–0.03 (88%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  3. Rielly – Dermott2:01

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 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.

TOR 3.3 xGWPG 2.4 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 54/100 · #385 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.28 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 64% of the time.

TOR winsWPG wins

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

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