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Sun, Apr 18, 2021·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Toronto Maple Leafs 2, Vancouver Canucks 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 91% of the time.

VAN winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
TOR11211501200239
VAN081511011324

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:45TORWilliam NylanderAssists: John Tavares · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P2 14:57TORAuston MatthewsPPAssists: William Nylander, John Tavares · Deflected, 0.09 xG2–0
  3. P2 16:23VANBo HorvatAssists: Nils Hoglander · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–1
  4. P3 12:03VANNils HoglanderAssists: Jalen Chatfield, Bo Horvat · Wrist, 0.26 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:19VANBo HorvatGWGAssists: Tyler Myers, Brock Boeser · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 6:55VANAlexander Edler: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 7:14VANJ.T. Miller: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 10:16VANAlexander Edler: Kneeing5 min · PPG
  4. P2 10:16VANAlexander Edler: Game misconduct10 min
  5. P3 5:59TORJustin Holl: Cross checking2 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 SOG0VAN
46% to win54% to win
← TOR attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Matthews won the faceoff against Horvat
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORVAN
39Shots on goal24
5.0Expected goals1.8
81Shot attempts44
26Faceoffs won23
4Power plays1
2Penalty minutes19
13Hits11
13Blocked shots23
5Giveaways7
6Takeaways4

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. bestThornton – Spezza – Simmonds5:14

    xG 0.33–0.05 (86%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  2. Tavares – Nylander – Robertson8:54

    xG 0.43–0.16 (73%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  3. Hyman – Kerfoot – Mikheyev4:40

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  4. Simmonds – Kerfoot – Robertson2:07

    xG 0.24–0.06 (81%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBogosian – Dermott9:40

    xG 0.88–0.29 (75%)attempts 12–5goals 1–1

  2. Muzzin – Brodie15:21

    xG 0.63–0.27 (70%)attempts 18–13goals 0–0

  3. Brodie – Holl2:08

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSutter – Roussel – Hawryluk2:23

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  2. Pearson – Horvat – Hoglander12:37

    xG 0.79–0.65 (55%)attempts 13–13goals 2–0

  3. Miller – Vesey – Boeser13:44

    xG 0.31–0.63 (33%)attempts 10–14goals 0–1

  4. Roussel – Graovac – Hawryluk4:35

    xG 0.00–0.60 (0%)attempts 2–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChatfield – Hughes3:47

    xG 0.42–0.11 (79%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0

  2. Myers – Hughes2:20

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Myers – Brisebois3:26

    xG 0.00–0.22 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 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.

VAN 1.8 xGTOR 5.0 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 73/100 · #227 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.79 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 11% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +37 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 91% of the time.

VAN winsTOR wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).