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Tue, Apr 20, 2021·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Toronto Maple Leafs 3, Vancouver Canucks 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 79% of the time.

VAN winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR11311918340
VAN0122849629

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:55TORJohn TavaresAssists: William Nylander, Alexander Kerfoot · Wrist, 0.32 xG1–0
  2. P2 5:33VANBrandon SutterAssists: Brock Boeser, Travis Hamonic · Wrist, 0.27 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:08VANQuinn HughesAssists: J.T. Miller · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P2 17:14TORJohn TavaresPPAssists: William Nylander, Auston Matthews · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P3 3:10TORAdam BrooksSHAssists: Mitch Marner, Justin Holl · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–2
  6. P3 6:43VANNils HoglanderAssists: Brock Boeser, Quinn Hughes · Slap, 0.04 xG3–3
  7. P3 9:48VANTanner PearsonPPGWGAssists: J.T. Miller, Quinn Hughes · Slap, 0.58 xG3–4
  8. P3 13:36VANTanner PearsonUnassisted · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–5
  9. P3 19:24VANBrandon SutterENAssists: Nate Schmidt · Wrist, 0.60 xG3–6
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 15:43VANJalen Chatfield: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P3 2:12TORPierre Engvall: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 8:52TORTJ Brodie: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  4. P3 18:35VANTyler Myers: Slashing2 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 20:00Horvat won the faceoff against Matthews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORVAN
40Shots on goal29
3.4Expected goals5.5
59Shot attempts59
30Faceoffs won36
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
21Hits11
12Blocked shots14
6Giveaways2
7Takeaways7

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. bestGalchenyuk – Marner – Matthews13:19

    xG 1.03–0.35 (75%)attempts 16–9goals 0–1

  2. Tavares – Kerfoot – Nylander12:05

    xG 1.09–0.87 (56%)attempts 19–13goals 1–2

  3. Thornton – Simmonds – Engvall9:04

    xG 0.32–0.20 (61%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  4. Spezza – Brooks – Robertson6:29

    xG 0.28–0.36 (44%)attempts 3–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Brodie15:40

    xG 0.93–0.46 (67%)attempts 15–15goals 0–1

  2. Bogosian – Sandin8:12

    xG 0.63–0.24 (72%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  3. Rielly – Sandin3:36

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestMiller – Virtanen – Highmore4:03

    xG 0.46–0.30 (61%)attempts 6–2goals 1–0

  2. Sutter – Roussel – Hawryluk3:05

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Sutter – Vesey – Hawryluk2:34

    xG 0.01–0.03 (25%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Boyd – Virtanen – Highmore4:21

    xG 0.23–0.26 (46%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Chatfield – Juolevi12:32

    xG 0.38–0.45 (46%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  2. Hamonic – Hughes16:16

    xG 0.74–0.82 (48%)attempts 16–16goals 3–0

  3. Myers – Schmidt14:45

    xG 0.75–1.24 (38%)attempts 15–19goals 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.

VAN 5.5 xGTOR 3.4 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

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 89/100 · #99 of 868 this seasonSwing 2.13 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 22% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50VAN 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, Vancouver Canucks win this game 79% of the time.

VAN winsTOR wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).