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Thu, Apr 22, 2021·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

Toronto Maple Leafs 5, Winnipeg Jets 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 55% of the time.

WPG winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR312110111533
WPG21419014337

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:27TORAuston MatthewsAssists: Mitch Marner · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P1 1:18TORWayne SimmondsAssists: John Tavares, Justin Holl · Backhand, 0.09 xG2–0
  3. P1 3:19WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Andrew Copp, Mason Appleton · Snap, 0.20 xG2–1
  4. P1 10:26WPGAndrew CoppAssists: Mason Appleton · Tip-in, 0.18 xG2–2
  5. P1 11:59TORJason SpezzaAssists: Joe Thornton, Jake Muzzin · Tip-in, 0.14 xG3–2
  6. P2 12:58TORMitch MarnerGWGAssists: Auston Matthews · Slap, 0.06 xG4–2
  7. P2 17:56WPGKyle ConnorAssists: Blake Wheeler, Mark Scheifele · Wrist, 0.09 xG4–3
  8. P3 19:54TORMitch MarnerENAssists: Nick Foligno, Auston Matthews · Wrist, 0.71 xG5–3
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 18:59TORWayne Simmonds: Roughing2 min
  2. P2 8:16WPGPierre-Luc Dubois: Slashing2 min
  3. P3 7:29TORJoe Thornton: Interference2 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 SOG0WPG
46% to win54% to win
← TOR attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Matthews won the faceoff against Lowry
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORWPG
33Shots on goal37
2.6Expected goals2.9
48Shot attempts66
24Faceoffs won30
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
20Hits29
17Blocked shots9
9Giveaways7
2Takeaways2

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. bestFoligno – Marner – Matthews11:43

    xG 0.58–0.40 (59%)attempts 11–12goals 2–0

  2. Thornton – Spezza – Brooks7:14

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  3. Simmonds – Kerfoot – Engvall10:10

    xG 0.10–0.26 (28%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

  4. Tavares – Galchenyuk – Nylander11:53

    xG 0.17–0.50 (25%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodie – Rielly17:32

    xG 0.76–0.57 (57%)attempts 17–17goals 2–1

  2. Dermott – Sandin10:38

    xG 0.13–0.46 (23%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  3. Muzzin – Holl19:02

    xG 0.28–0.64 (30%)attempts 9–19goals 0–1

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestStastny – Ehlers – Dubois12:10

    xG 0.34–0.25 (57%)attempts 13–7goals 0–1

  2. Lowry – Copp – Appleton4:07

    xG 0.18–0.13 (58%)attempts 4–4goals 0–1

  3. Perreault – Copp – Appleton4:35

    xG 0.09–0.06 (60%)attempts 4–1goals 0–1

  4. Thompson – Lewis – Perreault3:08

    xG 0.04–0.02 (61%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestForbort – Pionk16:22

    xG 1.12–0.52 (68%)attempts 22–9goals 3–2

  2. Benn – DeMelo10:05

    xG 0.10–0.27 (26%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

  3. Poolman – Morrissey19:58

    xG 0.38–0.58 (39%)attempts 13–17goals 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.

WPG 2.9 xGTOR 2.6 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 78/100 · #186 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.61 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 55% of the time.

WPG winsTOR wins

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

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