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Sat, May 1, 2021·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Vancouver Canucks 1, Toronto Maple Leafs 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 59% of the time.

TOR winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN11101204127
TOR16110314530

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:28VANTanner PearsonAssists: Quinn Hughes, Bo Horvat · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:24TORAuston MatthewsAssists: Mitch Marner, Nick Foligno · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 3:50TORAuston MatthewsGWGAssists: Mitch Marner · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P3 4:55TORAdam BrooksAssists: Justin Holl, Jason Spezza · Tip-in, 0.05 xG1–3
  5. P3 11:39TORAlex GalchenyukAssists: William Nylander, John Tavares · Backhand, 0.19 xG1–4
  6. P3 18:00TORJoe ThorntonENAssists: Travis Dermott, Morgan Rielly · Wrist, 0.64 xG1–5
Penalties (2)
  1. P1 18:08TORJake Muzzin: Interference2 min
  2. P3 13:23VANNate Schmidt: Hooking2 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANTOR
27Shots on goal30
2.4Expected goals2.9
55Shot attempts44
28Faceoffs won20
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
23Hits25
6Blocked shots13
20Giveaways17
13Takeaways11

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSutter – Hawryluk – Highmore6:55

    xG 0.34–0.18 (66%)attempts 5–3goals 0–1

  2. Boyd – Vesey – MacEwen8:24

    xG 0.18–0.13 (58%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Pearson – Horvat – Lind9:48

    xG 0.17–0.30 (36%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  4. Miller – Boeser – Hoglander11:46

    xG 0.40–0.75 (34%)attempts 10–17goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Chatfield13:39

    xG 0.68–0.34 (67%)attempts 15–8goals 0–1

  2. Myers – Schmidt15:04

    xG 0.40–0.42 (49%)attempts 11–13goals 0–2

  3. Myers – Hughes2:25

    xG 0.00–0.45 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestFoligno – Marner – Matthews11:55

    xG 0.77–0.25 (75%)attempts 12–9goals 2–0

  2. Tavares – Galchenyuk – Nylander11:28

    xG 0.77–0.36 (68%)attempts 14–11goals 1–1

  3. Simmonds – Kerfoot – Mikheyev10:41

    xG 0.35–0.25 (59%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  4. Thornton – Spezza – Brooks9:48

    xG 0.26–0.55 (32%)attempts 6–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodie – Rielly14:59

    xG 0.71–0.21 (77%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  2. Dermott – Sandin6:48

    xG 0.32–0.21 (60%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

  3. Brodie – Sandin4:30

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 2–2goals 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 2.9 xGVAN 2.4 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 27/100 · #609 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.90 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 34% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 59% of the time.

TOR winsVAN wins

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

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