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Mon, Nov 8, 2021·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Los Angeles Kings 5, Toronto Maple Leafs 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 56% of the time.

TOR winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK2121829529
TOR06114014134

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:52LAKTrevor MooreAssists: Carl Grundstrom, Rasmus Kupari · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:21LAKAndreas AthanasiouGWGAssists: Phillip Danault, Alex Iafallo · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–0
  3. P2 1:51TORJohn TavaresPPAssists: Mitch Marner, William Nylander · Slap, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P2 13:56LAKPhillip DanaultAssists: Andreas Athanasiou, Alex Iafallo · Deflected, 0.15 xG3–1
  5. P3 15:30LAKPhillip DanaultUnassisted · Wrist, 0.24 xG4–1
  6. P3 16:13LAKAdrian KempeENAssists: Dustin Brown, Anze Kopitar · Wrist, 0.76 xG5–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 14:49TORTJ Brodie: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 17:21TORMichael Bunting: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P2 1:05LAKTrevor Moore: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P3 3:11TORMichael Bunting: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 8:39LAKAdrian Kempe: 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.

LAK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
48% to win52% to win
← LAK attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Matthews won the faceoff against Kupari
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKTOR
29Shots on goal34
3.2Expected goals3.6
52Shot attempts70
33Faceoffs won23
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
34Hits36
22Blocked shots10
19Giveaways17
7Takeaways5

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.

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestDanault – Athanasiou – Iafallo11:52

    xG 1.27–0.12 (92%)attempts 15–7goals 3–0

  2. Brown – Kopitar – Kempe12:38

    xG 0.36–0.78 (31%)attempts 11–18goals 0–0

  3. Lemieux – Lizotte – Kaliyev8:00

    xG 0.13–0.61 (18%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  4. Grundstrom – Moore – Kupari9:51

    xG 0.21–0.90 (19%)attempts 5–15goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAnderson – Bjornfot17:26

    xG 1.27–0.75 (63%)attempts 19–18goals 4–0

  2. Maatta – Anderson2:13

    xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  3. Edler – Roy2:49

    xG 0.08–0.20 (28%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestEngvall – Kase – Kampf9:30

    xG 0.80–0.20 (80%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  2. Nylander – Bunting – Matthews13:12

    xG 0.74–0.27 (73%)attempts 17–7goals 0–1

  3. Spezza – Simmonds – Ritchie9:09

    xG 0.51–0.18 (74%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  4. Tavares – Marner – Matthews2:00

    xG 0.10–0.08 (57%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLiljegren – Sandin14:23

    xG 1.25–0.31 (80%)attempts 24–10goals 0–1

  2. Muzzin – Brodie15:41

    xG 1.23–0.45 (73%)attempts 25–15goals 0–0

  3. Rielly – Dermott14:02

    xG 0.27–1.13 (19%)attempts 9–15goals 0–2

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 3.6 xGLAK 3.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORLAK

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 LAK. Dots are goals.

Excitement 27/100 · #1002 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.90 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 56% of the time.

TOR winsLAK wins

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

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