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Sun, Nov 28, 2021·Honda Center, Anaheim

Toronto Maple Leafs 5, Anaheim Ducks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 70% of the time.

ANA winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR010210311531
ANA01406120140

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 7:48TORAuston MatthewsAssists: TJ Brodie, Michael Bunting · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P2 11:03TORMichael BuntingGWGAssists: Mitch Marner, Jake Muzzin · Snap, 0.09 xG2–0
  3. P3 0:13TORAlexander KerfootAssists: William Nylander, John Tavares · Wrist, 0.24 xG3–0
  4. P3 7:26ANAHampus LindholmAssists: Ryan Getzlaf · Wrist, 0.21 xG3–1
  5. P3 16:53TORWilliam NylanderENAssists: Alexander Kerfoot, John Tavares · Snap, 0.77 xG4–1
  6. P3 17:08TORWayne SimmondsAssists: Pierre Engvall · Wrist, 0.27 xG5–1
Penalties (2)
  1. P2 8:42TORJason Spezza: Tripping2 min
  2. P3 2:21ANATrevor Zegras: 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.

TOR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ANA
48% to win52% to win
← TOR attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Getzlaf won the faceoff against Tavares
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORANA
31Shots on goal40
3.8Expected goals2.6
53Shot attempts59
17Faceoffs won28
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
13Hits18
10Blocked shots8
10Giveaways14
10Takeaways8

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. bestTavares – Kerfoot – Nylander12:36

    xG 0.88–0.56 (61%)attempts 10–12goals 1–0

  2. Bunting – Marner – Matthews14:06

    xG 0.63–0.58 (52%)attempts 18–9goals 2–0

  3. Spezza – Clifford – Engvall7:01

    xG 0.07–0.06 (51%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  4. Simmonds – Ritchie – Kampf12:01

    xG 0.23–0.56 (29%)attempts 8–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDermott – Sandin15:17

    xG 1.12–0.57 (66%)attempts 21–15goals 1–0

  2. Brodie – Rielly19:46

    xG 0.80–0.82 (49%)attempts 16–14goals 1–0

  3. Muzzin – Holl18:33

    xG 0.89–0.94 (49%)attempts 12–21goals 2–1

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestRakell – Milano – Zegras14:22

    xG 1.04–0.19 (84%)attempts 20–8goals 0–0

  2. Silfverberg – Steel – Lundeström12:53

    xG 0.28–0.43 (40%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0

  3. Getzlaf – Henrique – Terry13:55

    xG 0.70–1.07 (40%)attempts 17–13goals 1–1

  4. Grant – Deslauriers – Carrick9:18

    xG 0.11–0.55 (16%)attempts 7–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Fowler – Manson17:07

    xG 0.74–0.80 (48%)attempts 16–12goals 0–1

  2. Lindholm – Drysdale17:19

    xG 0.52–0.95 (36%)attempts 11–21goals 0–2

  3. Shattenkirk – Benoit14:58

    xG 0.49–0.97 (34%)attempts 17–13goals 0–1

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.

ANA 2.6 xGTOR 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANATOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 22/100 · #1057 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.65 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50ANA 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 70% of the time.

ANA winsTOR wins

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

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