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Tue, Dec 14, 2021·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Toronto Maple Leafs 5, Edmonton Oilers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 54% of the time.

EDM winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR1122726525
EDM01201519136

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:25TORAuston MatthewsPPAssists: John Tavares, Ondrej Kase · Slap, 0.29 xG1–0
  2. P2 8:47TORWayne SimmondsGWGAssists: Morgan Rielly, Kyle Clifford · Wrist, 0.21 xG2–0
  3. P2 14:54TORTJ BrodieAssists: Timothy Liljegren, David Kampf · Slap, 0.02 xG3–0
  4. P3 5:26EDMColton SceviourAssists: Zack Kassian, Tyson Barrie · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–1
  5. P3 6:33TORMorgan RiellyAssists: William Nylander · Snap, 0.05 xG4–1
  6. P3 16:40TORAuston MatthewsAssists: Ondrej Kase · Snap, 0.15 xG5–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 1:37TORJohn Tavares: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 2:54EDMZack Kassian: Interference2 min
  3. P1 19:16EDMLeon Draisaitl: Roughing2 min · PPG
  4. P2 12:39EDMDevin Shore: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 18:14TORJustin Holl: 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 SOG0EDM
48% to win52% to win
← TOR attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Matthews won the faceoff against McDavid
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TOREDM
25Shots on goal36
4.0Expected goals3.8
45Shot attempts58
24Faceoffs won27
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
20Hits29
12Blocked shots8
14Giveaways20
13Takeaways8

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 – Nylander10:07

    xG 0.74–0.43 (63%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  2. Simmonds – Clifford – Seney4:33

    xG 0.00–0.16 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

  3. Engvall – Kampf – Mikheyev8:41

    xG 0.34–0.56 (38%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

  4. Bunting – Kase – Matthews13:29

    xG 0.94–1.25 (43%)attempts 12–13goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodie – Rielly14:31

    xG 1.29–0.50 (72%)attempts 15–11goals 2–0

  2. Holl – Dermott14:56

    xG 0.93–0.76 (55%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  3. Muzzin – Liljegren17:42

    xG 0.52–1.49 (26%)attempts 8–24goals 1–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestFoegele – McDavid – Puljujarvi7:43

    xG 1.24–0.24 (84%)attempts 15–5goals 0–0

  2. Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl – Yamamoto8:34

    xG 0.58–0.42 (58%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  3. Sceviour – Kassian – Ryan7:45

    xG 0.52–0.35 (60%)attempts 11–2goals 1–0

  4. Turris – Shore – Benson5:57

    xG 0.24–0.38 (39%)attempts 3–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestNurse – Bouchard14:34

    xG 1.59–0.50 (76%)attempts 20–11goals 0–1

  2. Barrie – Niemelainen9:00

    xG 0.31–0.21 (60%)attempts 8–4goals 0–1

  3. Barrie – Nurse4:57

    xG 0.13–0.36 (26%)attempts 2–3goals 1–0

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.

EDM 3.8 xGTOR 4.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 24/100 · #1043 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.70 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 54% of the time.

EDM winsTOR wins

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

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