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Thu, Feb 10, 2022·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Toronto Maple Leafs 2, Calgary Flames 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 57% of the time.

CGY winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR018114116248
CGY0114916526

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 3:49TORRasmus SandinAssists: William Nylander, John Tavares · Slap, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P2 4:13CGYAndrew MangiapaneAssists: Mikael Backlund, Blake Coleman · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 13:03CGYNoah HanifinAssists: Rasmus Andersson, Matthew Tkachuk · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P2 13:35CGYOliver KylingtonPPGWGAssists: Noah Hanifin, Mikael Backlund · Slap, 0.08 xG1–3
  5. P2 15:54CGYElias LindholmAssists: Johnny Gaudreau, Chris Tanev · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–4
  6. P3 1:16CGYRasmus AnderssonUnassisted · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–5
  7. P3 5:06TORMichael BuntingAssists: Auston Matthews, Timothy Liljegren · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–5
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 3:26CGYBlake Coleman: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 7:30TORJohn Tavares: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P1 9:01TORTJ Brodie: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P1 14:36TORJustin Holl: Interference2 min
  5. P1 18:21TORMorgan Rielly: Cross checking2 min
  6. P1 18:21CGYNikita Zadorov: Roughing2 min
  7. P1 18:21TORMorgan Rielly: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 7:10CGYMikael Backlund: Interference2 min
  9. P2 13:32TORWilliam Nylander: Hooking2 min · PPG
  10. P3 10:14CGYErik Gudbranson: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 10:14TORTJ Brodie: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 10:14CGYNikita Zadorov: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 10:14TORDavid Kampf: Slashing2 min
  14. P3 12:14CGYSean Monahan: 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 SOG0CGY
48% to win52% to win
← TOR attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Matthews won the faceoff against Backlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORCGY
48Shots on goal26
2.5Expected goals2.0
72Shot attempts47
34Faceoffs won24
3Power plays5
16Penalty minutes12
7Hits18
11Blocked shots13
3Giveaways8
5Takeaways8

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. bestBunting – Marner – Matthews10:34

    xG 0.81–0.27 (75%)attempts 18–5goals 1–1

  2. Tavares – Kerfoot – Nylander7:33

    xG 0.59–0.31 (66%)attempts 15–8goals 1–2

  3. Engvall – Kampf – Mikheyev6:29

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  4. Spezza – Engvall – Mikheyev2:16

    xG 0.03–0.11 (21%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Holl11:34

    xG 0.83–0.44 (65%)attempts 22–13goals 0–2

  2. Dermott – Liljegren2:13

    xG 0.15–0.01 (95%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Liljegren – Sandin4:29

    xG 0.25–0.11 (69%)attempts 6–2goals 2–1

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestRitchie – Monahan – Dube6:26

    xG 0.34–0.15 (70%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  2. Backlund – Coleman – Mangiapane11:23

    xG 0.29–0.38 (43%)attempts 10–10goals 1–1

  3. Gaudreau – Lindholm – Tkachuk10:37

    xG 0.42–0.55 (43%)attempts 13–13goals 3–1

  4. Lewis – Lucic – Ruzicka9:24

    xG 0.01–0.39 (3%)attempts 1–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Hanifin – Andersson12:31

    xG 0.44–0.42 (51%)attempts 11–17goals 2–2

  2. Gudbranson – Zadorov12:20

    xG 0.24–0.22 (52%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  3. Tanev – Gudbranson2:11

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 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.

CGY 2.0 xGTOR 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 44/100 · #791 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.18 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 33% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 57% of the time.

CGY winsTOR wins

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

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