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Sat, Feb 12, 2022·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Toronto Maple Leafs 2, Vancouver Canucks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 81% of the time.

VAN winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR012224017253
VAN2111706324

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:29VANJ.T. MillerAssists: Bo Horvat, Brock Boeser · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 6:00VANBrock BoeserPPAssists: Oliver Ekman-Larsson, J.T. Miller · Wrist, 0.29 xG0–2
  3. P2 12:46TORAuston MatthewsPPAssists: John Tavares, William Nylander · Snap, 0.28 xG1–2
  4. P2 15:41TOROndrej KasePPAssists: Jason Spezza, Rasmus Sandin · Deflected, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. P2 18:30VANJuho LammikkoGWGAssists: Alex Chiasson, Tyler Motte · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 2:42VANVasily Podkolzin: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 5:01TORPierre Engvall: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 16:55TORTJ Brodie: Holding2 min
  4. P2 6:51TORJustin Holl: Interference2 min
  5. P2 12:21VANBo Horvat: High sticking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 14:23VANLuke Schenn: Tripping2 min · PPG
  7. P3 0:41TORMorgan Rielly: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 17:38TORJohn Tavares: High sticking2 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 SOG0VAN
48% to win52% to win
← TOR attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Dickinson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORVAN
53Shots on goal24
5.0Expected goals2.8
91Shot attempts40
30Faceoffs won25
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
20Hits38
4Blocked shots18
4Giveaways17
7Takeaways10

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 – Nylander8:10

    xG 0.79–0.16 (83%)attempts 15–4goals 0–0

  2. Bunting – Marner – Matthews12:03

    xG 0.79–0.49 (62%)attempts 20–8goals 0–1

  3. Kase – Kampf – Mikheyev6:40

    xG 0.37–0.10 (79%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  4. Tavares – Nylander – Mikheyev2:28

    xG 0.35–0.21 (62%)attempts 5–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Holl13:31

    xG 1.09–0.23 (83%)attempts 20–7goals 0–1

  2. Liljegren – Sandin10:23

    xG 0.70–0.29 (71%)attempts 17–6goals 0–0

  3. Brodie – Rielly16:50

    xG 0.95–0.91 (51%)attempts 24–16goals 0–1

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. Chiasson – Motte – Lammikko4:45

    xG 0.32–0.43 (43%)attempts 5–9goals 1–0

  2. Pearson – Dickinson – Garland9:57

    xG 0.23–0.47 (33%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

  3. Pettersson – Hoglander – Podkolzin7:03

    xG 0.16–0.44 (27%)attempts 3–11goals 0–0

  4. Miller – Horvat – Boeser13:34

    xG 0.57–1.45 (28%)attempts 11–27goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Schenn – Hamonic4:05

    xG 0.06–0.25 (20%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  2. Myers – Ekman-Larsson15:24

    xG 0.68–0.99 (41%)attempts 15–20goals 0–0

  3. Hamonic – Burroughs11:47

    xG 0.11–0.75 (13%)attempts 4–18goals 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.

VAN 2.8 xGTOR 5.0 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 63/100 · #545 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.42 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 81% of the time.

VAN winsTOR wins

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

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