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Thu, Feb 17, 2022·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Pittsburgh Penguins 1, Toronto Maple Leafs 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 75% of the time.

TOR winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT012015119146
TOR1152618429

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:21TORAuston MatthewsAssists: TJ Brodie, Mitch Marner · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:31TORMorgan RiellyPPGWGAssists: Jack Campbell · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P2 18:36TORDavid KampfSHAssists: Morgan Rielly · Wrist, 0.22 xG0–3
  4. P3 3:33PITEvgeni MalkinAssists: Jeff Carter · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–3
  5. P3 6:06TORMichael BuntingAssists: Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner · Backhand, 0.14 xG1–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 8:04PITEvan Rodrigues: Interference2 min
  2. P1 16:04TORMorgan Rielly: Holding2 min
  3. P2 5:02PITEvan Rodrigues: Holding2 min · PPG
  4. P2 7:03TORTravis Dermott: Interference2 min
  5. P2 9:54TORMitch Marner: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 17:19TORAlexander Kerfoot: Holding2 min
  7. P3 9:08TORMorgan Rielly: Tripping2 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.

PIT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITTOR
46Shots on goal29
3.9Expected goals2.3
69Shot attempts53
32Faceoffs won40
5Power plays2
4Penalty minutes10
25Hits20
13Blocked shots9
19Giveaways13
6Takeaways11

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.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestCarter – Malkin – Heinen10:37

    xG 1.25–0.22 (85%)attempts 19–8goals 1–0

  2. Crosby – Rust – Guentzel14:06

    xG 0.74–0.57 (57%)attempts 16–8goals 0–1

  3. Boyle – Simon – Aston-Reese8:51

    xG 0.26–0.33 (44%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

  4. McGinn – Kapanen – Rodrigues10:06

    xG 0.38–0.60 (39%)attempts 11–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLetang – Dumoulin14:17

    xG 1.29–0.75 (63%)attempts 17–12goals 1–2

  2. Matheson – Ruhwedel16:06

    xG 0.89–0.51 (64%)attempts 19–18goals 0–0

  3. Pettersson – Marino12:01

    xG 0.34–0.36 (49%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestKase – Kampf – Mikheyev8:20

    xG 0.31–0.22 (59%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Bunting – Marner – Matthews11:20

    xG 0.49–0.75 (39%)attempts 9–13goals 2–1

  3. Tavares – Kerfoot – Nylander10:59

    xG 0.44–0.75 (37%)attempts 9–16goals 0–0

  4. Spezza – Simmonds – Engvall5:58

    xG 0.07–0.41 (14%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHoll – Dermott11:44

    xG 0.89–0.79 (53%)attempts 17–18goals 1–0

  2. Brodie – Rielly15:46

    xG 0.49–0.69 (42%)attempts 13–13goals 1–0

  3. Muzzin – Sandin12:23

    xG 0.36–1.09 (25%)attempts 13–20goals 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.

TOR 2.3 xGPIT 3.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORPIT

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 PIT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 24/100 · #1040 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.72 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 75% of the time.

TOR winsPIT wins

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

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