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Wed, Jan 5, 2022·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Edmonton Oilers 2, Toronto Maple Leafs 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 74% of the time.

TOR winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM2908013230
TOR21507211433

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:25TORJohn TavaresAssists: William Nylander, Alexander Kerfoot · Wrist, 0.25 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:58EDMBrendan PerliniAssists: Colton Sceviour, Kyle Turris · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P1 11:12EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Kailer Yamamoto, Warren Foegele · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P1 19:32TORTJ BrodieAssists: William Nylander, Auston Matthews · Tip-in, 0.01 xG2–2
  5. P3 11:25TORIlya MikheyevPPGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:45TORAlexander KerfootENUnassisted · Tip-in, 0.62 xG2–4
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 5:39TORDavid Kampf: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 12:52EDMSlater Koekkoek: Interference2 min
  3. P3 10:12EDMEvan Bouchard: Tripping2 min · PPG

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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMTOR
30Shots on goal33
2.0Expected goals3.3
51Shot attempts62
28Faceoffs won35
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
19Hits22
13Blocked shots6
8Giveaways11
16Takeaways10

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestKassian – Shore – Benson8:08

    xG 0.38–0.26 (59%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  2. Turris – Sceviour – Perlini7:02

    xG 0.27–0.18 (60%)attempts 6–6goals 1–0

  3. Hyman – Puljujarvi – McLeod10:47

    xG 0.30–0.31 (49%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Draisaitl – Foegele – Yamamoto15:39

    xG 0.48–1.07 (31%)attempts 17–18goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKoekkoek – Lagesson11:11

    xG 0.30–0.17 (63%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  2. Keith – Ceci17:51

    xG 0.80–1.17 (41%)attempts 16–18goals 1–1

  3. Nurse – Bouchard18:05

    xG 0.29–0.78 (28%)attempts 15–18goals 0–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestTavares – Kerfoot – Nylander13:32

    xG 1.15–0.29 (80%)attempts 15–13goals 1–0

  2. Bunting – Marner – Matthews13:52

    xG 0.70–0.46 (60%)attempts 15–11goals 0–1

  3. Engvall – Kampf – Mikheyev10:53

    xG 0.26–0.16 (62%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  4. Spezza – Simmonds – Ritchie4:51

    xG 0.08–0.27 (23%)attempts 5–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Holl18:57

    xG 0.93–0.53 (64%)attempts 21–15goals 0–0

  2. Dermott – Sandin12:47

    xG 0.67–0.46 (59%)attempts 14–10goals 1–1

  3. Brodie – Rielly18:13

    xG 0.68–0.63 (52%)attempts 16–18goals 1–1

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 3.3 xGEDM 2.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TOREDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 47/100 · #760 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.42 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 35% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 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 74% of the time.

TOR winsEDM wins

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

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