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Tue, Mar 15, 2022·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Dallas Stars 0, Toronto Maple Leafs 4

Expected result

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

TOR winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL01301309035
TOR210018212440

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:22TORRasmus SandinGWGAssists: Mitch Marner, John Tavares · Backhand, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:16TORJohn TavaresAssists: William Nylander, Timothy Liljegren · Deflected, 0.07 xG0–2
  3. P3 0:52TOROndrej KasePPAssists: Morgan Rielly, Mitch Marner · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–3
  4. P3 18:36TORIlya MikheyevENAssists: Morgan Rielly · Wrist, 0.49 xG0–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 19:45TORIlya Lyubushkin: Holding2 min
  2. P2 3:10TORMichael Bunting: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P2 7:03DALMichael Raffl: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 9:12TORMichael Bunting: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 18:54DALRoope Hintz: Hooking2 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALTOR
35Shots on goal40
3.3Expected goals5.1
61Shot attempts70
30Faceoffs won24
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
42Hits31
13Blocked shots12
10Giveaways12
5Takeaways12

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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. Faksa – Raffl – Gurianov3:56

    xG 0.21–0.18 (53%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  2. Benn – Seguin – Gurianov5:10

    xG 0.22–0.26 (45%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Glendening – Studenic – Kiviranta8:05

    xG 0.23–0.58 (28%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  4. Radulov – Faksa – Raffl4:58

    xG 0.07–0.50 (12%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlingberg – Harley16:07

    xG 1.26–0.85 (60%)attempts 18–20goals 0–0

  2. Klingberg – Hanley2:22

    xG 0.43–0.04 (92%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Hakanpää – Hanley4:45

    xG 0.25–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestTavares – Bunting – Marner10:27

    xG 1.52–0.28 (85%)attempts 17–5goals 1–0

  2. Engvall – Kampf – Mikheyev9:19

    xG 0.73–0.21 (78%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  3. Spezza – Clifford – Kase8:27

    xG 0.33–0.66 (33%)attempts 10–15goals 0–0

  4. Kerfoot – Nylander – Robertson8:24

    xG 0.32–0.91 (26%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLiljegren – Sandin12:58

    xG 1.25–0.50 (72%)attempts 20–10goals 2–0

  2. Brodie – Holl16:29

    xG 0.94–0.30 (75%)attempts 12–16goals 0–0

  3. Rielly – Lyubushkin13:03

    xG 1.10–0.97 (53%)attempts 19–13goals 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.

TOR 5.1 xGDAL 3.3 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORDAL

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 DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 4/100 · #1274 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.58 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 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, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 74% of the time.

TOR winsDAL wins

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

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