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Sat, Apr 2, 2022·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Toronto Maple Leafs 6, Philadelphia Flyers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 51% of the time.

PHI winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR06212410628
PHI01121318332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 3:56PHIKevin HayesAssists: Ivan Provorov, Oskar Lindblom · Snap, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P2 10:23TORWayne SimmondsAssists: TJ Brodie · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:32TORTimothy LiljegrenAssists: Mark Giordano, Michael Bunting · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–1
  4. P2 14:33PHIIvan ProvorovAssists: Kevin Hayes · Snap, 0.19 xG2–2
  5. P3 7:41TORAuston MatthewsAssists: Mitch Marner, Morgan Rielly · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–2
  6. P3 11:43TORPierre EngvallSHGWGAssists: Morgan Rielly · Wrist, 0.05 xG4–2
  7. P3 12:23PHIIvan ProvorovAssists: Patrick Brown, Zack MacEwen · Wrist, 0.01 xG4–3
  8. P3 13:47TORMorgan RiellyAssists: Michael Bunting, Mitch Marner · Wrist, 0.05 xG5–3
  9. P3 15:49TORJohn TavaresAssists: William Nylander · Snap, 0.18 xG6–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 11:05TORIlya Lyubushkin: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 4:47PHIIvan Provorov: Holding2 min
  3. P3 9:50TORJustin Holl: Interference2 min
  4. P3 17:16TORWayne Simmonds: Fighting5 min
  5. P3 17:16PHIZack MacEwen: Fighting5 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 SOG0PHI
48% to win52% to win
← TOR attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Matthews won the faceoff against Hayes
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORPHI
28Shots on goal32
2.8Expected goals2.8
51Shot attempts55
34Faceoffs won22
1Power plays2
9Penalty minutes7
19Hits21
15Blocked shots13
8Giveaways7
5Takeaways2

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 – Mikheyev4:24

    xG 0.25–0.07 (77%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  2. Simmonds – Blackwell – Abruzzese6:27

    xG 0.16–0.12 (57%)attempts 4–6goals 1–0

  3. Engvall – Kampf – Mikheyev3:15

    xG 0.00–0.11 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  4. Nylander – Bunting – Matthews2:27

    xG 0.03–0.19 (12%)attempts 4–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRielly – Lyubushkin18:05

    xG 1.02–0.77 (57%)attempts 17–17goals 2–1

  2. Brodie – Holl16:06

    xG 0.62–0.59 (51%)attempts 10–15goals 1–1

  3. Giordano – Liljegren13:54

    xG 0.38–0.79 (32%)attempts 10–15goals 1–1

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestHayes – Lindblom – Konecny10:40

    xG 1.02–0.42 (71%)attempts 16–14goals 2–2

  2. Atkinson – Cates – Farabee12:50

    xG 0.48–0.25 (66%)attempts 12–8goals 0–1

  3. Thompson – Brown – MacEwen8:52

    xG 0.46–0.35 (57%)attempts 12–5goals 1–0

  4. van Riemsdyk – Tippett – Frost10:09

    xG 0.50–0.92 (35%)attempts 7–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestProvorov – York15:45

    xG 1.39–0.92 (60%)attempts 16–18goals 2–2

  2. Sanheim – Provorov2:35

    xG 0.31–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  3. Ristolainen – Sanheim15:42

    xG 0.65–0.41 (61%)attempts 15–11goals 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.

PHI 2.8 xGTOR 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHITOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 82/100 · #279 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.85 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 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 51% of the time.

PHI winsTOR wins

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

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