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Thu, Apr 7, 2022·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Dallas Stars 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 73% of the time.

DAL winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
TOR1151171613441
DAL17042601318

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:28TORWilliam NylanderAssists: Ilya Mikheyev, Justin Holl · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P1 9:46DALTyler SeguinAssists: Jamie Benn, Marián Studenic · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 18:58TORAuston MatthewsPPAssists: Mark Giordano, John Tavares · Slap, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P3 5:43DALJohn KlingbergAssists: Joe Pavelski, Jason Robertson · Slap, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. P3 10:36TORMorgan RiellyAssists: Mitch Marner, Michael Bunting · Slap, 0.05 xG3–2
  6. P3 17:37DALJoe PavelskiAssists: Ryan Suter, Jason Robertson · Tip-in, 0.11 xG3–3
  7. OT 2:10TORAuston MatthewsGWGAssists: William Nylander, TJ Brodie · Wrist, 0.28 xG4–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 13:43TORIlya Lyubushkin: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 19:23DALVladislav Namestnikov: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 0:28DALRyan Suter: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P2 17:28DALJohn Klingberg: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P3 2:40TORJake Muzzin: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 13:06TORMichael Bunting: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 13:06DALRoope Hintz: Roughing2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
48% to win52% to win
← TOR attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Glendening won the faceoff against Matthews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORDAL
41Shots on goal18
3.0Expected goals1.7
64Shot attempts43
32Faceoffs won28
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
17Hits18
16Blocked shots18
11Giveaways12
3Takeaways1

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. bestBunting – Marner – Matthews14:30

    xG 0.56–0.19 (75%)attempts 12–4goals 1–0

  2. Tavares – Kerfoot – Mikheyev7:31

    xG 0.27–0.04 (88%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  3. Kerfoot – Engvall – Kampf3:43

    xG 0.09–0.13 (42%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Nylander – Engvall – Kampf6:20

    xG 0.20–0.26 (44%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Brodie15:30

    xG 0.60–0.40 (60%)attempts 18–9goals 1–1

  2. Rielly – Lyubushkin14:56

    xG 0.24–0.27 (47%)attempts 11–8goals 0–1

  3. Giordano – Holl13:35

    xG 0.47–0.52 (47%)attempts 13–16goals 0–1

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestPavelski – Hintz – Robertson12:28

    xG 0.71–0.48 (60%)attempts 18–17goals 2–1

  2. Benn – Seguin – Studenic11:54

    xG 0.21–0.12 (64%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  3. Radulov – Namestnikov – Kiviranta5:22

    xG 0.24–0.25 (49%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

  4. Glendening – Faksa – Raffl10:07

    xG 0.06–0.16 (26%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlingberg – Harley4:49

    xG 0.23–0.11 (67%)attempts 4–5goals 1–1

  2. Hakanpää – Harley8:01

    xG 0.43–0.33 (56%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  3. Hakanpää – Hanley4:14

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–2goals 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.

DAL 1.7 xGTOR 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 92/100 · #130 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.52 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +45 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 73% of the time.

DAL winsTOR wins

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

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