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Sun, Apr 24, 2022·Capital One Arena, Washington

Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Washington Capitals 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 62% of the time.

WSH winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
TOR1709212022430
WSH11308212041337

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:34WSHT.J. OshieAssists: Anthony Mantha · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:32TORIlya LyubushkinAssists: Mitch Marner, Auston Matthews · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P3 3:32WSHLars EllerAssists: Martin Fehérváry, John Carlson · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P3 4:40WSHMarcus JohanssonAssists: Conor Sheary, Justin Schultz · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–3
  5. P3 12:36TORIlya MikheyevAssists: Carl Dahlstrom, Pierre Engvall · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:02TORJason SpezzaAssists: Ilya Mikheyev, Auston Matthews · Wrist, 0.32 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. WSH Evgeny Kuznetsov scored
  2. 2. TOR Jason Spezza scored
  3. 3. WSH Nicklas Backstrom stopped
  4. 4. TOR Auston Matthews stopped
  5. 5. WSH T.J. Oshie stopped
  6. 6. TOR William Nylander stopped
  7. 7. WSH Anthony Mantha stopped
  8. 8. TOR Ilya Mikheyev stopped
  9. 9. WSH John Carlson stopped
  10. 10. TOR Mitch Marner stopped
  11. 11. WSH Marcus Johansson stopped
  12. 12. TOR Pierre Engvall stopped
  13. 13. WSH Trevor van Riemsdyk stopped
  14. 14. TOR Alexander Kerfoot scored
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 13:33TORJustin Holl: Roughing2 min
  2. P2 8:16WSHTom Wilson: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 17:51TORIlya Lyubushkin: Holding2 min
  4. P3 13:15WSHLars Eller: Holding2 min
  5. OT 3:17TORWayne Simmonds: Too many men on the ice2 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 SOG0WSH
48% to win52% to win
← TOR attackWSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Matthews won the faceoff against Dowd
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORWSH
30Shots on goal37
2.6Expected goals3.3
50Shot attempts71
32Faceoffs won20
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
26Hits39
20Blocked shots10
5Giveaways13
8Takeaways7

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. bestBlackwell – Kampf – Mikheyev7:53

    xG 0.33–0.11 (75%)attempts 8–8goals 0–1

  2. Spezza – Simmonds – Clifford6:06

    xG 0.14–0.11 (55%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  3. Nylander – Marner – Matthews7:27

    xG 0.37–0.40 (48%)attempts 8–5goals 1–1

  4. Marner – Matthews – Abruzzese4:53

    xG 0.03–0.10 (24%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Giordano – Brodie15:11

    xG 0.38–0.34 (53%)attempts 10–15goals 1–2

  2. Rielly – Lyubushkin14:44

    xG 0.49–0.69 (41%)attempts 13–21goals 1–1

  3. Holl – Dahlstrom13:32

    xG 0.39–0.72 (35%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestDowd – Larsson – Hathaway9:33

    xG 0.79–0.14 (85%)attempts 15–6goals 0–0

  2. Oshie – Eller – Mantha9:52

    xG 0.48–0.24 (67%)attempts 13–5goals 2–0

  3. Kuznetsov – Wilson – Mantha3:16

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Backstrom – Johansson – Sheary10:02

    xG 0.19–0.32 (37%)attempts 6–10goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – van Riemsdyk10:56

    xG 0.62–0.33 (65%)attempts 12–12goals 2–1

  2. Carlson – Fehérváry14:19

    xG 0.48–0.29 (62%)attempts 16–7goals 1–0

  3. Orlov – Jensen18:59

    xG 0.57–0.64 (47%)attempts 17–18goals 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.

WSH 3.3 xGTOR 2.6 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 90/100 · #155 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.33 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 3% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +44 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 62% of the time.

WSH winsTOR wins

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

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