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Thu, Oct 13, 2022·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Washington Capitals 2, Toronto Maple Leafs 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 80% of the time.

TOR winsWSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WSH2110906226
TOR1211919339

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:40TORJohn TavaresPPAssists: Morgan Rielly, Mitch Marner · Tip-in, 0.22 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:57WSHNic DowdAssists: Erik Gustafsson, Trevor van Riemsdyk · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P1 13:52WSHMarcus JohanssonAssists: T.J. Oshie, Lars Eller · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P2 3:53TORCalle JarnkrokAssists: Alexander Kerfoot, Morgan Rielly · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. P3 6:55TORAuston MatthewsGWGAssists: Mark Giordano, Rasmus Sandin · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 2:28TORCalle Jarnkrok: Holding the stick2 min
  2. P1 5:19WSHNic Dowd: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P1 15:23WSHJohn Carlson: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 6:46WSHGarnet Hathaway: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 9:58TORJustin Holl: Holding2 min
  6. P3 7:26TORJake Muzzin: Interference2 min
  7. P3 16:15TORNicolas Aube-Kubel: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 19:19TORMitch Marner: High sticking2 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.

WSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
49% to win51% to win
← WSH attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dowd won the faceoff against Matthews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WSHTOR
26Shots on goal39
2.5Expected goals4.6
63Shot attempts58
26Faceoffs won30
5Power plays3
6Penalty minutes10
33Hits37
9Blocked shots17
14Giveaways15
10Takeaways10

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.

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestDowd – Sheary – Hathaway8:03

    xG 0.58–0.40 (59%)attempts 9–5goals 1–1

  2. Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Brown7:22

    xG 0.27–0.23 (54%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1

  3. Mantha – Strome – Protas8:18

    xG 0.48–0.55 (46%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  4. Oshie – Eller – Johansson9:07

    xG 0.18–0.66 (22%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGustafsson – van Riemsdyk10:50

    xG 0.53–0.39 (58%)attempts 12–10goals 1–0

  2. Carlson – Fehérváry14:30

    xG 0.44–0.43 (51%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  3. Orlov – Jensen12:00

    xG 0.47–1.08 (30%)attempts 15–12goals 1–2

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestTavares – Nylander – Malgin9:28

    xG 0.75–0.33 (69%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  2. Jarnkrok – Kerfoot – Engvall6:09

    xG 0.25–0.14 (64%)attempts 4–8goals 1–1

  3. Bunting – Marner – Matthews10:45

    xG 0.71–0.66 (52%)attempts 12–8goals 1–1

  4. Aube-Kubel – Aston-Reese – Kampf7:33

    xG 0.25–0.33 (43%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodie – Rielly12:43

    xG 0.90–0.34 (73%)attempts 11–10goals 1–2

  2. Muzzin – Holl13:17

    xG 0.51–0.12 (81%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  3. Giordano – Sandin11:44

    xG 0.44–0.99 (31%)attempts 11–16goals 1–0

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 4.6 xGWSH 2.5 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORWSH

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 WSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 54/100 · #684 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.66 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 32% (winner's lowest chance)
WSH 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 80% of the time.

TOR winsWSH wins

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

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