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Mon, Oct 24, 2022·T-Mobile Arena, Paradise

Toronto Maple Leafs 1, Vegas Golden Knights 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 71% of the time.

VGK winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR0101706123
VGK19012212333

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:51VGKNicolas RoyPPAssists: Reilly Smith, Phil Kessel · Bat, 0.32 xG0–1
  2. P2 11:42TORWilliam NylanderAssists: John Tavares, Nick Robertson · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P3 0:42VGKChandler StephensonGWGAssists: Brayden McNabb, Shea Theodore · Snap, 0.28 xG1–2
  4. P3 8:11VGKMichael AmadioAssists: Nicolas Hague · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 1:52TORPierre Engvall: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  2. P1 16:40VGKReilly Smith: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 8:32TORMark Giordano: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 11:29TORAlexander Kerfoot: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 17:17VGKBrayden McNabb: 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.

TOR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VGK
49% to win51% to win
← TOR attackVGK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Roy
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORVGK
23Shots on goal33
3.0Expected goals4.4
64Shot attempts62
28Faceoffs won27
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
29Hits34
18Blocked shots29
7Giveaways4
8Takeaways14

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 – Matthews15:05

    xG 1.20–0.94 (56%)attempts 18–11goals 0–0

  2. Simmonds – Clifford – Kampf5:09

    xG 0.04–0.45 (8%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  3. Tavares – Nylander – Robertson9:35

    xG 0.53–1.04 (34%)attempts 13–17goals 1–1

  4. Jarnkrok – Kerfoot – Engvall6:18

    xG 0.09–0.72 (11%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Mete12:04

    xG 0.97–0.81 (54%)attempts 16–10goals 1–0

  2. Holl – Sandin13:11

    xG 0.77–0.90 (46%)attempts 16–12goals 0–0

  3. Brodie – Rielly13:12

    xG 0.07–1.12 (6%)attempts 8–15goals 0–1

Vegas Golden Knights

Forward lines

  1. bestStone – Stephenson – Eichel11:45

    xG 1.40–0.67 (67%)attempts 19–15goals 1–0

  2. Kessel – Amadio – Howden8:33

    xG 0.70–0.21 (77%)attempts 10–9goals 1–1

  3. Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault11:07

    xG 0.46–0.38 (55%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  4. Carrier – Kolesar – Roy7:42

    xG 0.40–0.67 (37%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHague – Whitecloud16:17

    xG 1.51–0.12 (93%)attempts 20–11goals 1–0

  2. McNabb – Theodore14:34

    xG 1.04–0.56 (65%)attempts 16–14goals 1–1

  3. Martinez – Pietrangelo10:43

    xG 0.82–0.98 (45%)attempts 9–16goals 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.

VGK 4.4 xGTOR 3.0 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VGKTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 21/100 · #1106 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.09 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50VGK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 71% of the time.

VGK winsTOR wins

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

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