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Sat, Oct 29, 2022·Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles

Toronto Maple Leafs 2, Los Angeles Kings 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 57% of the time.

LAK winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR1619013228
LAK0931119429

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:45TORJohn TavaresPPAssists: William Nylander, Mitch Marner · Wrist, 0.23 xG1–0
  2. P2 3:03LAKAdrian KempePPAssists: Kevin Fiala, Anze Kopitar · Slap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:03LAKViktor ArvidssonPPAssists: Phillip Danault · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P2 14:40LAKGabriel VilardiGWGAssists: Anze Kopitar, Sean Durzi · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–3
  5. P2 16:58TORPierre EngvallAssists: David Kampf, Mark Giordano · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–3
  6. P3 2:11LAKKevin FialaUnassisted · Snap, 0.17 xG2–4
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 5:53TORCalle Jarnkrok: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 10:20LAKKevin Fiala: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P1 17:49LAKBlake Lizotte: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 1:26TORJustin Holl: Slashing2 min · PPG
  5. P2 7:22TORJustin Holl: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 19:20TORMark Giordano: Interference2 min
  7. P3 4:00LAKAlexander Edler: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 10:44TORAuston Matthews: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 14:56LAKMikey Anderson: Cross checking2 min
  10. P3 15:20TORAuston Matthews: Hooking2 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 SOG0LAK
49% to win51% to win
← TOR attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Danault won the faceoff against Matthews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORLAK
28Shots on goal29
3.2Expected goals2.8
53Shot attempts54
24Faceoffs won31
4Power plays6
12Penalty minutes8
22Hits18
13Blocked shots10
5Giveaways13
0Takeaways5

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 – Matthews10:56

    xG 0.51–0.18 (74%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Aube-Kubel – Engvall – Kampf6:35

    xG 0.39–0.21 (65%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

  3. Tavares – Kerfoot – Nylander9:03

    xG 0.42–0.31 (57%)attempts 4–7goals 0–1

  4. Simmonds – Jarnkrok – Robertson4:48

    xG 0.07–0.16 (29%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Kral6:12

    xG 0.62–0.19 (77%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  2. Brodie – Sandin3:05

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Holl – Sandin10:51

    xG 0.87–0.78 (53%)attempts 10–10goals 0–1

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestFiala – Grundstrom – Kupari7:24

    xG 0.59–0.34 (63%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  2. Kopitar – Kempe – Vilardi10:26

    xG 0.57–0.58 (49%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  3. Danault – Arvidsson – Moore10:57

    xG 0.12–0.17 (42%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  4. Lemieux – Grundstrom – Lizotte2:18

    xG 0.08–0.26 (24%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Roy – Durzi11:08

    xG 0.57–0.59 (49%)attempts 14–9goals 1–1

  2. Edler – Walker12:14

    xG 0.26–0.45 (36%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Doughty – Anderson15:29

    xG 0.54–0.76 (41%)attempts 12–16goals 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.

LAK 2.8 xGTOR 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 48/100 · #772 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.49 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 57% of the time.

LAK winsTOR wins

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

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