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Tue, Nov 8, 2022·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Vegas Golden Knights 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 58% of the time.

TOR winsVGK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
VGK28051611420
TOR172150900331

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:45VGKNicolas RoyAssists: William Carrier · Wrist, 0.24 xG1–0
  2. P1 5:05TORTimothy LiljegrenAssists: David Kampf, Zachary Aston-Reese · Snap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P1 17:55VGKJack EichelAssists: Mark Stone, Chandler Stephenson · Backhand, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P2 13:50TORMitch MarnerAssists: Auston Matthews, Rasmus Sandin · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. P2 16:56TORTimothy LiljegrenAssists: Mitch Marner, Morgan Rielly · Slap, 0.06 xG2–3
  6. P3 11:43VGKReilly SmithSHAssists: William Karlsson, Brayden McNabb · Snap, 0.14 xG3–3
  7. OT 0:23VGKReilly SmithGWGAssists: Shea Theodore, William Karlsson · Deflected, 0.17 xG4–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 6:32VGKPhil Kessel: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 11:06TORMichael Bunting: Interference2 min
  3. P3 4:36TORMitch Marner: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P3 10:22VGKMichael Amadio: Holding2 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.

VGK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VGKTOR
20Shots on goal31
2.9Expected goals3.3
43Shot attempts56
19Faceoffs won30
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
42Hits34
12Blocked shots10
17Giveaways17
9Takeaways17

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.

Vegas Golden Knights

Forward lines

  1. bestStone – Stephenson – Eichel12:56

    xG 0.64–0.35 (64%)attempts 11–9goals 1–1

  2. Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault10:24

    xG 0.45–0.42 (52%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  3. Carrier – Kolesar – Roy8:58

    xG 0.73–0.79 (48%)attempts 5–12goals 1–1

  4. Kessel – Amadio – Howden6:17

    xG 0.04–0.34 (11%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcNabb – Theodore15:51

    xG 1.22–0.72 (63%)attempts 19–13goals 1–1

  2. Theodore – Hague2:25

    xG 0.30–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Martinez – Pietrangelo15:02

    xG 0.46–0.67 (41%)attempts 7–11goals 1–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestTavares – Nylander – Robertson7:52

    xG 0.86–0.37 (70%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  2. Kerfoot – Marner – Matthews13:32

    xG 0.88–0.96 (48%)attempts 14–13goals 1–1

  3. Malgin – Aston-Reese – Kampf7:01

    xG 0.05–0.15 (24%)attempts 1–3goals 1–0

  4. Jarnkrok – Bunting – Engvall4:43

    xG 0.11–0.36 (24%)attempts 7–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Sandin11:34

    xG 0.54–0.36 (60%)attempts 15–5goals 1–1

  2. Rielly – Liljegren15:34

    xG 1.00–0.99 (50%)attempts 16–12goals 2–1

  3. Brodie – Holl15:50

    xG 0.22–0.81 (21%)attempts 5–13goals 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.

TOR 3.3 xGVGK 2.9 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORVGK

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 VGK. Dots are goals.

Excitement 80/100 · #316 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.10 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 16% (winner's lowest chance)
VGK 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +29 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 58% of the time.

TOR winsVGK wins

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

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