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Sat, Nov 12, 2022·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Vancouver Canucks 2, Toronto Maple Leafs 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 64% of the time.

TOR winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN29010010229
TOR01031707334

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:41VANBo HorvatAssists: Luke Schenn, Vasily Podkolzin · Tip-in, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:11VANJ.T. MillerPPAssists: Quinn Hughes, Brock Boeser · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P2 1:46TORAuston MatthewsPPAssists: Mitch Marner, John Tavares · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P2 6:27TORPierre EngvallAssists: Calle Jarnkrok, Mark Giordano · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–2
  5. P2 10:01TORJordie BennGWGAssists: Morgan Rielly, William Nylander · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 11:48TORMichael Bunting: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 17:47VANNils Aman: Holding2 min
  3. P2 0:30VANQuinn Hughes: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 18:42TORJordie Benn: Interference2 min
  5. P3 1:11TORTimothy Liljegren: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P3 14:26TORZachary Aston-Reese: Interference2 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANTOR
29Shots on goal34
2.2Expected goals3.0
60Shot attempts63
21Faceoffs won27
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
38Hits30
13Blocked shots19
12Giveaways21
9Takeaways9

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestPettersson – Hoglander – Kuzmenko6:36

    xG 0.18–0.07 (72%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  2. Horvat – Garland – Podkolzin10:35

    xG 0.63–0.52 (55%)attempts 10–12goals 1–0

  3. Joshua – Pettersson – Studnicka2:19

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  4. Joshua – Studnicka – Aman6:20

    xG 0.14–0.11 (55%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Myers – Ekman-Larsson17:25

    xG 0.53–0.79 (40%)attempts 10–19goals 0–0

  2. Bear – Stillman12:06

    xG 0.38–0.84 (31%)attempts 10–17goals 0–1

  3. Schenn – Hughes14:38

    xG 0.50–1.14 (31%)attempts 15–20goals 1–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestTavares – Kerfoot – Marner10:16

    xG 0.43–0.20 (68%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Malgin – Aston-Reese – Kampf7:56

    xG 0.18–0.04 (82%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Nylander – Bunting – Matthews10:48

    xG 0.46–0.43 (52%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  4. Jarnkrok – Engvall – Robertson5:31

    xG 0.10–0.19 (34%)attempts 5–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBenn – Rielly10:14

    xG 1.03–0.31 (77%)attempts 23–6goals 1–0

  2. Benn – Sandin5:14

    xG 0.27–0.04 (88%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Giordano – Holl12:38

    xG 0.24–0.28 (46%)attempts 10–8goals 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.

TOR 3.0 xGVAN 2.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 62/100 · #554 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.37 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 18% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50TOR 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 64% of the time.

TOR winsVAN wins

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

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