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Tue, Nov 15, 2022·PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh

Toronto Maple Leafs 5, Pittsburgh Penguins 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 59% of the time.

PIT winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR28212113533
PIT07215015237

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:04TORJohn TavaresAssists: Jordie Benn, Alexander Kerfoot · Snap, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:04TORMitch MarnerAssists: Morgan Rielly, John Tavares · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–0
  3. P2 0:11TORMichael BuntingGWGAssists: Auston Matthews, William Nylander · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–0
  4. P2 0:54PITRickard RakellAssists: Jason Zucker, Evgeni Malkin · Tip-in, 0.09 xG3–1
  5. P2 2:38PITSidney CrosbyUnassisted · Backhand, 0.08 xG3–2
  6. P2 19:10TORMichael BuntingAssists: Pontus Holmberg, Auston Matthews · Wrist, 0.17 xG4–2
  7. P3 17:37TORWilliam NylanderENAssists: Michael Bunting, Morgan Rielly · Snap, 0.72 xG5–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 5:19TORCalle Jarnkrok: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 4:02TORMark Giordano: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 6:40TORMichael Bunting: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 6:40PITJan Rutta: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 5:53TORDenis Malgin: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 18:56PITJeff Carter: Cross checking2 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 SOG0PIT
49% to win51% to win
← TOR attackPIT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Crosby won the faceoff against Matthews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORPIT
33Shots on goal37
3.8Expected goals3.2
59Shot attempts76
23Faceoffs won28
1Power plays3
8Penalty minutes4
25Hits50
27Blocked shots15
7Giveaways10
6Takeaways7

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. bestNylander – Bunting – Matthews12:16

    xG 0.89–0.36 (72%)attempts 15–17goals 1–0

  2. Malgin – Aston-Reese – Kampf9:49

    xG 0.63–0.35 (64%)attempts 13–14goals 0–0

  3. Tavares – Kerfoot – Marner9:44

    xG 0.44–0.74 (37%)attempts 9–13goals 2–0

  4. Jarnkrok – Engvall – Holmberg8:04

    xG 0.21–0.52 (28%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBenn – Rielly15:59

    xG 1.08–0.71 (61%)attempts 17–17goals 3–1

  2. Rielly – Liljegren2:12

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  3. Holl – Sandin2:27

    xG 0.03–0.11 (23%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestMalkin – Zucker – Rakell11:18

    xG 0.99–0.51 (66%)attempts 19–10goals 1–0

  2. Archibald – Blueger – Poehling9:43

    xG 0.25–0.01 (95%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Carter – McGinn – Heinen10:35

    xG 0.52–0.57 (48%)attempts 9–16goals 0–0

  4. Crosby – Rust – Guentzel12:41

    xG 0.39–1.18 (25%)attempts 16–18goals 0–4

Defence pairs

  1. bestRuhwedel – Rutta13:23

    xG 0.76–0.32 (70%)attempts 19–10goals 0–0

  2. Petry – Dumoulin15:14

    xG 0.63–0.57 (53%)attempts 15–17goals 1–1

  3. Letang – Pettersson15:06

    xG 0.42–1.37 (24%)attempts 15–21goals 0–3

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.

PIT 3.2 xGTOR 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 69/100 · #469 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.15 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 59% of the time.

PIT winsTOR wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).