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Sat, Nov 26, 2022·PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh

Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Pittsburgh Penguins 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 73% of the time.

PIT winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR117210114441
PIT05010111126

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:40TORMitch MarnerAssists: Auston Matthews, Calle Jarnkrok · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P2 9:55TORPontus HolmbergGWGAssists: Mitch Marner · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–0
  3. P2 10:50TORWilliam NylanderAssists: Auston Matthews, Michael Bunting · Wrist, 0.14 xG3–0
  4. P3 11:38PITRickard RakellAssists: Jake Guentzel, Sidney Crosby · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–1
  5. P3 14:36TORAuston MatthewsAssists: Michael Bunting, William Nylander · Wrist, 0.08 xG4–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 3:27TORVictor Mete: Holding2 min
  2. P1 12:59PITMarcus Pettersson: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 0:54PITJeff Petry: Interference2 min
  4. P2 15:24TORZachary Aston-Reese: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 0:06PITJake Guentzel: Slashing2 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 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Crosby
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORPIT
41Shots on goal26
4.0Expected goals2.5
62Shot attempts50
29Faceoffs won28
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
23Hits57
12Blocked shots13
9Giveaways11
11Takeaways9

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. bestMalgin – Aston-Reese – Kampf8:22

    xG 0.45–0.15 (74%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  2. Tavares – Jarnkrok – Marner11:34

    xG 0.49–0.56 (47%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  3. Nylander – Bunting – Matthews10:31

    xG 0.74–0.88 (46%)attempts 11–15goals 2–0

  4. Kerfoot – Engvall – Holmberg8:37

    xG 0.17–0.60 (23%)attempts 8–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Holl14:45

    xG 1.11–0.49 (69%)attempts 17–13goals 1–0

  2. Liljegren – Sandin16:32

    xG 1.07–0.54 (67%)attempts 18–14goals 2–0

  3. Mete – Liljegren2:40

    xG 0.11–0.04 (71%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestMalkin – Zucker – Rust11:37

    xG 0.67–0.45 (60%)attempts 9–9goals 0–2

  2. Carter – McGinn – Heinen7:10

    xG 0.12–0.10 (54%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

  3. Archibald – Blueger – Poehling7:02

    xG 0.13–0.31 (29%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  4. Crosby – Rakell – Guentzel14:08

    xG 0.99–1.23 (45%)attempts 20–15goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPetry – Pettersson2:26

    xG 0.43–0.01 (97%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Dumoulin – Rutta13:44

    xG 0.61–0.87 (41%)attempts 12–14goals 0–1

  3. Petry – Joseph9:34

    xG 0.22–0.48 (31%)attempts 6–10goals 0–2

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 2.5 xGTOR 4.0 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 26/100 · #1057 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.82 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 49% (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 73% of the time.

PIT winsTOR wins

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

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