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Thu, Dec 8, 2022·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Los Angeles Kings 0, Toronto Maple Leafs 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 82% of the time.

TOR winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK0709013029
TOR015415111541

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 5:10TORPierre EngvallPPGWGAssists: Conor Timmins, Alexander Kerfoot · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:36TORDavid KampfAssists: Pontus Holmberg, TJ Brodie · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P2 6:16TORWilliam NylanderAssists: Michael Bunting, Justin Holl · Backhand, 0.08 xG0–3
  4. P2 13:29TORMitch MarnerUnassisted · Slap, 0.10 xG0–4
  5. P3 9:37TORAuston MatthewsAssists: William Nylander, Michael Bunting · Tip-in, 0.09 xG0–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 9:19LAKMatt Roy: Interference2 min
  2. P1 12:06LAKAdrian Kempe: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 18:37TORMark Giordano: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 3:34LAKBlake Lizotte: Slashing2 min · PPG
  5. P2 3:34TORZachary Aston-Reese: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 3:34LAKBlake Lizotte: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 1:07TORPierre Engvall: Match penalty5 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.

LAK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKTOR
29Shots on goal41
1.7Expected goals3.7
57Shot attempts63
26Faceoffs won26
2Power plays3
11Penalty minutes12
39Hits23
11Blocked shots15
12Giveaways10
5Takeaways9

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.

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestKopitar – Fiala – Vilardi2:54

    xG 0.18–0.11 (62%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Kopitar – Fiala – Kaliyev5:03

    xG 0.14–0.35 (29%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Kempe – Vilardi – Iafallo7:50

    xG 0.10–0.50 (17%)attempts 5–7goals 0–1

  4. Grundstrom – Anderson-Dolan – Lizotte9:00

    xG 0.02–0.66 (3%)attempts 4–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Doughty – Roy3:13

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Doughty – Anderson13:55

    xG 0.27–0.69 (28%)attempts 12–12goals 0–2

  3. Roy – Durzi13:27

    xG 0.35–1.04 (25%)attempts 12–16goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestNylander – Bunting – Matthews7:41

    xG 0.75–0.17 (82%)attempts 11–8goals 2–0

  2. Tavares – Marner – Malgin2:37

    xG 0.26–0.01 (96%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Malgin – Aston-Reese – Holmberg4:09

    xG 0.33–0.09 (79%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  4. Kerfoot – Engvall – Kampf5:41

    xG 0.36–0.14 (73%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLiljegren – Sandin13:17

    xG 1.25–0.20 (86%)attempts 22–11goals 1–0

  2. Giordano – Holl14:04

    xG 0.96–0.28 (77%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  3. Brodie – Timmins9:48

    xG 0.26–0.17 (60%)attempts 9–12goals 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.

TOR 3.7 xGLAK 1.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORLAK

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 LAK. Dots are goals.

Excitement 10/100 · #1239 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.75 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 82% of the time.

TOR winsLAK wins

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

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