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Sat, Dec 10, 2022·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Calgary Flames 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 5 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 72% of the time.

TOR winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CGY261131700426
TOR291811413534

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:04TORAuston MatthewsPPAssists: William Nylander, Rasmus Sandin · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:13CGYNoah HanifinAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Elias Lindholm · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P1 12:52CGYNazem KadriAssists: Dillon Dube, Andrew Mangiapane · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P1 17:10TORWilliam NylanderPPAssists: Rasmus Sandin, Mitch Marner · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P2 11:11CGYTrevor LewisAssists: Mikael Backlund · Slap, 0.02 xG3–2
  6. P2 17:19TORWilliam NylanderAssists: Auston Matthews · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–3
  7. P3 3:31CGYNoah HanifinPPAssists: Adam Ruzicka, Andrew Mangiapane · Wrist, 0.02 xG4–3
  8. P3 6:10TORMichael BuntingAssists: Auston Matthews, William Nylander · Wrist, 0.23 xG4–4
  9. OT 0:43TORMitch MarnerPPGWGAssists: William Nylander, John Tavares · Snap, 0.17 xG4–5
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 3:56CGYNoah Hanifin: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 5:14CGYMichael Stone: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 8:26CGYNikita Zadorov: Cross checking2 min
  4. P1 8:26TORWayne Simmonds: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 16:41CGYMikael Backlund: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 11:37TORMark Giordano: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 2:07TORWayne Simmonds: Tripping2 min · PPG
  8. P3 12:28TORMichael Bunting: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 12:28CGYNoah Hanifin: High sticking double minor4 min
  10. P3 15:18CGYDan Vladar: Tripping2 min
  11. OT 0:03CGYJonathan Huberdeau: High sticking2 min · PPG

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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYTOR
26Shots on goal34
1.7Expected goals3.0
43Shot attempts58
30Faceoffs won31
2Power plays6
16Penalty minutes8
34Hits29
13Blocked shots11
4Giveaways13
5Takeaways8

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.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. Backlund – Phillips – Ruzicka7:07

    xG 0.03–0.02 (60%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  2. Toffoli – Huberdeau – Lindholm10:12

    xG 0.05–0.14 (26%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  3. Kadri – Mangiapane – Dube10:15

    xG 0.36–0.57 (39%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

  4. Lewis – Coleman – Zohorna8:38

    xG 0.31–0.69 (31%)attempts 8–11goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestTanev – Zadorov3:21

    xG 0.21–0.02 (92%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Weegar – Zadorov2:09

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Zadorov – Andersson3:56

    xG 0.18–0.25 (42%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestNylander – Bunting – Matthews11:11

    xG 0.70–0.13 (85%)attempts 14–6goals 2–0

  2. Kerfoot – Anderson – Kampf5:45

    xG 0.20–0.02 (90%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Tavares – Marner – Malgin6:40

    xG 0.23–0.21 (53%)attempts 7–5goals 0–1

  4. Simmonds – Aston-Reese – Holmberg4:07

    xG 0.10–0.10 (50%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLiljegren – Sandin11:58

    xG 0.84–0.37 (69%)attempts 15–10goals 2–1

  2. Brodie – Timmins11:27

    xG 0.44–0.18 (70%)attempts 10–7goals 0–1

  3. Brodie – Liljegren3:00

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 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 3.0 xGCGY 1.7 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORCGY

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 CGY. Dots are goals.

Excitement 97/100 · #64 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.75 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 22% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +31 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 72% of the time.

TOR winsCGY wins

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

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