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Sat, Dec 17, 2022·Capital One Arena, Washington

Toronto Maple Leafs 2, Washington Capitals 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 67% of the time.

WSH winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR11311409236
WSH2141628528

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:12WSHErik GustafssonAssists: Sonny Milano, John Carlson · Backhand, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:12TORWilliam NylanderAssists: Auston Matthews, Alexander Kerfoot · Slap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P1 14:48WSHTrevor van RiemsdykAssists: Anthony Mantha, Sonny Milano · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P2 2:51WSHErik GustafssonGWGAssists: Evgeny Kuznetsov, Sonny Milano · Snap, 0.22 xG1–3
  5. P2 6:25TORAuston MatthewsAssists: Conor Timmins, TJ Brodie · Snap, 0.07 xG2–3
  6. P3 0:10WSHGarnet HathawayAssists: Nick Jensen · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–4
  7. P3 3:47WSHErik GustafssonAssists: Evgeny Kuznetsov, Aliaksei Protas · Snap, 0.06 xG2–5
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 18:33WSHNick Jensen: High sticking2 min
  2. P3 4:16TORAlexander Kerfoot: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 10:36WSHLars Eller: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 17:58TORMichael Bunting: Roughing2 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 SOG0WSH
49% to win51% to win
← TOR attackWSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Matthews won the faceoff against Strome
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORWSH
36Shots on goal28
3.7Expected goals2.6
74Shot attempts44
26Faceoffs won17
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
17Hits37
10Blocked shots18
9Giveaways9
5Takeaways5

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 – Matthews11:56

    xG 1.39–0.70 (66%)attempts 17–10goals 1–1

  2. Kerfoot – Engvall – Kampf8:34

    xG 0.87–0.58 (60%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  3. Anderson – Aston-Reese – Holmberg6:48

    xG 0.22–0.16 (57%)attempts 7–5goals 0–2

  4. Tavares – Marner – Malgin11:58

    xG 0.31–0.56 (35%)attempts 11–11goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodie – Timmins13:23

    xG 0.92–0.59 (61%)attempts 18–10goals 2–1

  2. Giordano – Liljegren2:42

    xG 0.39–0.10 (79%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Giordano – Holl12:01

    xG 0.82–0.55 (60%)attempts 13–12goals 0–2

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestKuznetsov – Mantha – Milano9:48

    xG 0.73–0.59 (55%)attempts 12–6goals 3–1

  2. Ovechkin – Sheary – Strome11:34

    xG 0.59–0.57 (51%)attempts 11–14goals 0–0

  3. Johansson – Kuznetsov – Protas3:04

    xG 0.16–0.16 (50%)attempts 3–5goals 1–0

  4. Oshie – Johansson – Protas5:45

    xG 0.24–0.28 (46%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOrlov – Jensen18:04

    xG 1.30–0.81 (62%)attempts 19–18goals 1–0

  2. Carlson – Gustafsson15:15

    xG 0.80–1.11 (42%)attempts 14–16goals 3–1

  3. Irwin – van Riemsdyk13:25

    xG 0.24–1.00 (19%)attempts 6–21goals 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.

WSH 2.6 xGTOR 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 53/100 · #692 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.19 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 67% of the time.

WSH winsTOR wins

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

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