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Thu, Dec 29, 2022·Mullett Arena, Tempe

Toronto Maple Leafs 3, Arizona Coyotes 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 55% of the time.

ARI winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR21319010332
ARI1219412623

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:46ARINick BjugstadUnassisted · Backhand, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:02TORPontus HolmbergPPAssists: Conor Timmins, Pierre Engvall · Tip-in, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P1 12:33TORCalle JarnkrokPPAssists: Conor Timmins, Morgan Rielly · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P2 6:52ARIJakob ChychrunPPAssists: Nick Ritchie, Shayne Gostisbehere · Wrist, 0.25 xG2–2
  5. P2 11:19TORAlexander KerfootAssists: Mark Giordano, Justin Holl · Wrist, 0.15 xG3–2
  6. P3 4:40ARIJ.J. MoserPPAssists: Juuso Välimäki, Barrett Hayton · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–3
  7. P3 13:43ARIJack McBainGWGAssists: Lawson Crouse, Nick Bjugstad · Wrist, 0.25 xG3–4
  8. P3 17:38ARIJack McBainENAssists: Barrett Hayton · Wrist, 0.63 xG3–5
  9. P3 19:11ARIBarrett HaytonENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.53 xG3–6
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 7:21ARIShayne Gostisbehere: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 10:34ARIJuuso Välimäki: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P1 14:34TORJohn Tavares: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 2:41ARIJack McBain: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 2:41TORDryden Hunt: Fighting5 min · PPG
  6. P2 6:46TORMitch Marner: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 9:07ARIBarrett Hayton: Holding2 min
  8. P2 9:07TORMichael Bunting: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 2:41TORConor Timmins: 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.

TOR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ARI
49% to win51% to win
← TOR attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bjugstad won the faceoff against Matthews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORARI
32Shots on goal23
3.1Expected goals3.4
61Shot attempts38
24Faceoffs won29
2Power plays3
13Penalty minutes11
27Hits38
10Blocked shots18
11Giveaways11
4Takeaways5

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 – Matthews14:06

    xG 0.96–0.55 (64%)attempts 21–11goals 0–2

  2. Tavares – Jarnkrok – Marner10:29

    xG 0.20–0.03 (87%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Kerfoot – Engvall – Kampf7:49

    xG 0.25–0.33 (43%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  4. Hunt – Aston-Reese – Holmberg6:59

    xG 0.10–0.39 (21%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodie – Timmins13:23

    xG 0.44–0.05 (90%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. Rielly – Liljegren14:43

    xG 0.91–0.78 (54%)attempts 19–10goals 0–1

  3. Giordano – Holl14:32

    xG 0.37–0.30 (55%)attempts 10–8goals 1–1

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. Bjugstad – Crouse – Carcone8:47

    xG 0.21–0.26 (45%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  2. Ritchie – Fischer – Hayton8:01

    xG 0.10–0.22 (33%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  3. Boyd – Schmaltz – Keller12:09

    xG 0.26–0.50 (34%)attempts 5–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNemeth – Stecher10:33

    xG 0.26–0.15 (63%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  2. Brown – Välimäki2:28

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Välimäki – Moser6:51

    xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 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.

ARI 3.4 xGTOR 3.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARITOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 89/100 · #198 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.10 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 55% of the time.

ARI winsTOR wins

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

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