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Thu, Jan 5, 2023·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Seattle Kraken 5, Toronto Maple Leafs 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 75% of the time.

TOR winsSEA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SEA03412111526
TOR0911206127

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 7:02SEAEeli TolvanenPPAssists: Vince Dunn, Jared McCann · Slap, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P2 10:54TORJohn TavaresPPAssists: Mitch Marner, Auston Matthews · Tip-in, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:08SEAVince DunnGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P2 13:50SEAJared McCannAssists: Jaden Schwartz, Vince Dunn · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–1
  5. P2 17:25SEAMatty BeniersAssists: Jordan Eberle, Andre Burakovsky · Wrist, 0.04 xG4–1
  6. P3 2:57SEAAlexander WennbergAssists: Yanni Gourde, Brandon Tanev · Backhand, 0.10 xG5–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 18:24SEAJustin Schultz: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 1:17SEAJordan Eberle: Holding2 min
  3. P2 5:30TORMorgan Rielly: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 7:51SEAYanni Gourde: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  5. P3 0:26TORMark Giordano: Holding2 min
  6. P3 14:42SEAJamie Oleksiak: High sticking2 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.

SEA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SEATOR
26Shots on goal27
1.5Expected goals2.9
46Shot attempts56
21Faceoffs won28
2Power plays5
10Penalty minutes4
32Hits27
12Blocked shots13
8Giveaways13
13Takeaways12

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.

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestSprong – Tanev – Geekie6:52

    xG 0.24–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Schwartz – Wennberg – McCann7:14

    xG 0.09–0.06 (59%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  3. Gourde – Bjorkstrand – Tolvanen8:28

    xG 0.29–0.39 (43%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  4. Eberle – Burakovsky – Beniers10:48

    xG 0.17–0.76 (19%)attempts 9–15goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Dunn16:19

    xG 0.65–0.45 (59%)attempts 22–7goals 1–0

  2. Soucy – Borgen10:03

    xG 0.32–0.33 (50%)attempts 9–11goals 2–0

  3. Schultz – Oleksiak13:54

    xG 0.17–1.25 (12%)attempts 6–19goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestNylander – Bunting – Matthews9:04

    xG 0.57–0.36 (61%)attempts 14–8goals 0–1

  2. Hunt – Aston-Reese – Holmberg5:10

    xG 0.20–0.09 (69%)attempts 2–5goals 0–1

  3. Hunt – Aston-Reese – Kampf3:21

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Kerfoot – Engvall – Kampf4:22

    xG 0.09–0.15 (37%)attempts 7–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodie – Rielly11:05

    xG 1.10–0.18 (86%)attempts 17–8goals 0–0

  2. Rielly – Sandin3:08

    xG 0.26–0.04 (87%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Brodie – Liljegren2:32

    xG 0.09–0.02 (80%)attempts 1–1goals 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 2.9 xGSEA 1.5 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORSEA

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 SEA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 38/100 · #892 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.29 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
SEA 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 75% of the time.

TOR winsSEA wins

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

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