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Fri, Feb 10, 2023·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Toronto Maple Leafs 3, Columbus Blue Jackets 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 79% of the time.

CBJ winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR114014213341
CBJ0601509030

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:45TORJohn TavaresPPGWGAssists: Mitch Marner, Michael Bunting · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P3 7:49TORPierre EngvallAssists: Morgan Rielly, David Kampf · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–0
  3. P3 8:38TORJohn TavaresAssists: Mitch Marner · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–0
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 2:34TORZachary Aston-Reese: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 5:03CBJMathieu Olivier: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P1 18:37CBJCole Sillinger: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 7:22CBJVladislav Gavrikov: Interference2 min
  5. P2 12:08TORTimothy Liljegren: High sticking double minor4 min
  6. P3 14:38CBJBoone Jenner: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 14:38CBJBoone Jenner: Misconduct10 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 SOG0CBJ
49% to win51% to win
← TOR attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Jenner
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORCBJ
41Shots on goal30
3.8Expected goals2.0
70Shot attempts56
23Faceoffs won33
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes18
6Hits16
14Blocked shots18
3Giveaways4
8Takeaways6

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. bestJarnkrok – Kerfoot – Nylander9:42

    xG 0.80–0.18 (82%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  2. Engvall – Anderson – Kampf9:30

    xG 0.50–0.12 (81%)attempts 13–11goals 1–0

  3. Aston-Reese – Holmberg – Steeves8:25

    xG 0.27–0.17 (61%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  4. Tavares – Bunting – Marner10:19

    xG 0.43–0.61 (41%)attempts 10–15goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Holl12:02

    xG 0.59–0.21 (74%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  2. Liljegren – Sandin12:18

    xG 0.45–0.15 (75%)attempts 17–12goals 1–0

  3. Brodie – Holl2:56

    xG 0.00–0.13 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestGaudreau – Bemstrom – Sillinger3:47

    xG 0.57–0.21 (73%)attempts 4–8goals 0–1

  2. Jenner – Marchenko – Johnson5:35

    xG 0.16–0.03 (85%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Roslovic – Laine – Foudy4:14

    xG 0.25–0.19 (57%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  4. Kuraly – Olivier – Robinson8:24

    xG 0.31–0.25 (55%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudbranson – Berni13:56

    xG 0.71–0.55 (57%)attempts 14–12goals 0–0

  2. Boqvist – Blankenburg8:43

    xG 0.16–0.23 (42%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

  3. Gudbranson – Blankenburg2:11

    xG 0.04–0.30 (10%)attempts 2–4goals 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.

CBJ 2.0 xGTOR 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 10/100 · #1241 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.75 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 79% of the time.

CBJ winsTOR wins

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

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