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Fri, Feb 24, 2023·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Minnesota Wild 1, Toronto Maple Leafs 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 59% of the time.

TOR winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
MIN160120700125
TOR190100312224

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:10MINBrandon DuhaimeAssists: Frederick Gaudreau · Snap, 0.30 xG1–0
  2. P1 16:07TORDavid KampfAssists: William Nylander, Mark Giordano · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. OT 1:05TORWilliam NylanderGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.32 xG1–2
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 7:15MINMathew Dumba: Tripping2 min
  2. P3 12:31MINJake Middleton: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 16:18TORMitch Marner: Tripping2 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.

MIN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINTOR
25Shots on goal24
2.8Expected goals2.3
65Shot attempts55
15Faceoffs won37
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
42Hits27
18Blocked shots26
13Giveaways14
9Takeaways10

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.

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestGaudreau – Greenway – Duhaime8:20

    xG 0.64–0.17 (79%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  2. Zuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov12:39

    xG 0.55–0.46 (55%)attempts 21–9goals 0–1

  3. Foligno – Eriksson Ek – Boldy10:39

    xG 0.38–0.35 (52%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  4. Reaves – Shaw – Dewar8:25

    xG 0.00–0.28 (0%)attempts 1–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Dumba19:06

    xG 1.05–0.33 (76%)attempts 24–12goals 0–0

  2. Spurgeon – Middleton19:39

    xG 1.02–0.67 (61%)attempts 24–17goals 1–0

  3. Mermis – Addison9:38

    xG 0.24–0.56 (30%)attempts 8–12goals 0–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestKerfoot – Acciari – Aston-Reese6:15

    xG 0.22–0.07 (76%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. O'Reilly – Tavares – Marner10:21

    xG 0.46–0.42 (52%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  3. Jarnkrok – Kerfoot – Kampf4:44

    xG 0.09–0.13 (41%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  4. Nylander – Bunting – Matthews11:24

    xG 0.40–0.71 (36%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Brodie – Holl2:54

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  2. Brodie – Timmins12:57

    xG 0.32–0.45 (42%)attempts 9–17goals 0–0

  3. Holl – Rielly14:56

    xG 0.22–0.50 (31%)attempts 9–13goals 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 2.3 xGMIN 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORMIN

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 MIN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 21/100 · #1109 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.08 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 35% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +17 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 59% of the time.

TOR winsMIN wins

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

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