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Sun, Feb 26, 2023·Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle

Toronto Maple Leafs 5, Seattle Kraken 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 61% of the time.

SEA winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR3201419533
SEA1701505127

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:47SEAVince DunnAssists: Jordan Eberle, Jared McCann · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:58TORMark GiordanoAssists: Timothy Liljegren, William Nylander · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–1
  3. P1 7:06TORJohn TavaresGWGAssists: William Nylander, Justin Holl · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P1 12:51TORTimothy LiljegrenAssists: Mitch Marner, Michael Bunting · Snap, 0.07 xG3–1
  5. P2 4:13TORAuston MatthewsAssists: Mitch Marner · Bat, 0.08 xG4–1
  6. P3 12:31TORAuston MatthewsAssists: Mitch Marner, Michael Bunting · Snap, 0.27 xG5–1
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 15:47SEACarson Soucy: Holding2 min
  2. P2 6:44TORTJ Brodie: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 9:37TORZachary Aston-Reese: Interference2 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 SOG0SEA
49% to win51% to win
← TOR attackSEA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Beniers won the faceoff against Matthews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORSEA
33Shots on goal27
3.5Expected goals2.9
54Shot attempts61
30Faceoffs won12
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
10Hits22
18Blocked shots10
8Giveaways3
12Takeaways12

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. bestBunting – Marner – Matthews10:26

    xG 0.92–0.35 (73%)attempts 16–6goals 3–1

  2. O'Reilly – Tavares – Nylander10:47

    xG 0.42–0.30 (58%)attempts 8–7goals 2–0

  3. Kerfoot – Acciari – Aston-Reese11:19

    xG 0.42–0.34 (56%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

  4. Jarnkrok – Engvall – Kampf12:20

    xG 0.33–0.51 (39%)attempts 6–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodie – Rielly16:01

    xG 1.03–0.36 (74%)attempts 18–12goals 0–1

  2. Brodie – Holl2:13

    xG 0.27–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 1–0

  3. Giordano – Liljegren16:52

    xG 0.55–0.56 (50%)attempts 15–14goals 2–0

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestEberle – McCann – Beniers11:25

    xG 0.42–0.26 (62%)attempts 8–11goals 1–1

  2. Gourde – Bjorkstrand – Tolvanen11:04

    xG 0.29–0.51 (36%)attempts 9–10goals 0–2

  3. Schwartz – Wennberg – Froden11:07

    xG 0.21–0.58 (27%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  4. Donato – Tanev – Geekie7:10

    xG 0.14–0.54 (20%)attempts 4–8goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. Schultz – Soucy12:37

    xG 0.22–0.48 (31%)attempts 9–14goals 0–1

  2. Larsson – Dunn19:04

    xG 0.62–0.94 (40%)attempts 13–15goals 0–3

  3. Oleksiak – Borgen14:48

    xG 0.21–0.77 (22%)attempts 11–16goals 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.

SEA 2.9 xGTOR 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SEATOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 28/100 · #1022 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.92 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50SEA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 61% of the time.

SEA winsTOR wins

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

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