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Wed, Mar 1, 2023·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Toronto Maple Leafs 2, Edmonton Oilers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 75% of the time.

EDM winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR11106111228
EDM31421107532

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:49EDMConnor McDavidPPAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Wrist, 0.23 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:15TORDavid KampfAssists: Mitch Marner · Snap, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P1 13:53EDMConnor McDavidAssists: Klim Kostin, Zach Hyman · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P1 18:05EDMZach HymanGWGAssists: Mattias Ekholm, Connor McDavid · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–3
  5. P2 8:46EDMKailer YamamotoAssists: Cody Ceci, Darnell Nurse · Tip-in, 0.04 xG1–4
  6. P2 17:12EDMKlim KostinAssists: Ryan McLeod, Warren Foegele · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–5
  7. P3 1:08TORMitch MarnerPPAssists: Morgan Rielly, Auston Matthews · Snap, 0.10 xG2–5
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 3:21TORJake McCabe: Slashing2 min · PPG
  2. P1 5:00EDMConnor McDavid: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 19:29EDMConnor McDavid: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P3 1:55TORSam Lafferty: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 11:07TORJustin Holl: Fighting5 min
  6. P3 11:07EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 12:11TORWilliam Nylander: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 13:34EDMZach Hyman: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 15:16TORWilliam Nylander: Hooking2 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 SOG0EDM
49% to win51% to win
← TOR attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00O'Reilly won the faceoff against McDavid
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TOREDM
28Shots on goal32
1.7Expected goals3.2
51Shot attempts55
35Faceoffs won27
3Power plays4
13Penalty minutes11
22Hits25
13Blocked shots14
6Giveaways11
5Takeaways12

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. bestO'Reilly – Kerfoot – Lafferty2:58

    xG 0.20–0.02 (90%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. O'Reilly – Tavares – Nylander6:36

    xG 0.20–0.18 (53%)attempts 9–5goals 0–1

  3. Lafferty – Acciari – Aston-Reese5:55

    xG 0.20–0.24 (46%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  4. Jarnkrok – Kerfoot – Kampf6:49

    xG 0.07–0.43 (15%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Brodie – McCabe15:47

    xG 0.29–0.48 (38%)attempts 10–16goals 0–0

  2. Giordano – Liljegren10:02

    xG 0.25–0.46 (36%)attempts 7–7goals 0–1

  3. Holl – Rielly14:18

    xG 0.42–0.67 (38%)attempts 14–13goals 1–2

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHyman – McDavid – Ryan5:22

    xG 0.67–0.01 (98%)attempts 11–1goals 1–0

  2. Hyman – Janmark – McDavid5:11

    xG 0.20–0.11 (65%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl – Yamamoto9:51

    xG 0.36–0.27 (57%)attempts 10–9goals 1–1

  4. Janmark – Foegele – McLeod4:12

    xG 0.14–0.06 (71%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCeci – Nurse14:04

    xG 0.58–0.23 (72%)attempts 12–9goals 1–1

  2. Kulak – Desharnais9:50

    xG 0.70–0.39 (64%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  3. Ekholm – Bouchard12:13

    xG 0.39–0.24 (62%)attempts 11–10goals 2–0

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.

EDM 3.2 xGTOR 1.7 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 42/100 · #840 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.98 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 75% of the time.

EDM winsTOR wins

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

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