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Thu, Mar 2, 2023·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Toronto Maple Leafs 2, Calgary Flames 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 50% of the time.

CGY winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR010114110234
CGY1701405126

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:32CGYBlake ColemanSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:36TORMitch MarnerAssists: Auston Matthews, David Kampf · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P3 2:20TORCalle JarnkrokGWGAssists: Morgan Rielly, William Nylander · Tip-in, 0.06 xG2–1
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 1:13CGYJakob Pelletier: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 19:04CGYRasmus Andersson: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 8:10TORMitch Marner: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 12:03TORJustin Holl: 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 SOG0CGY
49% to win51% to win
← TOR attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lindholm won the faceoff against O'Reilly
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORCGY
34Shots on goal26
3.6Expected goals3.6
53Shot attempts56
35Faceoffs won28
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
18Hits20
18Blocked shots8
9Giveaways12
7Takeaways7

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. O'Reilly – Kerfoot – Lafferty2:49

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  2. Lafferty – Acciari – Kampf3:26

    xG 0.06–0.08 (45%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Tavares – Marner – Matthews2:47

    xG 0.31–0.36 (46%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Bunting – Marner – Matthews11:43

    xG 0.79–0.84 (48%)attempts 10–16goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodie – McCabe15:48

    xG 0.70–0.59 (54%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

  2. Giordano – Holl13:41

    xG 0.42–0.31 (57%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0

  3. Schenn – Rielly6:08

    xG 0.70–0.62 (53%)attempts 6–10goals 1–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestLewis – Lucic – Duehr7:23

    xG 0.57–0.31 (65%)attempts 4–7goals 0–1

  2. Backlund – Coleman – Mangiapane14:10

    xG 1.19–0.98 (55%)attempts 17–14goals 0–0

  3. Toffoli – Lindholm – Dube10:17

    xG 0.24–0.30 (44%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

  4. Kadri – Huberdeau – Pelletier12:02

    xG 0.49–0.67 (42%)attempts 11–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeegar – Andersson15:45

    xG 0.76–0.38 (67%)attempts 17–7goals 0–1

  2. Zadorov – Gilbert9:54

    xG 0.70–0.67 (51%)attempts 7–10goals 0–1

  3. Tanev – Hanifin14:42

    xG 0.42–0.70 (37%)attempts 13–14goals 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.

CGY 3.6 xGTOR 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 35/100 · #922 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.22 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 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 50% of the time.

CGY winsTOR wins

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

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