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Thu, Mar 23, 2023·FLA Live Arena, Sunrise

Toronto Maple Leafs 6, Florida Panthers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 73% of the time.

FLA winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR1103928627
FLA112113010235

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:05TORAuston MatthewsAssists: Mitch Marner, Mark Giordano · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:25FLAMatthew TkachukPPAssists: Brandon Montour, Carter Verhaeghe · Backhand, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:20TORWilliam NylanderAssists: John Tavares · Snap, 0.21 xG2–1
  4. P2 2:57TORAuston MatthewsGWGAssists: Mark Giordano, Justin Holl · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–1
  5. P2 11:43FLANick CousinsAssists: Aleksander Barkov, Josh Mahura · Backhand, 0.06 xG3–2
  6. P2 18:21TORMichael BuntingPPAssists: John Tavares, William Nylander · Wrist, 0.18 xG4–2
  7. P3 14:23TORAlexander KerfootAssists: John Tavares, Jake McCabe · Snap, 0.16 xG5–2
  8. P3 15:49TORMitch MarnerENAssists: David Kampf · Wrist, 0.79 xG6–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 1:55FLAEric Staal: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 6:19FLARyan Lomberg: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P1 13:09TORJohn Tavares: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 4:00TORMichael Bunting: Interference2 min
  5. P2 17:28FLAAaron Ekblad: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 17:59FLAGustav Forsling: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 15:07TORErik Gustafsson: High sticking2 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 SOG0FLA
49% to win51% to win
← TOR attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Barkov won the faceoff against Matthews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORFLA
27Shots on goal35
4.0Expected goals2.6
61Shot attempts58
26Faceoffs won31
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
18Hits26
12Blocked shots18
3Giveaways4
5Takeaways4

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 – Marner – Matthews10:20

    xG 0.65–0.40 (62%)attempts 11–10goals 2–0

  2. Tavares – Nylander – Bunting8:42

    xG 0.62–0.42 (60%)attempts 11–13goals 1–0

  3. Acciari – Aston-Reese – Kampf4:01

    xG 0.10–0.04 (68%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Kerfoot – Lafferty – Acciari4:00

    xG 0.02–0.06 (21%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Holl12:46

    xG 1.24–0.56 (69%)attempts 21–14goals 2–0

  2. Schenn – Gustafsson7:27

    xG 0.56–0.25 (69%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  3. Brodie – McCabe14:32

    xG 0.59–0.44 (57%)attempts 10–11goals 2–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestBarkov – Reinhart – Tkachuk7:23

    xG 0.53–0.22 (70%)attempts 12–5goals 0–1

  2. Staal – Cousins – Lomberg6:04

    xG 0.11–0.09 (56%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. White – Smith – Lundell2:14

    xG 0.03–0.02 (58%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Verhaeghe – Tkachuk – Luostarinen5:13

    xG 0.25–0.34 (42%)attempts 5–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudas – Mahura12:46

    xG 0.54–0.25 (68%)attempts 13–7goals 1–1

  2. Ekblad – Forsling14:31

    xG 0.84–0.92 (48%)attempts 16–15goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Montour14:47

    xG 0.37–1.24 (23%)attempts 12–23goals 0–3

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.

FLA 2.6 xGTOR 4.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLATOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 56/100 · #631 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.42 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50FLA 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, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 73% of the time.

FLA winsTOR wins

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

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