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Mon, Oct 16, 2023·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Chicago Blackhawks 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 74% of the time.

TOR winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI0931319431
TOR07112017136

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:59CHIMacKenzie EntwistleAssists: Andreas Athanasiou, Boris Katchouk · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P2 5:14TORJohn TavaresAssists: William Nylander, Mark Giordano · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:46CHICorey PerryGWGAssists: Alex Vlasic, Seth Jones · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P2 17:05CHITyler JohnsonPPAssists: Andreas Athanasiou, Kevin Korchinski · Wrist, 0.21 xG3–1
  5. P3 19:54CHITaylor RaddyshENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.43 xG4–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 13:48CHIMacKenzie Entwistle: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 14:23TORMitch Marner: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 19:38CHIConnor Murphy: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 19:38TORNoah Gregor: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 6:13TORTyler Bertuzzi: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 15:22TORTyler Bertuzzi: High sticking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 7:11TORJohn Klingberg: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 11:52CHIMacKenzie Entwistle: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 19:46CHIJason Dickinson: Cross checking2 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
46% to win54% to win
← CHI attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Matthews won the faceoff against Bedard
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHITOR
31Shots on goal36
3.1Expected goals4.7
61Shot attempts90
22Faceoffs won37
4Power plays3
11Penalty minutes13
42Hits27
28Blocked shots23
13Giveaways5
5Takeaways7

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestHall – Donato – Bedard13:12

    xG 0.66–0.44 (60%)attempts 18–17goals 0–0

  2. Athanasiou – Katchouk – Entwistle5:09

    xG 0.45–0.28 (62%)attempts 9–4goals 1–0

  3. Perry – Foligno – Dickinson9:51

    xG 0.24–0.32 (43%)attempts 5–16goals 1–1

  4. Johnson – Raddysh – Reichel6:48

    xG 0.52–0.60 (46%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJones – Vlasic15:57

    xG 0.97–0.65 (60%)attempts 22–21goals 2–0

  2. Jones – Kaiser2:06

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  3. Zaitsev – Korchinski2:07

    xG 0.05–0.06 (45%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestTavares – Jarnkrok – Nylander7:28

    xG 0.53–0.13 (80%)attempts 18–6goals 1–0

  2. Domi – Knies – Minten5:54

    xG 0.19–0.14 (57%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Bertuzzi – Marner – Matthews12:53

    xG 0.58–0.56 (51%)attempts 17–17goals 0–0

  4. Reaves – Gregor – Kampf4:46

    xG 0.11–0.37 (23%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Liljegren7:17

    xG 0.32–0.04 (89%)attempts 12–3goals 1–0

  2. Brodie – Rielly13:14

    xG 0.43–0.18 (70%)attempts 14–15goals 0–0

  3. Giordano – Klingberg2:51

    xG 0.35–0.22 (61%)attempts 7–2goals 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 4.7 xGCHI 3.1 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORCHI

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 CHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 34/100 · #892 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.14 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 74% of the time.

TOR winsCHI wins

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

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