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Thu, Oct 26, 2023·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Dallas Stars 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 53% of the time.

DAL winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR1811026424
DAL05116011132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:49TORMorgan RiellyAssists: William Nylander · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P2 11:17DALMason MarchmentAssists: Matt Duchene, Ryan Suter · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 18:07TORMitch MarnerGWGAssists: Auston Matthews, Calle Jarnkrok · Snap, 0.14 xG2–1
  4. P3 5:08TORTyler BertuzziPPAssists: Morgan Rielly, Matthew Knies · Tip-in, 0.14 xG3–1
  5. P3 19:49TORJohn TavaresENUnassisted · Snap, 0.47 xG4–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 7:58TORMitch Marner: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 9:38DALWyatt Johnston: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 3:28DALRoope Hintz: Holding2 min
  4. P3 4:01DALJani Hakanpää: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  5. P3 8:55TORJohn Klingberg: 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 SOG0DAL
46% to win54% to win
← TOR attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Seguin won the faceoff against Tavares
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORDAL
24Shots on goal32
3.5Expected goals3.7
55Shot attempts73
31Faceoffs won26
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
10Hits19
23Blocked shots13
9Giveaways9
7Takeaways10

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. bestTavares – Bertuzzi – Nylander10:24

    xG 0.42–0.27 (61%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  2. Domi – Kampf – Knies6:08

    xG 0.28–0.21 (58%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Reaves – Gregor – Holmberg4:20

    xG 0.03–0.09 (22%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  4. Jarnkrok – Marner – Matthews8:37

    xG 0.33–0.83 (29%)attempts 8–13goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodie – Rielly5:59

    xG 0.14–0.02 (88%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  2. Giordano – Brodie2:20

    xG 0.09–0.10 (48%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Brodie – Liljegren6:13

    xG 0.26–0.29 (47%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestFaksa – Marchment – Dellandrea3:53

    xG 0.42–0.11 (78%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson10:54

    xG 0.46–0.26 (64%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  3. Smith – Faksa – Marchment3:20

    xG 0.20–0.09 (68%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Benn – Dellandrea – Johnston2:48

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Heiskanen15:26

    xG 0.51–0.17 (75%)attempts 19–12goals 0–0

  2. Lindell – Lundkvist8:43

    xG 0.43–0.27 (62%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  3. Hakanpää – Lindell2:00

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 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.

DAL 3.7 xGTOR 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 34/100 · #900 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.13 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 53% of the time.

DAL winsTOR wins

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

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