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Sat, Oct 28, 2023·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Toronto Maple Leafs 2, Nashville Predators 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 52% of the time.

NSH winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
TOR11211301000235
NSH16190811324

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:32TORWilliam NylanderPPAssists: Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner · Slap, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:05NSHRyan O'ReillyPPAssists: Roman Josi, Filip Forsberg · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P2 12:46TORMark GiordanoAssists: David Kampf · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P2 15:08NSHRyan O'ReillyPPAssists: Filip Forsberg, Luke Evangelista · Tip-in, 0.11 xG2–2
  5. OT 2:13NSHRoman JosiGWGAssists: Luke Evangelista, Tommy Novak · Snap, 0.22 xG2–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 12:46NSHFilip Forsberg: Slashing2 min · PPG
  2. P1 14:11TORTJ Brodie: Roughing2 min · PPG
  3. P1 17:23TORJohn Klingberg: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 14:06TORCalle Jarnkrok: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P2 15:30NSHColton Sissons: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 2:18TORRyan Reaves: Too many men on the ice2 min
  7. P3 7:53NSHAlexandre Carrier: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  8. P3 10:13TORTyler Bertuzzi: Too many men on the ice2 min
  9. P3 11:22NSHTyson Barrie: Tripping2 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 SOG0NSH
46% to win54% to win
← TOR attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sissons won the faceoff against Tavares
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORNSH
35Shots on goal24
2.7Expected goals2.6
69Shot attempts55
32Faceoffs won27
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
20Hits28
13Blocked shots21
12Giveaways11
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.

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestTavares – Bertuzzi – Nylander10:48

    xG 0.66–0.27 (71%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  2. Jarnkrok – Marner – Matthews11:26

    xG 0.42–0.31 (57%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  3. Reaves – Gregor – Holmberg5:18

    xG 0.04–0.11 (28%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Domi – Kampf – Knies9:21

    xG 0.28–0.40 (42%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Liljegren7:08

    xG 0.53–0.26 (67%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  2. Giordano – Klingberg3:33

    xG 0.24–0.02 (91%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0

  3. Brodie – Rielly13:06

    xG 0.47–0.40 (54%)attempts 15–14goals 0–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestNovak – Sherwood – Evangelista8:53

    xG 0.41–0.13 (77%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  2. Sissons – Trenin – Smith9:33

    xG 0.18–0.15 (55%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Nyquist – O'Reilly – Forsberg8:52

    xG 0.31–0.57 (36%)attempts 6–14goals 0–0

  4. Foudy – Tomasino – Parssinen4:56

    xG 0.08–0.36 (17%)attempts 1–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Josi – Barrie2:04

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Barrie – Lauzon10:06

    xG 0.23–0.30 (44%)attempts 7–11goals 0–1

  3. McDonagh – Fabbro2:05

    xG 0.04–0.17 (20%)attempts 3–3goals 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.

NSH 2.6 xGTOR 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 78/100 · #342 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.10 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +22 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 52% of the time.

NSH winsTOR wins

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

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