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Sat, Nov 11, 2023·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Vancouver Canucks 2, Toronto Maple Leafs 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 54% of the time.

TOR winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN212011010233
TOR1421325522

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:43VANJ.T. MillerPPAssists: Quinn Hughes, Elias Pettersson · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:37TORMatthew KniesAssists: Tyler Bertuzzi, Max Domi · Wrist, 0.28 xG1–1
  3. P1 15:48VANPius SuterPPAssists: Anthony Beauvillier, Filip Hronek · Backhand, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P2 4:53TORWilliam NylanderAssists: John Tavares, Tyler Bertuzzi · Snap, 0.14 xG2–2
  5. P2 14:22TORNoah GregorGWGAssists: Morgan Rielly, Bobby McMann · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–3
  6. P3 4:56TORNick RobertsonAssists: Max Domi · Backhand, 0.24 xG2–4
  7. P3 9:13TORDavid KampfAssists: Noah Gregor, Bobby McMann · Wrist, 0.21 xG2–5
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 0:41TORMatthew Knies: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 4:45TORMark Giordano: Instigator2 min · PPG
  3. P1 4:45VANDakota Joshua: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 4:45TORMark Giordano: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 4:45TORMark Giordano: Instigator misconduct10 min
  6. P1 6:36VANTyler Myers: Cross checking2 min
  7. P1 14:12TORMax Domi: Instigator2 min · PPG
  8. P1 14:12VANIan Cole: Fighting5 min
  9. P1 14:12TORMax Domi: Fighting5 min
  10. P1 14:12TORMax Domi: Instigator misconduct10 min
  11. P2 1:17TORTJ Brodie: Tripping2 min
  12. P2 5:43TORMark Giordano: Holding2 min
  13. P2 7:20TORMatthew Knies: Too many men on the ice2 min
  14. P2 11:04VANIlya Mikheyev: Slashing2 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANTOR
33Shots on goal22
3.5Expected goals3.2
66Shot attempts54
25Faceoffs won23
6Power plays2
14Penalty minutes42
28Hits27
12Blocked shots17
8Giveaways9
10Takeaways7

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestJoshua – Garland – Suter8:45

    xG 1.20–0.13 (90%)attempts 21–4goals 0–0

  2. Pettersson – Mikheyev – Kuzmenko7:05

    xG 0.54–0.32 (63%)attempts 8–6goals 0–2

  3. Lafferty – Beauvillier – Hoglander6:35

    xG 0.11–0.04 (73%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Miller – Di Giuseppe – Boeser8:53

    xG 0.11–0.57 (16%)attempts 9–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Myers – Soucy13:08

    xG 0.42–0.43 (49%)attempts 19–7goals 0–1

  2. Cole – Friedman6:23

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 3–5goals 0–1

  3. Cole – Myers2:50

    xG 0.02–0.11 (15%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestTavares – Bertuzzi – Nylander9:53

    xG 0.77–0.11 (87%)attempts 10–12goals 1–0

  2. Marner – Matthews – Knies8:25

    xG 0.17–0.27 (38%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Gregor – Kampf – McMann8:46

    xG 0.38–0.49 (44%)attempts 8–11goals 2–0

  4. Jarnkrok – Domi – Robertson6:16

    xG 0.24–0.74 (25%)attempts 1–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Klingberg2:14

    xG 0.14–0.05 (75%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Brodie – Rielly10:37

    xG 0.68–0.60 (53%)attempts 11–12goals 3–0

  3. Brodie – Klingberg2:03

    xG 0.13–0.07 (67%)attempts 3–2goals 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 3.2 xGVAN 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 57/100 · #614 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.50 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 33% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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, Vancouver Canucks win this game 54% of the time.

TOR winsVAN wins

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

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