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Sun, Nov 19, 2023·Avicii Arena, StockholmNeutral site

Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Minnesota Wild 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 64% of the time.

MIN winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
TOR214051412425
MIN11101121301336

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:37MINJon MerrillAssists: Marco Rossi, Mats Zuccarello · Snap, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:43TORAuston MatthewsPPAssists: William Nylander, Morgan Rielly · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P1 18:23TORMatthew KniesAssists: Mitch Marner, Mark Giordano · Slap, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P3 4:22TORMorgan RiellyAssists: Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–1
  5. P3 6:10MINJake MiddletonAssists: Marcus Foligno, Joel Eriksson Ek · Slap, 0.06 xG3–2
  6. P3 8:42MINMats ZuccarelloAssists: Brock Faber, Jonas Brodin · Tip-in, 0.10 xG3–3
  7. OT 3:09TORWilliam NylanderGWGAssists: Morgan Rielly · Wrist, 0.24 xG4–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 5:24MINMats Zuccarello: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 12:38MINJared Spurgeon: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 4:11TORJake McCabe: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 9:06TORTJ Brodie: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 14:13TORMitch Marner: 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.

TOR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MIN
46% to win54% to win
← TOR attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Gaudreau
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORMIN
25Shots on goal36
2.3Expected goals3.1
59Shot attempts68
39Faceoffs won25
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
14Hits22
16Blocked shots18
4Giveaways6
4Takeaways7

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 – Nylander14:25

    xG 0.65–0.54 (55%)attempts 16–13goals 0–0

  2. Marner – Matthews – Knies13:28

    xG 0.52–0.46 (53%)attempts 16–10goals 2–1

  3. Jarnkrok – Domi – Robertson5:52

    xG 0.25–0.36 (41%)attempts 7–9goals 0–1

  4. Tavares – Jarnkrok – Nylander2:02

    xG 0.05–0.24 (16%)attempts 1–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodie – Rielly19:26

    xG 0.58–0.50 (53%)attempts 18–15goals 1–2

  2. McCabe – Lagesson2:49

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Lagesson – Benoit8:11

    xG 0.22–0.30 (42%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestZuccarello – Kaprizov – Rossi12:08

    xG 0.91–0.59 (61%)attempts 14–12goals 2–0

  2. Johansson – Gaudreau – Boldy10:00

    xG 0.36–0.22 (62%)attempts 10–7goals 0–2

  3. Maroon – Duhaime – Dewar8:29

    xG 0.39–0.26 (60%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  4. Foligno – Hartman – Eriksson Ek12:12

    xG 0.44–0.38 (54%)attempts 8–13goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBogosian – Merrill12:25

    xG 0.78–0.17 (82%)attempts 17–9goals 1–0

  2. Spurgeon – Middleton15:05

    xG 0.93–0.69 (57%)attempts 14–21goals 1–2

  3. Middleton – Faber3:13

    xG 0.17–0.03 (85%)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.

MIN 3.1 xGTOR 2.3 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 85/100 · #238 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.08 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +31 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 64% of the time.

MIN winsTOR wins

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

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