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Wed, Jan 3, 2024·Honda Center, Anaheim

Toronto Maple Leafs 2, Anaheim Ducks 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 89% of the time.

ANA winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
TOR01801512212257
ANA091100702128

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 11:41ANAFrank VatranoSHAssists: Mason McTavish, Jamie Drysdale · Backhand, 0.19 xG0–1
  2. P3 14:17TORJohn TavaresPPAssists: Morgan Rielly, William Nylander · Snap, 0.43 xG1–1
  3. OT 2:12TORAuston MatthewsGWGAssists: Mitch Marner, Morgan Rielly · Snap, 0.30 xG2–1
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 3:00ANAJamie Drysdale: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 6:37ANAIlya Lyubushkin: Instigator2 min
  3. P2 6:37TORBobby McMann: Boarding5 min
  4. P2 6:37TORBobby McMann: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 6:37ANAIlya Lyubushkin: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 6:37TORBobby McMann: Game misconduct10 min
  7. P2 6:37ANAIlya Lyubushkin: Instigator misconduct10 min
  8. P2 10:57ANAAlex Killorn: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 15:17ANATrevor Zegras: Too many men on the ice2 min
  10. P3 0:44TORSimon Benoit: High sticking2 min
  11. P3 8:05ANAFrank Vatrano: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 8:05TORTyler Bertuzzi: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 9:25ANAMax Jones: Slashing2 min
  14. P3 12:55ANAJamie Drysdale: Cross checking2 min · PPG

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 SOG0ANA
46% to win54% to win
← TOR attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Henrique won the faceoff against Matthews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORANA
57Shots on goal28
6.0Expected goals2.6
104Shot attempts44
42Faceoffs won29
5Power plays2
24Penalty minutes29
16Hits20
12Blocked shots24
12Giveaways13
2Takeaways9

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. bestMarner – Matthews – Knies10:43

    xG 1.14–0.61 (65%)attempts 21–5goals 0–0

  2. Tavares – Bertuzzi – Nylander9:15

    xG 0.42–0.40 (52%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

  3. Gregor – Kampf – McMann5:35

    xG 0.10–0.09 (54%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Jarnkrok – Domi – Holmberg4:03

    xG 0.06–0.05 (55%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Liljegren8:50

    xG 0.48–0.06 (89%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  2. McCabe – Benoit10:59

    xG 0.64–0.44 (59%)attempts 20–9goals 0–0

  3. Rielly – Liljegren2:19

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestKillorn – Vatrano – McTavish11:48

    xG 0.55–0.28 (66%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  2. Henrique – Jones – Zegras9:55

    xG 0.79–0.81 (49%)attempts 6–15goals 0–0

  3. Silfverberg – Carrick – Groulx5:19

    xG 0.03–0.16 (17%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  4. McGinn – Lundeström – Leason8:04

    xG 0.02–0.63 (2%)attempts 7–20goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLaCombe – Drysdale13:28

    xG 0.53–0.31 (63%)attempts 12–16goals 0–0

  2. Lyubushkin – Mintyukov7:51

    xG 0.11–0.32 (25%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

  3. Fowler – Vaakanainen14:53

    xG 0.54–1.07 (34%)attempts 9–22goals 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.

ANA 2.6 xGTOR 6.0 xG
0123456P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANATOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 54/100 · #664 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.67 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 14% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +33 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 89% of the time.

ANA winsTOR wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).