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Tue, Jan 9, 2024·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

San Jose Sharks 1, Toronto Maple Leafs 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 84% of the time.

TOR winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS0518010123
TOR216219311746

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:48TORMorgan RiellyAssists: William Nylander, TJ Brodie · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:22TORAuston MatthewsPPGWGAssists: Mitch Marner, William Nylander · Slap, 0.06 xG0–2
  3. P2 0:54TORMitch MarnerAssists: Jake McCabe, Timothy Liljegren · Tip-in, 0.05 xG0–3
  4. P2 2:06TORPontus HolmbergAssists: Bobby McMann, David Kampf · Poke, 0.09 xG0–4
  5. P2 7:21SJSHenry ThrunPPAssists: Mikael Granlund, Anthony Duclair · Tip-in, 0.07 xG1–4
  6. P3 1:27TORJake McCabeAssists: Mitch Marner, Simon Benoit · Snap, 0.11 xG1–5
  7. P3 4:00TORMitch MarnerPPAssists: Morgan Rielly, William Nylander · Wrist, 0.33 xG1–6
  8. P3 5:54TORNick RobertsonPPAssists: Matthew Knies, Jake McCabe · Snap, 0.09 xG1–7
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 17:05SJSAlexander Barabanov: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P2 5:41TORSimon Benoit: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P3 3:07SJSScott Sabourin: High sticking double minor4 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSTOR
23Shots on goal46
1.8Expected goals4.0
39Shot attempts89
24Faceoffs won38
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
49Hits19
22Blocked shots7
3Giveaways4
5Takeaways4

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.

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. Hoffman – Sabourin – Carpenter4:33

    xG 0.06–0.03 (65%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Hoffman – Hertl – Eklund5:45

    xG 0.21–0.34 (38%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  3. Hertl – Zadina – Eklund5:17

    xG 0.22–0.44 (33%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

  4. Sabourin – Carpenter – Zadina4:13

    xG 0.00–0.25 (0%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Burroughs – Addison11:48

    xG 0.47–0.57 (45%)attempts 9–19goals 0–0

  2. Ferraro – Addison2:20

    xG 0.00–0.28 (0%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  3. Rutta – Thrun14:07

    xG 0.46–0.77 (37%)attempts 11–19goals 0–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestMarner – Matthews – Knies11:19

    xG 0.83–0.20 (81%)attempts 21–4goals 2–0

  2. Jarnkrok – Domi – Robertson12:13

    xG 0.60–0.28 (68%)attempts 17–6goals 0–0

  3. Tavares – Bertuzzi – Nylander11:38

    xG 0.83–0.69 (54%)attempts 23–14goals 1–0

  4. Kampf – Holmberg – McMann10:56

    xG 0.23–0.22 (51%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Liljegren13:18

    xG 0.43–0.20 (68%)attempts 21–4goals 0–0

  2. McCabe – Benoit13:31

    xG 0.55–0.45 (55%)attempts 13–12goals 1–0

  3. Brodie – Rielly15:56

    xG 0.70–0.60 (54%)attempts 23–16goals 1–0

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 4.0 xGSJS 1.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORSJS

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 SJS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #1157 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.53 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 84% of the time.

TOR winsSJS wins

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

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