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Sun, Jan 21, 2024·Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle

Toronto Maple Leafs 3, Seattle Kraken 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 73% of the time.

SEA winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR181919326
SEA061704117

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:06TORAuston MatthewsAssists: Mitch Marner · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P2 2:51TORNick RobertsonGWGAssists: Max Domi, Tyler Bertuzzi · Snap, 0.21 xG2–0
  3. P2 14:03SEAJordan EberleAssists: Jared McCann, Tomas Tatar · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:39TORJake McCabeENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.31 xG3–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 2:14TORSimon Benoit: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 2:14TORConor Timmins: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 2:14SEABrandon Tanev: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 9:12SEABrandon Tanev: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 9:12TORJake McCabe: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 16:59TORMax Domi: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 0:42SEAJamie Oleksiak: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 3:56SEAJustin Schultz: Holding2 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 SOG0SEA
46% to win54% to win
← TOR attackSEA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Matthews won the faceoff against Wennberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORSEA
26Shots on goal17
3.3Expected goals1.9
64Shot attempts50
38Faceoffs won15
2Power plays2
11Penalty minutes11
17Hits24
18Blocked shots16
2Giveaways0
19Takeaways10

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 – Nylander10:11

    xG 0.66–0.17 (79%)attempts 12–13goals 0–0

  2. Marner – Matthews – Knies13:50

    xG 0.58–0.29 (66%)attempts 17–7goals 1–0

  3. Gregor – Kampf – Holmberg7:58

    xG 0.36–0.14 (73%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Jarnkrok – Domi – Robertson6:09

    xG 0.22–0.19 (53%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTimmins – Benoit8:51

    xG 0.75–0.28 (72%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  2. McCabe – Benoit3:52

    xG 0.01–0.01 (55%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. McCabe – Liljegren13:31

    xG 0.54–0.56 (49%)attempts 10–14goals 1–0

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestEberle – Tatar – McCann10:35

    xG 0.80–0.24 (77%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  2. Schwartz – Bjorkstrand – Burakovsky2:02

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  3. Schwartz – Bjorkstrand – Kartye5:35

    xG 0.20–0.14 (58%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  4. Schwartz – Burakovsky – Kartye5:42

    xG 0.30–0.29 (51%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDumoulin – Larsson13:02

    xG 0.67–0.10 (87%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  2. Larsson – Evans2:15

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 3–4goals 0–1

  3. Schultz – Evans11:55

    xG 0.39–0.60 (39%)attempts 11–12goals 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.

SEA 1.9 xGTOR 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SEATOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 20/100 · #1074 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.04 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50SEA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 73% of the time.

SEA winsTOR wins

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

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