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Tue, Feb 13, 2024·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

St. Louis Blues 1, Toronto Maple Leafs 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 90% of the time.

TOR winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL031804115
TOR21009213432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:33TORBobby McMannAssists: Noah Gregor · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:25TORWilliam NylanderGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.27 xG0–2
  3. P2 5:36STLAlexey ToropchenkoAssists: Nathan Walker, Matthew Kessel · Tip-in, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P3 8:02TORBobby McMannAssists: TJ Brodie, Simon Benoit · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:21TORBobby McMannENAssists: Mark Giordano, David Kampf · Wrist, 0.43 xG1–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 3:08TORMax Domi: Interference2 min
  2. P2 10:50TORMatthew Knies: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 18:04STLColton Parayko: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 4:59STLSammy Blais: Tripping2 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.

STL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLTOR
15Shots on goal32
1.5Expected goals4.3
44Shot attempts62
20Faceoffs won29
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
38Hits43
10Blocked shots16
8Giveaways8
6Takeaways14

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.

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. Schenn – Kyrou – Neighbours3:13

    xG 0.20–0.16 (55%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  2. Hayes – Saad – Blais6:30

    xG 0.32–0.29 (52%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Buchnevich – Kapanen – Thomas2:32

    xG 0.00–0.10 (4%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Schenn – Kapanen – Neighbours7:18

    xG 0.03–0.41 (7%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Leddy – Parayko18:46

    xG 0.58–0.73 (44%)attempts 15–17goals 0–1

  2. Scandella – Rosen8:08

    xG 0.15–0.34 (32%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Krug – Kessel16:30

    xG 0.19–1.19 (14%)attempts 9–20goals 0–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestNylander – Matthews – Knies11:30

    xG 0.95–0.16 (85%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  2. Bertuzzi – Domi – Robertson11:00

    xG 1.02–0.55 (65%)attempts 16–12goals 0–0

  3. Reaves – Holmberg – Steeves7:51

    xG 0.57–0.15 (80%)attempts 8–6goals 0–1

  4. Gregor – Kampf – McMann10:10

    xG 0.19–0.20 (49%)attempts 11–7goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodie – Liljegren14:23

    xG 1.03–0.33 (76%)attempts 14–10goals 1–0

  2. Giordano – Lagesson9:46

    xG 0.54–0.11 (83%)attempts 13–6goals 1–0

  3. McCabe – Benoit13:01

    xG 0.63–0.32 (66%)attempts 8–5goals 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 4.3 xGSTL 1.5 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORSTL

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 STL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 28/100 · #975 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.93 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50TOR 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 90% of the time.

TOR winsSTL wins

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

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