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Thu, Feb 29, 2024·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Arizona Coyotes 2, Toronto Maple Leafs 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 63% of the time.

TOR winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI09110113232
TOR1821414426

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:04TORMatthew KniesAssists: Mitch Marner · Snap, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:05TORTyler BertuzziAssists: William Lagesson, William Nylander · Tip-in, 0.07 xG0–2
  3. P2 13:12TORAuston MatthewsGWGAssists: William Nylander, Matthew Knies · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–3
  4. P2 14:39ARIAlexander KerfootSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.26 xG1–3
  5. P3 9:52ARILogan CooleyAssists: Matias Maccelli, Juuso Välimäki · Wrist, 0.35 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:00TORWilliam NylanderENAssists: David Kampf · Wrist, 0.43 xG2–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 17:52ARILiam O'Brien: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 17:52TORRyan Reaves: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 14:16ARIMichael Kesselring: Interference2 min
  4. P2 0:00ARIJason Zucker: Misconduct10 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARITOR
32Shots on goal26
3.0Expected goals3.7
74Shot attempts57
27Faceoffs won27
0Power plays1
17Penalty minutes5
44Hits30
16Blocked shots23
14Giveaways18
6Takeaways9

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. Zucker – Guenther – Cooley8:04

    xG 0.20–0.30 (41%)attempts 11–5goals 0–1

  2. Bjugstad – Crouse – Maccelli13:48

    xG 0.33–0.55 (37%)attempts 12–16goals 0–0

  3. O'Brien – Carcone – McBain8:41

    xG 0.14–0.47 (23%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  4. Kerfoot – Schmaltz – Hayton10:45

    xG 0.30–1.06 (22%)attempts 12–9goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestStecher – Välimäki12:45

    xG 0.85–0.16 (84%)attempts 18–14goals 1–0

  2. Dumba – Moser18:49

    xG 0.68–0.55 (55%)attempts 22–11goals 0–1

  3. Välimäki – Moser2:00

    xG 0.00–0.24 (0%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestTavares – Robertson – McMann9:25

    xG 0.49–0.07 (88%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  2. Marner – Matthews – Knies9:11

    xG 0.41–0.19 (68%)attempts 8–7goals 1–0

  3. Reaves – Kampf – Holmberg7:59

    xG 0.94–0.76 (55%)attempts 10–15goals 0–1

  4. Bertuzzi – Domi – Nylander9:46

    xG 0.24–0.60 (29%)attempts 9–15goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLagesson – Benoit3:41

    xG 0.16–0.01 (92%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Giordano – Lagesson2:19

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. McCabe – Lagesson3:46

    xG 0.16–0.16 (50%)attempts 2–3goals 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.

TOR 3.7 xGARI 3.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORARI

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 ARI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 62/100 · #540 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.84 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 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 63% of the time.

TOR winsARI wins

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

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