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Thu, Oct 24, 2024·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

St. Louis Blues 5, Toronto Maple Leafs 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 75% of the time.

TOR winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL2911028527
TOR010117014141

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:07STLPhilip BrobergAssists: Jordan Kyrou, Pavel Buchnevich · Slap, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:31STLDylan HollowayPPGWGAssists: Brandon Saad · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–0
  3. P2 6:20TOROliver Ekman-LarssonAssists: Morgan Rielly, John Tavares · Slap, 0.01 xG2–1
  4. P2 7:58STLAlexandre TexierAssists: Jordan Kyrou, Pavel Buchnevich · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–1
  5. P3 3:45STLJake NeighboursAssists: Brayden Schenn · Wrist, 0.07 xG4–1
  6. P3 16:42STLDylan HollowayENAssists: Justin Faulk · Wrist, 0.73 xG5–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 4:42STLRyan Suter: Interference2 min
  2. P1 9:01TORJake McCabe: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 11:31STLJake Neighbours: Holding2 min
  4. P2 16:51STLJustin Faulk: Holding2 min
  5. P3 4:10STLJake Neighbours: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 4:10TORMatthew Knies: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 12:11STLScott Perunovich: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 19:28TORMax Domi: Cross checking2 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
43% to win57% to win
← STL attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Holloway won the faceoff against Domi
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLTOR
27Shots on goal41
2.6Expected goals4.1
43Shot attempts85
19Faceoffs won41
2Power plays4
10Penalty minutes6
24Hits21
23Blocked shots8
15Giveaways14
4Takeaways4

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. bestBuchnevich – Kyrou – Texier11:23

    xG 0.59–0.33 (64%)attempts 11–14goals 2–0

  2. Schenn – Saad – Neighbours9:51

    xG 0.60–0.76 (44%)attempts 11–17goals 1–0

  3. Faksa – Sundqvist – Toropchenko6:58

    xG 0.00–0.17 (1%)attempts 1–9goals 0–0

  4. Kapanen – Joseph – Holloway7:37

    xG 0.09–0.33 (22%)attempts 7–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Suter – Parayko18:00

    xG 0.69–0.67 (51%)attempts 14–25goals 1–0

  2. Joseph – Perunovich8:25

    xG 0.18–0.17 (52%)attempts 5–7goals 0–1

  3. Faulk – Broberg15:05

    xG 0.14–0.86 (14%)attempts 9–26goals 1–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestReaves – Kampf – Holmberg9:09

    xG 0.35–0.10 (79%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  2. Tavares – Lorentz – Robertson6:24

    xG 0.38–0.19 (67%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

  3. Domi – Lorentz – Robertson3:35

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  4. Domi – Nylander – McMann7:12

    xG 0.11–0.13 (46%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkman-Larsson – Rielly12:34

    xG 0.79–0.46 (63%)attempts 15–10goals 1–0

  2. Tanev – Rielly2:14

    xG 0.15–0.02 (90%)attempts 4–1goals 0–1

  3. Tanev – McCabe12:24

    xG 0.48–0.35 (58%)attempts 17–10goals 0–2

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 4.1 xGSTL 2.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 30/100 · #915 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.02 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 75% 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).