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Thu, Oct 31, 2024·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Seattle Kraken 1, Toronto Maple Leafs 4

Expected result

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

TOR winsSEA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SEA0110915125
TOR11426110430

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:55TORMatthew KniesAssists: Mitch Marner, Auston Matthews · Snap, 0.21 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:39TORWilliam NylanderGWGAssists: Morgan Rielly, John Tavares · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P2 9:24TORWilliam NylanderAssists: John Tavares, Max Pacioretty · Snap, 0.24 xG0–3
  4. P3 16:32SEAEeli TolvanenAssists: Ryker Evans, Matty Beniers · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:17TORAuston MatthewsENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.46 xG1–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 5:31TORAuston Matthews: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 6:53SEAMatty Beniers: Holding2 min
  3. P2 4:02TORMatthew Knies: Holding the stick2 min
  4. P2 16:47TORWilliam Nylander: Closing hand on puck2 min
  5. P3 8:36SEAAdam Larsson: Interference2 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.

SEA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
43% to win57% to win
← SEA attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Matthews won the faceoff against Beniers
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SEATOR
25Shots on goal30
1.5Expected goals4.1
52Shot attempts62
24Faceoffs won30
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
30Hits34
22Blocked shots15
18Giveaways22
5Takeaways6

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.

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestSchwartz – Bjorkstrand – Wright4:51

    xG 0.39–0.13 (76%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Bjorkstrand – Tolvanen – Wright4:02

    xG 0.19–0.01 (94%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Schwartz – Stephenson – Burakovsky3:28

    xG 0.04–0.11 (28%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  4. Gourde – Tanev – Kartye8:40

    xG 0.04–0.17 (18%)attempts 4–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Oleksiak – Borgen14:52

    xG 0.65–0.65 (50%)attempts 16–17goals 0–2

  2. Mahura – Fleury9:01

    xG 0.17–0.30 (37%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0

  3. Larsson – Evans15:54

    xG 0.18–0.79 (19%)attempts 14–15goals 0–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestPacioretty – Tavares – Nylander10:42

    xG 0.82–0.14 (85%)attempts 14–8goals 1–0

  2. Marner – Matthews – Knies11:35

    xG 0.29–0.16 (64%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

  3. Lorentz – Kampf – Holmberg3:59

    xG 0.18–0.05 (77%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Domi – Robertson – McMann8:16

    xG 0.17–0.18 (49%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTanev – McCabe14:44

    xG 0.68–0.16 (81%)attempts 15–11goals 1–0

  2. Ekman-Larsson – Rielly13:31

    xG 0.66–0.38 (64%)attempts 15–14goals 1–0

  3. Timmins – Benoit10:59

    xG 0.04–0.48 (8%)attempts 7–14goals 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 4.1 xGSEA 1.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORSEA

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 SEA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 22/100 · #1020 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.57 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
SEA 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 winsSEA wins

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

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