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Sat, Nov 2, 2024·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

Toronto Maple Leafs 2, St. Louis Blues 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 62% of the time.

STL winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR11208117237
STL0431416424

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:25TORMitch MarnerAssists: Conor Timmins · Backhand, 0.21 xG1–0
  2. P2 3:29STLColton ParaykoAssists: Nathan Walker, Ryan Suter · Slap, 0.01 xG1–1
  3. P2 8:08STLJordan KyrouUnassisted · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P2 12:33STLColton ParaykoGWGAssists: Ryan Suter, Dylan Holloway · Slap, 0.01 xG1–3
  5. P3 13:52TORSteven LorentzAssists: David Kampf, Jake McCabe · Backhand, 0.19 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:21STLPavel BuchnevichENAssists: Colton Parayko · Wrist, 0.80 xG2–4
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 3:36STLBrayden Schenn: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 3:36TORJake McCabe: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 16:50STLRadek Faksa: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 17:22TORMitch Marner: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 10:33TORMitch Marner: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 11:11STLJake Neighbours: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 11:11TORJake McCabe: Cross checking2 min
  8. P2 14:58TORChris Tanev: Tripping2 min
  9. P2 18:03STLNathan Walker: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 8:21TORAuston Matthews: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 8:50STLJake Neighbours: Slashing2 min
  12. P3 8:50TORPontus Holmberg: Fighting5 min
  13. P3 8:50STLPavel Buchnevich: Fighting5 min
  14. P3 11:20STLPierre-Olivier Joseph: 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 SOG0STL
43% to win57% to win
← TOR attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Matthews won the faceoff against Buchnevich
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORSTL
37Shots on goal24
3.1Expected goals2.4
69Shot attempts46
32Faceoffs won17
4Power plays4
20Penalty minutes20
18Hits17
13Blocked shots17
11Giveaways14
7Takeaways3

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. bestPacioretty – Tavares – Nylander10:30

    xG 0.93–0.18 (84%)attempts 17–6goals 0–1

  2. Marner – Matthews – Knies9:49

    xG 0.52–0.18 (74%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  3. Domi – Holmberg – McMann7:44

    xG 0.32–0.09 (78%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  4. Reaves – Lorentz – Kampf5:22

    xG 0.32–0.14 (69%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcCabe – Timmins2:42

    xG 0.71–0.21 (77%)attempts 6–2goals 1–0

  2. Tanev – McCabe9:14

    xG 0.27–0.15 (65%)attempts 10–4goals 0–1

  3. Ekman-Larsson – Rielly10:57

    xG 0.20–0.20 (50%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. Sundqvist – Walker – Texier4:40

    xG 0.15–0.20 (43%)attempts 2–5goals 1–0

  2. Saad – Buchnevich – Neighbours8:15

    xG 0.14–0.24 (37%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Schenn – Kyrou – Holloway9:45

    xG 0.43–0.70 (38%)attempts 10–14goals 1–0

  4. Faksa – Toropchenko – Bolduc6:44

    xG 0.04–0.31 (10%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJoseph – Kessel7:48

    xG 0.42–0.13 (76%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. Faulk – Joseph3:19

    xG 0.00–0.18 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

  3. Suter – Faulk2:27

    xG 0.00–0.26 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 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.

STL 2.4 xGTOR 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 44/100 · #725 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.20 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 35% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 62% of the time.

STL winsTOR wins

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

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