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Tue, Jan 7, 2025·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Toronto Maple Leafs 3, Philadelphia Flyers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 82% of the time.

PHI winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR022718317
PHI11019013232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:19PHITravis KonecnyAssists: Sean Couturier, Cam York · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:19TORJohn TavaresPPAssists: Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:14PHITravis KonecnyAssists: Noah Cates · Backhand, 0.17 xG1–2
  4. P2 7:55TORAuston MatthewsAssists: Mitch Marner, John Tavares · Snap, 0.21 xG2–2
  5. P3 13:21TORMatthew KniesGWGAssists: Morgan Rielly, Philippe Myers · Tip-in, 0.07 xG3–2
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 4:47PHIJoel Farabee: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 4:47TORConnor Dewar: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 10:55PHIJamie Drysdale: Holding2 min
  4. P1 16:22PHIOwen Tippett: Boarding2 min
  5. P2 0:24PHICam York: High sticking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 5:16TORMitch Marner: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 5:54PHITyson Foerster: High sticking2 min
  8. P2 11:10TORDavid Kampf: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 14:34TORMax Pacioretty: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  10. P3 19:12TORMatthew Knies: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 19:47PHIJamie Drysdale: 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.

TOR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
43% to win57% to win
← TOR attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Frost won the faceoff against Domi
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORPHI
17Shots on goal32
1.9Expected goals3.9
50Shot attempts66
30Faceoffs won26
4Power plays4
13Penalty minutes15
31Hits15
13Blocked shots17
17Giveaways13
6Takeaways3

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. Marner – Matthews – Knies10:17

    xG 0.36–0.31 (53%)attempts 14–7goals 1–0

  2. Tavares – Nylander – McMann9:06

    xG 0.26–0.33 (45%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

  3. Pacioretty – Domi – Lorentz10:37

    xG 0.24–0.33 (42%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  4. Reaves – Kampf – Dewar4:56

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkman-Larsson – Tanev14:13

    xG 0.62–0.39 (61%)attempts 20–13goals 0–0

  2. Ekman-Larsson – Rielly2:11

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  3. Myers – Benoit2:05

    xG 0.00–0.05 (2%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestKonecny – Tippett – Poehling10:33

    xG 0.64–0.42 (61%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Laughton – Frost – Michkov5:34

    xG 0.13–0.01 (93%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Cates – Brink – Foerster8:18

    xG 0.28–0.34 (45%)attempts 4–11goals 0–1

  4. Couturier – Hathaway – Farabee4:44

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanheim – York15:01

    xG 0.61–0.26 (70%)attempts 12–15goals 1–1

  2. Ristolainen – Zamula13:27

    xG 0.42–0.46 (48%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

  3. Seeler – Drysdale12:03

    xG 0.33–0.63 (34%)attempts 11–12goals 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.

PHI 3.9 xGTOR 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHITOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 47/100 · #694 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.49 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +39 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 82% of the time.

PHI winsTOR wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).