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Sat, Jan 11, 2025·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Vancouver Canucks 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 75% of the time.

TOR winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN191614319
TOR090605020

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:31VANBrock BoeserGWGAssists: Tyler Myers, Elias Pettersson · Tip-in, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P2 18:12VANQuinn HughesUnassisted · Other, 1.00 xG2–0
  3. P3 0:47VANKiefer SherwoodAssists: Quinn Hughes, Tyler Myers · Snap, 0.09 xG3–0
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 2:23VANPius Suter: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 17:47VANTyler Myers: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 14:59VANJ.T. Miller: High sticking2 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANTOR
19Shots on goal20
2.5Expected goals1.3
43Shot attempts55
24Faceoffs won25
0Power plays3
6Penalty minutes0
22Hits11
21Blocked shots14
15Giveaways14
2Takeaways3

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestMiller – Garland – Hoglander9:34

    xG 0.47–0.13 (78%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Boeser – DeBrusk – Pettersson12:40

    xG 0.48–0.25 (66%)attempts 8–13goals 1–0

  3. Heinen – Suter – Sherwood12:16

    xG 0.18–0.24 (43%)attempts 12–12goals 1–0

  4. Di Giuseppe – Blueger – Lekkerimäki8:06

    xG 0.11–0.22 (34%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMyers – Hughes20:14

    xG 0.78–0.17 (82%)attempts 17–20goals 2–0

  2. Soucy – Brisebois12:59

    xG 0.04–0.36 (11%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

  3. Forbort – Juulsen12:33

    xG 0.15–0.59 (20%)attempts 6–18goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestDomi – Robertson – McMann7:45

    xG 0.29–0.00 (100%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. Tavares – Marner – Knies5:31

    xG 0.03–0.00 (98%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  3. Marner – Matthews – Knies8:51

    xG 0.21–0.20 (51%)attempts 10–7goals 0–1

  4. Nylander – Matthews – McMann4:18

    xG 0.06–0.09 (39%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkman-Larsson – Tanev13:01

    xG 0.47–0.24 (66%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  2. Rielly – Myers14:54

    xG 0.43–0.46 (48%)attempts 21–8goals 0–1

  3. Ekman-Larsson – Timmins3:18

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 2–2goals 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 1.3 xGVAN 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 9/100 · #1192 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.74 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 75% of the time.

TOR winsVAN wins

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

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