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Sun, Feb 23, 2025·United Center, Chicago

Toronto Maple Leafs 5, Chicago Blackhawks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 89% of the time.

CHI winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR0631727530
CHI11011007227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:49CHITeuvo TeravainenPPAssists: Tyler Bertuzzi, Ryan Donato · Wrist, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:09TORNick RobertsonPPAssists: Max Domi, Bobby McMann · Snap, 0.25 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:45TORJake McCabeAssists: Chris Tanev, Auston Matthews · Slap, 0.01 xG2–1
  4. P2 19:45TORNick RobertsonGWGAssists: Max Domi, Steven Lorentz · Snap, 0.21 xG3–1
  5. P2 19:53CHIPhilipp KurashevAssists: Frank Nazar, Tyler Bertuzzi · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–2
  6. P3 12:07TORChris TanevAssists: Jake McCabe, David Kampf · Wrist, 0.05 xG4–2
  7. P3 18:28TORPontus HolmbergENAssists: William Nylander, John Tavares · Deflected, 0.79 xG5–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 18:22TORChris Tanev: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 5:16CHISeth Jones: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P3 2:46CHICraig Smith: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 18:28CHILandon Slaggert: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 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 SOG0CHI
43% to win57% to win
← TOR attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bedard won the faceoff against Matthews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORCHI
30Shots on goal27
4.1Expected goals1.5
65Shot attempts54
31Faceoffs won20
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
19Hits16
18Blocked shots15
14Giveaways11
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. bestMarner – Matthews – Knies10:34

    xG 0.67–0.15 (81%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  2. Domi – Robertson – McMann8:34

    xG 0.45–0.09 (84%)attempts 17–5goals 0–0

  3. Lorentz – Kampf – Steeves7:32

    xG 0.22–0.01 (97%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Tavares – Nylander – McMann2:31

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkman-Larsson – Rielly16:21

    xG 0.88–0.36 (71%)attempts 21–13goals 1–1

  2. Timmins – Benoit12:44

    xG 0.81–0.42 (66%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  3. Tanev – McCabe17:05

    xG 0.51–0.28 (64%)attempts 18–13goals 2–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestBertuzzi – Kurashev – Nazar10:30

    xG 0.56–0.26 (68%)attempts 15–7goals 1–0

  2. Foligno – Teravainen – Mikheyev11:03

    xG 0.40–0.24 (62%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  3. Maroon – Smith – Bedard2:48

    xG 0.04–0.02 (62%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Donato – Slaggert – Bedard10:11

    xG 0.11–0.37 (22%)attempts 7–12goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestMartinez – Jones12:57

    xG 0.71–0.56 (56%)attempts 16–14goals 1–2

  2. Jones – Vlasic3:28

    xG 0.01–0.19 (7%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Brodie – Allan11:58

    xG 0.15–0.62 (19%)attempts 9–20goals 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.

CHI 1.5 xGTOR 4.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHITOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 55/100 · #579 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.37 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 89% of the time.

CHI winsTOR wins

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

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