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Mon, Mar 17, 2025·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Calgary Flames 2, Toronto Maple Leafs 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 59% of the time.

TOR winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY1607113226
TOR11441213629

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:47TORMax DomiAssists: Simon Benoit, Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Slap, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:13CGYRasmus AnderssonAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Martin Pospisil · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:39TORWilliam NylanderPPAssists: Mitch Marner, Auston Matthews · Slap, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P2 9:34TORNick RobertsonGWGAssists: Max Domi, Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Snap, 0.17 xG1–3
  5. P2 15:41TORAuston MatthewsPPAssists: William Nylander, Mitch Marner · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–4
  6. P2 18:54TORAuston MatthewsPPAssists: Matthew Knies, William Nylander · Snap, 0.20 xG1–5
  7. P3 3:03TORBobby McMannAssists: Morgan Rielly, Calle Jarnkrok · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–6
  8. P3 19:12CGYKevin BahlAssists: Dryden Hunt, Yegor Sharangovich · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–6
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 3:44TORSimon Benoit: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 9:10TORNick Robertson: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  3. P2 0:09CGYNazem Kadri: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 1:53TORNick Robertson: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 14:46CGYMatt Coronato: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  6. P2 18:09CGYBrayden Pachal: Roughing2 min · PPG
  7. P3 12:47TORSimon Benoit: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 12:47TORSimon Benoit: Cross checking2 min
  9. P3 12:47CGYMacKenzie Weegar: Roughing2 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYTOR
26Shots on goal29
2.5Expected goals3.0
71Shot attempts49
15Faceoffs won37
4Power plays3
8Penalty minutes10
31Hits20
10Blocked shots23
9Giveaways18
5Takeaways5

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.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestHunt – Farabee – Sharangovich10:06

    xG 0.33–0.23 (59%)attempts 12–9goals 1–1

  2. Kadri – Huberdeau – Pospisil8:32

    xG 0.47–0.46 (51%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  3. Lomberg – Rooney – Klapka6:51

    xG 0.02–0.34 (7%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Coleman – Frost – Coronato11:05

    xG 0.24–1.07 (19%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAndersson – Bahl14:36

    xG 0.75–0.52 (59%)attempts 16–13goals 2–0

  2. Bean – Pachal13:16

    xG 0.26–0.76 (25%)attempts 14–16goals 0–2

  3. Weegar – Hanley14:42

    xG 0.39–0.91 (30%)attempts 19–10goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestMarner – Matthews – Knies10:01

    xG 0.78–0.04 (95%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  2. Tavares – Nylander – Holmberg10:06

    xG 0.83–0.52 (61%)attempts 10–15goals 0–0

  3. Domi – Robertson – McMann8:55

    xG 0.43–0.22 (66%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  4. Jarnkrok – Laughton – Lorentz8:47

    xG 0.14–0.23 (37%)attempts 4–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestTanev – McCabe12:16

    xG 1.01–0.32 (76%)attempts 16–12goals 0–0

  2. Rielly – Carlo14:46

    xG 0.68–0.52 (57%)attempts 8–18goals 1–0

  3. Ekman-Larsson – Benoit12:56

    xG 0.19–0.52 (27%)attempts 10–14goals 1–1

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 3.0 xGCGY 2.5 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORCGY

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 CGY. Dots are goals.

Excitement 42/100 · #758 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.90 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 59% of the time.

TOR winsCGY wins

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

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