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Sat, Mar 29, 2025·Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles

Toronto Maple Leafs 3, Los Angeles Kings 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 76% of the time.

LAK winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR0100739326
LAK01311409136

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:57LAKAlex LaferriereAssists: Phillip Danault · Backhand, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P3 0:55TORAuston MatthewsSHAssists: Jake McCabe · Snap, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P3 12:04TORJohn TavaresPPGWGAssists: Auston Matthews, Morgan Rielly · Snap, 0.34 xG2–1
  4. P3 18:35TORJohn TavaresENAssists: Mitch Marner · Wrist, 0.80 xG3–1
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 3:08TORBrandon Carlo: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 3:08LAKJeff Malott: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 15:33TORMax Domi: Holding the stick2 min
  4. P2 4:29TORWilliam Nylander: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 12:13LAKTrevor Moore: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 0:24TORJohn Tavares: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 0:55LAKAndrei Kuzmenko: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
  8. P3 1:35LAKDrew Doughty: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 10:14TORWilliam Nylander: Cross checking2 min
  10. P3 10:14LAKVladislav Gavrikov: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  11. P3 10:44LAKDarcy Kuemper: 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 SOG0LAK
43% to win57% to win
← TOR attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORLAK
26Shots on goal36
4.6Expected goals2.8
50Shot attempts71
34Faceoffs won21
4Power plays3
13Penalty minutes15
26Hits17
14Blocked shots9
11Giveaways8
2Takeaways2

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 – Knies11:19

    xG 0.84–0.51 (62%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  2. Tavares – Nylander – McMann10:55

    xG 0.62–0.42 (59%)attempts 15–13goals 0–0

  3. Lorentz – Kampf – Holmberg6:02

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 0–7goals 0–0

  4. Jarnkrok – Laughton – Domi7:44

    xG 0.18–0.39 (32%)attempts 5–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestTanev – McCabe10:08

    xG 0.78–0.33 (70%)attempts 8–17goals 0–0

  2. Ekman-Larsson – Rielly3:41

    xG 0.18–0.09 (67%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  3. Ekman-Larsson – Benoit9:03

    xG 0.41–0.41 (50%)attempts 8–12goals 0–1

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestFiala – Byfield – Laferriere11:34

    xG 0.42–0.29 (59%)attempts 17–8goals 1–0

  2. Kopitar – Kempe – Kuzmenko11:02

    xG 0.51–0.47 (52%)attempts 18–9goals 0–0

  3. Lewis – Malott – Helenius5:13

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Danault – Foegele – Moore11:06

    xG 0.42–0.66 (39%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGavrikov – Spence10:51

    xG 0.44–0.13 (77%)attempts 18–3goals 1–0

  2. Edmundson – Clarke11:45

    xG 0.53–0.42 (56%)attempts 19–12goals 0–0

  3. Edmundson – Gavrikov3:00

    xG 0.00–0.28 (0%)attempts 0–7goals 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.

LAK 2.8 xGTOR 4.6 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 40/100 · #788 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.36 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 19% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +36 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 76% of the time.

LAK winsTOR wins

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

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