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Tue, Oct 28, 2025·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Calgary Flames 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 60% of the time.

TOR winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY1918112329
TOR011216210437

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:33CGYMorgan FrostAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Nazem Kadri · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P2 3:13TORMax DomiAssists: Steven Lorentz, Matias Maccelli · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P2 17:55CGYJoel FarabeeAssists: Justin Kirkland, Rasmus Andersson · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P2 19:25TORMatthew KniesAssists: William Nylander · Wrist, 0.24 xG2–2
  5. P3 3:45TORMatthew KniesPPUnassisted · Wrist, 0.25 xG2–3
  6. P3 14:49CGYSamuel HonzekAssists: Mikael Backlund · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–3
  7. P3 17:56TORMax DomiGWGAssists: Matthew Knies, John Tavares · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 9:11TOROliver Ekman-Larsson: Holding2 min
  2. P1 11:06CGYConnor Zary: Interference2 min
  3. P1 14:02CGYMatt Coronato: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P1 16:06CGYJonathan Huberdeau: Slashing2 min
  5. P1 18:31TOROliver Ekman-Larsson: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 3:33CGYJoel Hanley: High sticking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 5:40TORMatthew Knies: 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
47% to win53% 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
29Shots on goal37
2.8Expected goals3.4
55Shot attempts62
26Faceoffs won26
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
20Hits18
10Blocked shots15
30Giveaways16
3Takeaways8

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. bestKadri – Huberdeau – Frost12:52

    xG 0.79–0.15 (84%)attempts 16–6goals 1–0

  2. Kirkland – Lomberg – Coronato3:10

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Farabee – Sharangovich – Zary7:11

    xG 0.34–0.28 (55%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  4. Backlund – Coleman – Honzek9:09

    xG 0.38–0.65 (37%)attempts 8–10goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeegar – Bean14:34

    xG 0.98–0.27 (79%)attempts 17–8goals 1–1

  2. Hanley – Parekh5:57

    xG 0.52–0.31 (63%)attempts 11–7goals 1–1

  3. Weegar – Hanley2:14

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestTavares – Maccelli – Knies8:22

    xG 0.19–0.10 (65%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Nylander – Matthews – McMann9:58

    xG 0.42–0.62 (40%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

  3. Domi – Lorentz – Robertson8:54

    xG 0.36–0.66 (35%)attempts 6–11goals 0–2

  4. Joshua – Roy – Cowan5:43

    xG 0.04–0.42 (8%)attempts 5–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRielly – Myers12:00

    xG 0.64–0.56 (53%)attempts 16–11goals 0–1

  2. McCabe – Carlo12:17

    xG 0.68–0.60 (53%)attempts 12–13goals 2–0

  3. Ekman-Larsson – Benoit8:01

    xG 0.36–0.29 (56%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

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 3.4 xGCGY 2.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 89/100 · #158 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.40 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +48 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 60% 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).