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Tue, Jan 6, 2026·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Florida Panthers 1, Toronto Maple Leafs 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 72% of the time.

TOR winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA0409119132
TOR182916423

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:36TOREaston CowanAssists: Nick Robertson, Nicolas Roy · Snap, 0.27 xG0–1
  2. P2 0:42TORMatthew KniesGWGAssists: Troy Stecher, John Tavares · Tip-in, 0.07 xG0–2
  3. P2 4:01TORAuston MatthewsAssists: Matthew Knies, Matias Maccelli · Snap, 0.18 xG0–3
  4. P3 11:38FLACarter VerhaegheUnassisted · Snap, 0.04 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:52TORBobby McMannENAssists: Nicolas Roy · Backhand, 0.79 xG1–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 5:24FLAEvan Rodrigues: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 11:14TOREaston Cowan: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 14:21TORMax Domi: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 14:21FLAAaron Ekblad: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 19:59TORMorgan Rielly: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 2:15TORPhilippe Myers: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P3 6:05FLADonovan Sebrango: Hooking2 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
47% to win53% to win
← FLA attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lundell won the faceoff against Tavares
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLATOR
32Shots on goal23
2.5Expected goals3.9
75Shot attempts48
28Faceoffs won30
3Power plays2
9Penalty minutes11
31Hits21
10Blocked shots18
12Giveaways14
8Takeaways2

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestKunin – Gregor – Boqvist5:03

    xG 0.38–0.19 (66%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Verhaeghe – Bennett – Greer3:16

    xG 0.10–0.01 (88%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0

  3. Rodrigues – Boqvist – Samoskevich2:50

    xG 0.03–0.07 (28%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Greer – Rodrigues – Samoskevich7:32

    xG 0.30–0.41 (42%)attempts 12–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMikkola – Balinskis9:32

    xG 0.55–0.25 (69%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  2. Petry – Mikkola4:51

    xG 0.13–0.00 (99%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Sebrango – Balinskis3:23

    xG 0.05–0.05 (50%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestJarnkrok – Laughton – Lorentz7:16

    xG 0.48–0.15 (76%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  2. Roy – Robertson – Cowan8:04

    xG 0.41–0.19 (68%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

  3. Tavares – Maccelli – Knies9:46

    xG 0.47–0.36 (57%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

  4. Domi – Matthews – McMann10:54

    xG 0.28–0.34 (45%)attempts 6–18goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRielly – Carlo12:38

    xG 0.67–0.31 (69%)attempts 11–15goals 1–0

  2. Myers – Benoit10:14

    xG 0.34–0.13 (72%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  3. Ekman-Larsson – Stecher14:20

    xG 0.43–0.41 (51%)attempts 9–14goals 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 3.9 xGFLA 2.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 24/100 · #1064 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.67 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 72% of the time.

TOR winsFLA wins

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

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