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Sat, Jan 10, 2026·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Vancouver Canucks 0, Toronto Maple Leafs 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 61% of the time.

TOR winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN0150806029
TOR3611216524

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:03TORMatias MaccelliPPGWGAssists: William Nylander, Auston Matthews · Deflected, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:31TORMax DomiAssists: Troy Stecher · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–2
  3. P1 19:40TORWilliam NylanderAssists: Steven Lorentz, Brandon Carlo · Backhand, 0.15 xG0–3
  4. P2 13:07TORJohn TavaresAssists: William Nylander · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–4
  5. P3 19:46TORNick RobertsonPPUnassisted · Snap, 0.21 xG0–5
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 1:38TORNick Robertson: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 7:27VANAatu Räty: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P1 10:24TORAuston Matthews: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 13:01TOREaston Cowan: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P1 17:01TOREaston Cowan: Roughing2 min
  6. P1 17:01VANNils Hoglander: Cross checking2 min
  7. P1 17:21TORJake McCabe: High sticking2 min
  8. P1 19:57VANDrew O'Connor: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 7:24TORMorgan Rielly: Interference2 min
  10. P2 14:00VANMarcus Pettersson: Fighting5 min
  11. P2 14:00TORMax Domi: Fighting5 min
  12. P3 8:30TORTroy Stecher: Tripping2 min
  13. P3 12:27VANElias Pettersson: Interference2 min
  14. P3 18:51VANKiefer Sherwood: Roughing2 min · PPG

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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANTOR
29Shots on goal24
3.2Expected goals2.6
71Shot attempts44
17Faceoffs won39
6Power plays4
15Penalty minutes19
19Hits15
10Blocked shots20
17Giveaways16
7Takeaways4

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestKane – Hoglander – Räty5:06

    xG 0.68–0.00 (100%)attempts 10–1goals 0–0

  2. Kampf – Sherwood – O'Connor5:59

    xG 0.38–0.03 (93%)attempts 14–1goals 0–0

  3. Boeser – Pettersson – Ohgren2:14

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  4. DeBrusk – Pettersson – Karlsson3:45

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMyers – Pettersson4:07

    xG 0.49–0.09 (84%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Myers – Buium9:21

    xG 0.35–0.24 (59%)attempts 13–5goals 0–1

  3. Pettersson – Willander6:37

    xG 0.05–0.04 (57%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestTavares – Nylander – Maccelli8:54

    xG 0.50–0.07 (88%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

  2. Domi – Matthews – Knies7:22

    xG 0.15–0.09 (64%)attempts 11–5goals 1–0

  3. Laughton – Lorentz – McMann7:14

    xG 0.12–0.30 (29%)attempts 4–13goals 0–0

  4. Roy – Robertson – Cowan7:36

    xG 0.03–0.55 (6%)attempts 2–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRielly – Carlo9:29

    xG 0.39–0.18 (68%)attempts 9–9goals 1–0

  2. Stecher – Benoit13:27

    xG 0.48–0.47 (50%)attempts 8–18goals 1–0

  3. Ekman-Larsson – Rielly3:07

    xG 0.25–0.35 (42%)attempts 4–3goals 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.

TOR 2.6 xGVAN 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 7/100 · #1257 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.66 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +13 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 61% of the time.

TOR winsVAN wins

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

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