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Mon, Feb 2, 2026·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Calgary Flames 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 61% of the time.

CGY winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR1321118422
CGY07210013230

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:35TORWilliam NylanderAssists: John Tavares · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:17TORMatias MaccelliAssists: William Nylander · Snap, 0.18 xG2–0
  3. P2 9:10TORTroy StecherGWGAssists: William Nylander, Auston Matthews · Backhand, 0.13 xG3–0
  4. P2 13:15CGYNazem KadriAssists: Joel Farabee, Joel Hanley · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–1
  5. P2 15:46CGYJoel FarabeeAssists: Nazem Kadri, MacKenzie Weegar · Tip-in, 0.09 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:35TORBobby McMannENAssists: Scott Laughton, Brandon Carlo · Wrist, 0.70 xG4–2
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 8:11TORJoseph Woll: Holding the stick2 min
  2. P2 8:11CGYMikael Backlund: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 17:46TORMatthew 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.

TOR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CGY
47% to win53% to win
← TOR attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Frost
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORCGY
22Shots on goal30
2.6Expected goals2.1
52Shot attempts70
28Faceoffs won17
0Power plays1
4Penalty minutes2
14Hits20
27Blocked shots17
15Giveaways18
7Takeaways3

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. bestTavares – Nylander – Maccelli13:51

    xG 0.79–0.41 (66%)attempts 17–9goals 2–2

  2. Jarnkrok – Laughton – Lorentz7:23

    xG 0.12–0.11 (54%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  3. Roy – Robertson – Knies9:28

    xG 0.25–0.43 (36%)attempts 9–15goals 0–0

  4. Domi – Matthews – McMann12:00

    xG 0.14–0.73 (16%)attempts 8–21goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Myers – Benoit14:29

    xG 0.28–0.24 (54%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0

  2. Ekman-Larsson – Stecher13:19

    xG 0.53–0.69 (44%)attempts 13–21goals 1–1

  3. McCabe – Carlo16:33

    xG 0.22–0.77 (22%)attempts 13–20goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestBacklund – Sharangovich – Coronato12:52

    xG 0.88–0.22 (80%)attempts 23–11goals 0–0

  2. Kadri – Farabee – Zary10:16

    xG 0.51–0.25 (68%)attempts 16–10goals 2–0

  3. Kadri – Farabee – Klapka2:06

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  4. Lomberg – Pospisil – Klapka6:19

    xG 0.01–0.26 (2%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWhitecloud – Bahl17:30

    xG 0.93–0.17 (84%)attempts 26–8goals 0–0

  2. Hanley – Parekh12:56

    xG 0.26–0.39 (40%)attempts 14–14goals 1–0

  3. Weegar – Kuznetsov14:15

    xG 0.49–0.69 (41%)attempts 13–13goals 1–2

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.

CGY 2.1 xGTOR 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 63/100 · #545 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.06 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50CGY 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 61% of the time.

CGY winsTOR wins

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

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