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Mon, Mar 2, 2026·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Philadelphia Flyers 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 55% of the time.

TOR winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
PHI1140415022325
TOR1701119041231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:22TORDakota JoshuaAssists: Matias Maccelli · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:38PHIChristian DvorakPPAssists: Noah Cates, Denver Barkey · Wrist, 0.23 xG1–1
  3. P3 14:42PHINoah CatesAssists: Bobby Brink · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P3 17:30TORWilliam NylanderPPAssists: John Tavares, Matthew Knies · Snap, 0.11 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. TOR William Nylander scored
  2. 2. PHI Matvei Michkov scored
  3. 3. TOR Auston Matthews stopped
  4. 4. PHI Trevor Zegras scored
  5. 5. TOR Max Domi stopped
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 3:36TOREaston Cowan: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 12:01TORNicolas Roy: Interference2 min
  3. P1 13:00PHIMatvei Michkov: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P1 16:47TORBrandon Carlo: Holding2 min · PPG
  5. P3 0:40PHIRasmus Ristolainen: Holding2 min
  6. P3 15:37PHIDenver Barkey: Tripping2 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHITOR
25Shots on goal31
2.5Expected goals2.9
53Shot attempts58
22Faceoffs won32
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
19Hits26
14Blocked shots16
17Giveaways13
8Takeaways4

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.

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestCates – Brink – Michkov10:34

    xG 0.53–0.23 (70%)attempts 11–12goals 1–0

  2. Deslauriers – Hathaway – Grundstrom4:45

    xG 0.08–0.01 (94%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Dvorak – Tippett – Zegras12:32

    xG 0.24–0.30 (44%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  4. Couturier – Grebenkin – Barkey5:35

    xG 0.00–0.21 (0%)attempts 2–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRistolainen – Drysdale2:16

    xG 0.28–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  2. Ristolainen – Sanheim18:41

    xG 0.39–0.35 (53%)attempts 14–15goals 0–0

  3. Seeler – Andrae5:24

    xG 0.08–0.22 (26%)attempts 10–4goals 0–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestLaughton – Lorentz – Cowan5:56

    xG 0.26–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Joshua – Roy – Maccelli8:32

    xG 0.30–0.14 (69%)attempts 7–12goals 1–0

  3. Tavares – Domi – Knies10:02

    xG 0.16–0.06 (71%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  4. Nylander – Matthews – McMann14:57

    xG 0.44–0.62 (41%)attempts 14–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkman-Larsson – Myers10:12

    xG 0.29–0.02 (95%)attempts 12–5goals 1–0

  2. Ekman-Larsson – Rielly4:43

    xG 0.06–0.10 (40%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  3. Rielly – Carlo12:02

    xG 0.34–0.39 (47%)attempts 10–14goals 0–1

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 2.9 xGPHI 2.5 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORPHI

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 PHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 69/100 · #466 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.92 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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 55% of the time.

TOR winsPHI wins

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

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