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2025-03-19 · Scotiabank Arena

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TOR beat COL 2–1. TOR lost the expected-goals battle 3.0 to 3.5 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Steven Lorentz scored short-handed at 2:53 of the third, moving TOR’s win probability from 51% to 78%. Joseph Woll saved 2.3 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
39 – 26
Expected goals
3.5 – 3.0
xG share
COL 54%
Home-ice start
TOR 53%

Win probability

The site’s win-probability model, second by second: score, time left and the manpower on the ice. Dots are goals; hover for the swing.

COL goalTOR goal

Expected goals

Running total of each team’s shot quality (unblocked attempts). Dots are goals.

COLTOR

Three stars, by the model

Net goals added in this game versus a league-average player: on-ice goal share, finishing, playmaking, suppression, drawn and taken penalties, faceoffs; goalies by goals saved above expected.

TOR
60:00 TOI
GSAx +2.28
+2.28
TOR
Steven Lorentz
1 G, 0 A · 9:24 TOI
Finishing +0.85
+0.79
COL
58:21 TOI
GSAx +0.75
+0.75

Rough nights

COL
0 G, 0 A · 11:30 TOI
On-ice −0.10 · Playmaking −0.10 · Penalties −0.20
−0.40
TOR
0 G, 0 A · 20:26 TOI
On-ice −0.27 · Playmaking −0.12
−0.38
TOR
0 G, 0 A · 16:08 TOI
On-ice −0.12 · Penalties −0.20
−0.36

Scoring

Win probability of the scoring team just before and after each goal.

TimeTeamGoalCOL–TORWin prob.
P2 0:28 TORAuston MatthewsPP
from Mitch Marner, John Tavares
0–154% → 72%
P2 2:48 COLValeri NichushkinPP
from Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar
1–129% → 47%
P3 2:53 TORSteven LorentzSH
from Simon Benoit
1–251% → 78%

Every player

Show both lineups

COL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Valeri Nichushkin R22:121+0.19+0.12+0.27−0.19+0.00+0.00+0.00
Samuel Girard D16:53+0.10+0.21−0.03−0.08−0.00+0.00+0.00
Erik Johnson D15:48+0.08+0.18−0.03−0.07−0.00+0.00+0.00
Martin Necas C20:42+0.06+0.08−0.16−0.03−0.02+0.20+0.00
Charlie Coyle C14:32+0.00+0.08−0.00−0.06+0.00+0.00−0.01
Ryan Lindgren D17:17−0.01+0.07−0.00−0.08+0.00+0.00+0.00
Joel Kiviranta L7:29−0.01+0.00−0.00−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Sam Malinski D15:28−0.04+0.04−0.09−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Artturi Lehkonen L16:39−0.05+0.03−0.05−0.05+0.02+0.00+0.00
Jonathan Drouin L15:23−0.07−0.02−0.00−0.04−0.01+0.00+0.01
Logan O'Connor R8:22−0.07−0.04−0.00−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Ross Colton C10:33−0.09+0.01−0.05−0.04−0.00+0.00−0.01
Parker Kelly C9:09−0.14−0.06−0.01−0.03+0.00+0.00−0.04
Brock Nelson C19:45−0.15+0.26−0.21−0.14+0.00+0.00−0.06
Nathan MacKinnon C23:261−0.21+0.10−0.50+0.17−0.01+0.00+0.03
Cale Makar D27:201−0.22−0.10−0.13−0.04+0.04+0.00+0.00
Devon Toews D24:05−0.29−0.19−0.06−0.07+0.02+0.00+0.00
Jack Drury C11:30−0.40−0.10−0.00−0.10+0.02−0.20−0.02
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Mackenzie Blackwood G58:21+0.75

TOR

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Steven Lorentz C9:241+0.79−0.05+0.85−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jake McCabe D25:42+0.14+0.08−0.09−0.07+0.01+0.20+0.00
Auston Matthews C22:021+0.12+0.12+0.09−0.11−0.01+0.00+0.02
Mitch Marner R23:221+0.06+0.10−0.12+0.07+0.01+0.00+0.00
John Tavares C15:361−0.02−0.00−0.15+0.04−0.03+0.00+0.12
Pontus Holmberg R8:39−0.04−0.02−0.00−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Morgan Rielly D18:15−0.05−0.02+0.00−0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00
Simon Benoit D13:521−0.07−0.01+0.00−0.08+0.01+0.00+0.00
Nicholas Robertson L9:31−0.10−0.07−0.00−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Chris Tanev D23:41−0.11−0.07−0.00−0.08+0.04+0.00+0.00
Bobby McMann C12:29−0.14+0.06−0.16−0.05+0.01+0.00+0.00
Scott Laughton C11:13−0.14−0.09−0.00−0.03+0.00+0.00−0.02
Max Domi C11:23−0.17−0.12−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00−0.02
Calle Jarnkrok C13:11−0.24−0.25−0.00−0.02+0.03+0.00+0.00
Matthew Knies L19:29−0.24+0.11−0.26−0.10+0.01+0.00+0.00
William Nylander R18:41−0.25−0.09−0.09−0.07−0.01+0.00+0.00
Brandon Carlo D16:08−0.36−0.12−0.02−0.05+0.03−0.20+0.00
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D20:26−0.38−0.27+0.00−0.12+0.01+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Joseph Woll G60:00+2.28

Net goals for one game are noisy: a single goal against on the ice or a lucky finish moves them a lot. See the card guide and Net Goals 101 for how they are built.