Vancouver Canucks vs. Toronto Maple LeafsMay 1, 2021

FinalSaturday, May 1, 2021· Scotiabank Arena

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Toronto Maple LeafsTOR

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	1	0	0	1		VAN	11	12	4	27
TOR	1	1	3	5		TOR	6	10	14	30

: VAN 55TOR 44
: VAN 2.75TOR 2.86
PP goals: VAN 0TOR 0
Hits: VAN 23TOR 25
Blocks: VAN 6TOR 13
PIM: VAN 2TOR 2
: VAN 58%TOR 42%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Toronto Maple Leafs rout Vancouver Canucks 5–1

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Vancouver Canucks 5–1 at home. Auston Matthews (TOR) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Auston Matthews (TOR) played 15:52, −5:48 down on his 21:40 season average over 51 games.

Points
Auston Matthews had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:52.Matthews
Points
Mitch Marner had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:37.Marner
Usage
Auston Matthews (TOR) played 15:52, −5:48 down on his 21:40 season average over 51 games.Matthews
Luck
TOR scored 5 goals on 2.86 expected goals (44 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Mitch Marner (TOR) played 17:37, −4:54 down on his 22:31 season average over 54 games.Marner
New line
New look for VAN: Boyd–Vesey–MacEwen skated 8:24 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Boyd Vesey MacEwen
New line
New look for VAN: Sutter–Hawryluk–Highmore skated 6:55 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sutter Hawryluk Highmore
Luck
VAN scored 1 goal on 2.75 expected goals (55 attempts), well short of its chances.

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← VAN attacks left (bottom on phones)TOR attacks right (top on phones) →

TOR
VAN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 99 of 99 attempts · TOR 44 · VAN 55

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

TOR
VAN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

TOR pressure
VAN pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: VAN 25% of the game, TOR 34%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

TOR

VAN

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	VAN	TOR
	55	50
	2.41	2.62
	2.24	2.52
	10	8
	6	5
	35	34
	+0.020	−0.019
	25%	34%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Vancouver Canucks

L1Miller – Boeser – Hoglander
11:4637% CF
L2Pearson – Horvat – Lind
9:4842% CF
L3Boyd – Vesey – MacEwen
8:2463% CF
L4Sutter – Hawryluk – Highmore
6:5563% CF
D1Hamonic – Hughes
15:1950% CF
D2Myers – Schmidt
15:1346% CF
D3Edler – Chatfield
13:3965% CF

PP1Miller – Horvat – Boeser – Hughes – Hoglander
1:34100% CF
PP2Myers – Boyd – Miller – Pearson – Schmidt
0:18
PK1FMiller – Vesey
1:01
PK2FPearson – Highmore
0:37
PK1DEdler – Myers
1:23
PK2DHamonic – Chatfield
0:37

Current VAN line combinations →

Toronto Maple Leafs

L1Foligno – Marner – Matthews
11:5557% CF
L2Tavares – Galchenyuk – Nylander
11:2856% CF
L3Simmonds – Kerfoot – Mikheyev
10:4145% CF
L4Thornton – Spezza – Brooks
9:4838% CF
D1Muzzin – Holl
15:3733% CF
D2Brodie – Rielly
14:5962% CF
D3Dermott – Sandin
6:4854% CF

PP1Tavares – Rielly – Nylander – Marner – Matthews
1:24100% CF
PP2Thornton – Spezza – Simmonds – Kerfoot – Sandin
0:36
PK1FSpezza – Marner
0:37
PK2FFoligno – Kerfoot
0:23
PK1DBrodie – Dermott
0:23
PK2DHoll – Rielly
0:15

Current TOR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

13:28
VANTanner Pearson (Quinn Hughes, Bo Horvat)wrist0.02 xG
VAN: Hamonic, Pearson, Horvat, MacEwen, HughesTOR: Tavares, Galchenyuk, Rielly, Nylander, Dermott
VAN 1 – 0 TOR
15:24
TORAuston Matthews (Mitch Marner, Nick Foligno)wrist0.11 xG
VAN: Myers, Miller, Schmidt, Boeser, HoglanderTOR: Foligno, Muzzin, Brodie, Marner, Matthews
VAN 1 – 1 TOR

2nd period

3:50
TORAuston Matthews (Mitch Marner)wrist0.22 xG
VAN: Edler, Sutter, Hawryluk, Highmore, ChatfieldTOR: Foligno, Dermott, Marner, Matthews, Sandin
VAN 1 – 2 TOR

3rd period

4:55
TORAdam Brooks (Justin Holl, Jason Spezza)tip-in0.07 xG
VAN: Myers, Pearson, Schmidt, Horvat, MacEwenTOR: Thornton, Spezza, Muzzin, Holl, Brooks
VAN 1 – 3 TOR
11:39
TORAlex Galchenyuk (William Nylander, John Tavares)backhand0.06 xG
VAN: Sutter, Myers, Highmore, MacEwen, HughesTOR: Muzzin, Tavares, Galchenyuk, Nylander, Dermott
VAN 1 – 4 TOR
18:00
TORJoe ThorntonEN (Travis Dermott, Morgan Rielly)wrist0.63 xG
VAN: Edler, Myers, Boyd, Pearson, Vesey, LindTOR: Thornton, Tavares, Rielly, Nylander, Dermott
VAN 1 – 5 TOR

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
J.T. Miller C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.30	1	0	0	20:22	—	—	42	50
Brock Boeser R	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.53	2	1	0	19:24	—	—	46	51
Nils Hoglander L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.29	0	0	0	17:43	—	—	39	48
Bo Horvat C	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.42	0	0	0	19:23	—	—	54	51
Kole Lind R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	2	1	0	15:42	—	—	53	48
Tanner Pearson L	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.26	0	0	0	13:50	—	—	45	44
Jimmy Vesey L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.24	2	0	0	14:26	—	—	71	51
Zack MacEwen R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	1	0	0	12:35	—	—	57	39
Travis Boyd C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:49	—	—	73	48
Matthew Highmore C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.33	2	0	0	14:39	—	—	65	52
Brandon Sutter C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.05	2	0	0	12:29	—	—	53	39
Jayce Hawryluk R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	3	0	0	9:11	—	—	67	49
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	22:21	—	—	46	37
Travis Hamonic D	D1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.12	2	0	0	19:04	—	—	52	51
Tyler Myers D	D2	0	0	0	-4	1	0.03	0	1	0	22:23	—	—	44	39
Nate Schmidt D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.10	0	2	2	19:46	—	—	48	53
Alexander Edler D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	2	0	0	18:37	—	—	65	56
Jalen Chatfield D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	1	0	16:29	—	—	67	57

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thatcher Demko(start)	L	29	25	4	.862	2.23	57:47

Toronto Maple Leafs

TOR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mitch Marner R	L1	0	2	2	+2	1	0.12	0	1	0	17:37	—	—	57	65
Auston Matthews C	L1	2	0	2	+2	4	0.58	3	0	0	15:52	—	—	59	65
Nick Foligno L	L1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.11	5	0	0	14:48	—	—	57	60
John Tavares C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.06	2	0	0	16:37	—	—	48	55
William Nylander R	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.36	0	1	0	16:10	—	—	52	64
Alex Galchenyuk C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.23	2	0	0	14:18	—	—	52	60
Alexander Kerfoot C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	1	2	0	16:13	—	—	43	50
Ilya Mikheyev R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	1	0	15:04	—	—	43	52
Wayne Simmonds R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.17	0	2	0	14:18	—	—	42	40
Adam Brooks C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.07	3	0	0	13:19	—	—	38	34
Jason Spezza C	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.17	0	0	0	13:15	—	—	35	32
Joe Thornton C	L4	1	0	1	+2	2	0.69	1	0	0	12:32	—	—	35	32
Jake Muzzin D	D1	0	0	0	+3	1	0.03	3	1	2	21:11	—	—	43	58
Justin Holl D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	1	3	0	19:09	—	—	36	40
TJ Brodie D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	24:00	—	—	59	61
Morgan Rielly D	D2	0	1	1	0	4	0.10	0	2	0	23:54	—	—	53	50
Travis Dermott D	D3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:58	—	—	43	47
Rasmus Sandin D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	3	0	0	13:49	—	—	55	65

TOR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jack Campbell(start)	W	27	26	1	.963	2.75	59:56

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.