Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Vancouver CanucksMar 6, 2021

FinalSaturday, Mar 6, 2021· Rogers Arena

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Toronto Maple LeafsTOR

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Vancouver CanucksVAN

4

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
TOR	1	1	0	2		TOR	15	11	13	39
VAN	1	0	3	4		VAN	9	14	8	31

: TOR 73VAN 56
: TOR 3.13VAN 2.88
PP goals: TOR 0VAN 2
Hits: TOR 14VAN 20
Blocks: TOR 14VAN 22
PIM: TOR 4VAN 2
: TOR 44%VAN 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks beat Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2

Vancouver Canucks beat Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 at home. J.T. Miller (VAN) led the scoring with 1G 2A. VAN's first power-play unit (Miller, Pearson, Horvat, Boeser and Hughes) scored 2 power-play goals on 5 attempts in 2:01 together.

Points
Brock Boeser had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 20:48.Boeser
Points
J.T. Miller had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 22:42.Miller
Points
Bo Horvat had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:32.Horvat
PP1
VAN's first power-play unit (Miller, Pearson, Horvat, Boeser and Hughes) scored 2 power-play goals on 5 attempts in 2:01 together.Miller Pearson Horvat Boeser Hughes
Goalie
Thatcher Demko (VAN) faced 39 shots and stopped 37 (.949), +6 against a season average of 33.3; the win.Demko
Usage
Nate Schmidt (VAN) played 16:24, −3:46 down on his 20:10 season average over 53 games.Schmidt
Usage
Jimmy Vesey (TOR) played 9:03, −3:44 down on his 12:47 season average over 49 games.Vesey
Usage
Jake Virtanen (VAN) played 17:22, +5:15 up on his 12:07 season average over 37 games.Virtanen

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

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

VAN
TOR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 129 of 129 attempts · VAN 56 · TOR 73

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VAN
TOR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: TOR 35% of the game, VAN 36%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

VAN

TOR

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	TOR	VAN
	77	58
	3.26	2.63
	3.10	2.61
	8	8
	0	2
	10	14
	−0.069	+0.069
	35%	36%

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.

Toronto Maple Leafs

L1Thornton – Marner – Matthews
13:1567% CF
L2Tavares – Kerfoot – Nylander
12:4257% CF
L3Hyman – Engvall – Mikheyev
9:4865% CF
L4Spezza – Boyd – Vesey
7:0447% CF
D1Brodie – Rielly
18:5250% CF
D2Muzzin – Holl
16:0565% CF
D3Bogosian – Dermott
11:2671% CF

PP1Tavares – Boyd – Rielly – Marner – Matthews
1:2750% CF
PP2Spezza – Muzzin – Holl – Hyman – Nylander
0:15
PK1FHyman – Marner
0:47
PK2FKerfoot – Mikheyev
0:39
PK1DBogosian – Brodie
1:06
PK2DMuzzin – Holl
0:55

Current TOR line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1Pearson – Horvat – Virtanen
13:5232% CF
L2Miller – Boeser – Hoglander
12:5258% CF
L3Sutter – Gaudette – Michaelis
8:1616% CF
L4Beagle – Roussel – Hawryluk
5:5960% CF
D1Hamonic – Hughes
18:5657% CF
D2Myers – Benn
15:3634% CF
D3Edler – Schmidt
13:5241% CF

PP1Miller – Pearson – Horvat – Boeser – Hughes
2:01100% CF
PK1FBeagle – Miller
1:11
PK2FSutter – Pearson
0:47
PK1DEdler – Myers
1:15
PK2DBenn – Schmidt
0:43

Current VAN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:39
VANBrock BoeserPP (J.T. Miller, Bo Horvat)deflected0.21 xG
TOR: Bogosian, Brodie, Hyman, MarnerVAN: Miller, Pearson, Horvat, Boeser, Hughes
TOR 0 – 1 VAN
15:56
TORJohn Tavares (Alexander Kerfoot, Justin Holl)slap0.14 xG
TOR: Muzzin, Tavares, Holl, Kerfoot, NylanderVAN: Sutter, Hamonic, Gaudette, Hughes, Michaelis
TOR 1 – 1 VAN

2nd period

3:04
TORJimmy Vesey (TJ Brodie, Jason Spezza)snap0.13 xG
TOR: Spezza, Brodie, Boyd, Rielly, VeseyVAN: Beagle, Myers, Benn, Hawryluk, Michaelis
TOR 2 – 1 VAN

3rd period

8:49
VANBo HorvatPP (Brock Boeser, J.T. Miller)deflected0.13 xG
TOR: Bogosian, Brodie, Kerfoot, MikheyevVAN: Miller, Pearson, Horvat, Boeser, Hughes
TOR 2 – 2 VAN
9:31
VANJ.T. Miller (Brock Boeser, Alexander Edler)wrist0.01 xG
TOR: Thornton, Brodie, Rielly, Engvall, MarnerVAN: Hamonic, Miller, Horvat, Boeser, Hughes
TOR 2 – 3 VAN
16:53
VANNils Hoglander (Nate Schmidt)wrist0.44 xG
TOR: Muzzin, Tavares, Holl, Hyman, MarnerVAN: Benn, Schmidt, Horvat, Boeser, Hoglander
TOR 2 – 4 VAN

Box score

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

Toronto Maple Leafs

TOR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mitch Marner R	L1	0	0	0	-2	5	0.35	0	1	0	21:31	—	—	56	48
Auston Matthews C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.41	1	0	2	21:27	—	—	65	77
Joe Thornton C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	1	0	0	14:41	—	—	61	89
John Tavares C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.17	0	3	0	18:18	—	—	53	43
William Nylander R	L2	0	0	0	+1	6	0.47	0	0	2	16:45	—	—	61	58
Alexander Kerfoot C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	2	0	0	16:37	—	—	54	54
Zach Hyman L	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.44	1	0	0	16:23	—	—	67	48
Ilya Mikheyev R	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.32	1	1	0	13:56	—	—	64	55
Pierre Engvall L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	13:25	—	—	54	50
Jason Spezza C	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.20	0	0	0	10:22	—	—	53	61
Travis Boyd C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	1	0	0	9:21	—	—	47	58
Jimmy Vesey L	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.36	0	2	0	9:03	—	—	41	58
Morgan Rielly D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	1	0	25:05	—	—	49	55
TJ Brodie D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.05	0	3	0	23:11	—	—	48	65
Justin Holl D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	19:49	—	—	63	43
Jake Muzzin D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	1	0	19:26	—	—	65	49
Travis Dermott D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	15:46	—	—	63	61
Zach Bogosian D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	1	0	14:33	—	—	64	66

TOR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Frederik Andersen(start)	L	31	27	4	.871	2.88	58:20

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Bo Horvat C	L1	1	1	2	+2	4	0.43	1	2	0	20:32	—	—	44	56
Tanner Pearson L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	1	2	0	20:11	—	—	32	27
Jake Virtanen R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	5	1	0	17:22	—	—	33	26
J.T. Miller C	L2	1	2	3	+1	4	0.19	3	1	0	22:42	—	—	61	58
Brock Boeser R	L2	1	2	3	+2	2	0.42	1	0	0	20:48	—	—	62	68
Nils Hoglander L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.84	0	0	0	15:09	—	—	62	69
Brandon Sutter C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	0	1	0	15:34	—	—	16	7
Adam Gaudette R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	0	1	0	10:47	—	—	18	9
Marc Michaelis L	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:42	—	—	18	8
Jay Beagle C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	1	0	0	9:33	—	—	57	68
Antoine Roussel L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	9:25	—	—	50	75
Jayce Hawryluk R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	2	0	0	8:16	—	—	53	67
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	21:54	—	—	56	54
Travis Hamonic D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	2	4	0	21:15	—	—	57	55
Tyler Myers D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	1	3	0	21:24	—	—	30	21
Jordie Benn D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	1	2	0	17:35	—	—	34	46
Alexander Edler D	D3	0	1	1	0	3	0.04	1	3	0	19:27	—	—	35	24
Nate Schmidt D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:24	—	—	40	50

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thatcher Demko(start)	W	39	37	2	.949	3.13	60:00

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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.