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Game Recap
TOR4
FinalMon, Feb 2, 2026Every game that night
CGY2

TOR beat CGY 4-2, and the chances backed it up: 2.93 expected goals to 1.98. CGY outshot TOR 30 to 22. W. Nylander led the way with 3 points (1 G, 2 A). M. Coronato had 7 shots on goal against our projection of 2.4. J. Woll stopped 28 of 30.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
TOR1214
CGY0202
  1. 1st 0:35TORW. Nylander0.13 xG
  2. 2nd 7:17TORM. Maccelli0.03 xG
  3. 2nd 9:10TORT. Stecher0.46 xG
  4. 2nd 13:15CGYN. Kadri0.10 xG
  5. 2nd 15:46CGYJ. Farabee0.11 xG
  6. 3rd 19:35TORB. McMannEN0.66 xG

Team Stats

TORCGY
22Shots on goal30
2.93Expected goals1.98
51Shot attempts70
165v5 shots on goal29
0/0Power play0/1
14Hits20
27Blocked shots17
2Penalty minutes2
13Giveaways15
7Takeaways3

Expected goals: the chance each unblocked shot had of going in, by our model, added up.

Expected Goals Over the Game

TOR 2.93 xGCGY 1.98 xGGoal

00.511.522.531st2nd3rdTOR goal, 0:35TOR goal, 7:17TOR goal, 9:10CGY goal, 13:15CGY goal, 15:46TOR goal, 19:35

Each step up is a shot: how likely it was to go in. A team well above the other had the better chances, whatever the score.

Shot Map

TOR21 on goal, 4 scored
CGY30 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

TOR Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
W. NylanderRW123300+1017:000:00
M. MaccelliLW1012000017:330:00
J. TavaresC0111100016:450:00
A. MatthewsC011202+2016:350:00
B. McMannC101121+1014:540:00
S. LaughtonC011210+1014:060:00
N. RoyC0001130015:160:00
M. KniesLW0000100214:450:00
M. DomiC0001010014:280:00
N. RobertsonLW0001100012:150:00
C. JarnkrokC0000010011:210:00
S. LorentzC0000120010:530:00
B. CarloD011012+1021:190:00
T. StecherD101403+1020:080:00
J. McCabeD000015+1023:460:00
S. BenoitD0002340018:560:00
O. Ekman-LarssonD0001020018:310:00
P. MyersD000111+1017:290:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
J. Woll30282.93360:00Win
A. Stolarz000–0:00

CGY Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
N. KadriC1123110019:151:13
J. FarabeeLW1122010015:590:04
M. CoronatoRW000700-1019:271:12
Y. SharangovichC000201-1018:490:41
M. GridinRW000401-3016:241:12
M. BacklundC0002000216:160:46
M. FrostC000101-2015:530:44
C. ZaryC000200+2014:460:46
J. HuberdeauLW000011-2014:260:58
A. KlapkaRW0001520010:430:00
R. LombergLW0000600010:350:00
M. PospisilC000040008:590:02
M. WeegarD011002-1020:591:00
J. HanleyD011003+1016:360:00
K. BahlD000110-1020:590:22
Z. WhitecloudD000201-1020:480:11
Z. ParekhD0001010020:050:49
Y. KuznetsovD000222-1018:200:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
D. Wolf21183.85758:41Loss
D. Cooley000–0:00

Lines at 5-on-5

TOR

Line 2M. Domi14:28A. Matthews15:19B. McMann14:38
Line 3M. Knies12:45N. Roy13:11N. Robertson12:12
Pair 1J. McCabe20:31B. Carlo18:34
Pair 2P. Myers17:29S. Benoit17:39

CGY

Line 2N. Kadri15:44J. Farabee14:07C. Zary12:59
Line 3M. Frost14:35M. Gridin14:23J. Huberdeau13:28
Line 4R. Lomberg10:35M. Pospisil8:57A. Klapka10:43
Pair 1K. Bahl19:38Z. Whitecloud19:38
Pair 2M. Weegar18:55Y. Kuznetsov18:20
Pair 3J. Hanley15:35Z. Parekh17:30

From the NHL's shift charts: the players on the ice together most at 5-on-5, with each one's own 5-on-5 time.

Storylines That Played Out

As Tonight had them before puck drop, with what each player did.

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreTOR 3.3, CGY 3.3TOR 4, CGY 2
Total goals6.56
Shots on goalTOR 27.4, CGY 32.6TOR 22, CGY 30
Win chanceCGY 51%TOR won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
TOR A. Matthews3.921.05142%0
CGY N. Kadri2.930.75226%1
CGY M. Backlund2.720.62021%0
TOR J. Tavares2.610.81131%0
CGY M. Coronato2.470.56022%0
CGY M. Weegar2.300.56113%0
TOR B. McMann2.310.51124%1
CGY Y. Sharangovich2.220.55024%0
TOR W. Nylander2.030.80329%1
TOR M. Knies1.900.67023%0
CGY J. Farabee1.820.39217%1
CGY C. Zary1.820.47018%0
TOR M. Domi1.810.61017%0
CGY J. Huberdeau1.800.65020%0
CGY M. Frost1.710.46016%0
CGY M. Gridin1.740.40016%0
TOR N. Robertson1.710.42019%0
TOR M. Maccelli1.620.54117%1
TOR O. Ekman-Larsson1.410.4408%0
CGY M. Pospisil1.400.2808%0
CGY A. Klapka1.310.31014%0
TOR S. Laughton1.220.31113%0
CGY Y. Kuznetsov1.220.2509%0
CGY K. Bahl1.110.3207%0
TOR T. Stecher1.140.1814%1
CGY Z. Whitecloud1.120.2608%0
CGY R. Lomberg1.100.1808%0
TOR P. Myers1.110.1103%0
TOR N. Roy1.110.36014%0
TOR B. Carlo1.000.1413%0
TOR S. Lorentz1.000.2409%0
TOR J. McCabe1.000.3205%0
CGY Z. Parekh1.010.2207%0
TOR C. Jarnkrok0.900.25012%0
TOR S. Benoit0.620.0902%0
CGY J. Hanley0.600.1313%0

Shots on goal: 21 of 36 players within one of their projection; they took 0.2 fewer than projected on average.

Our projections as they stood at puck drop. One game says little about a model; Model Notes has how it tests over thousands.