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Tue, Nov 2, 2010·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Ottawa Senators 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 53% of the time.

TOR winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT1112904324
TOR05012218235

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:06OTTMike FisherUnassisted · Wrist, 0.36 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:33OTTSergei GoncharPPAssists: Erik Karlsson, Daniel Alfredsson · Slap, 0.02 xG2–0
  3. P2 9:59OTTErik KarlssonPPGWGAssists: Sergei Gonchar, Nick Foligno · Slap, 0.02 xG3–0
  4. P3 5:15TORNikolay KuleminAssists: Francois Beauchemin, Clarke MacArthur · Snap, 0.27 xG3–1
  5. P3 19:09TORClarke MacArthurPPAssists: Mikhail Grabovski, Kris Versteeg · Snap, 0.25 xG3–2
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 14:24TORMikhail Grabovski: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 17:06TORMike Komisarek: Penalty shot tripping on breakaway0 min
  3. P2 0:35OTTChris Phillips: Holding2 min
  4. P2 2:39OTTJarkko Ruutu: Holding the stick2 min
  5. P2 7:19TORLuca Caputi: Elbowing2 min · PPG
  6. P2 8:23TORColton Orr: Roughing2 min · PPG
  7. P2 11:34TORCarl Gunnarsson: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 14:16OTTJason Spezza: Cross checking2 min
  9. P3 17:57OTTChris Kelly: Hooking2 min · PPG
  10. P3 19:29OTTDavid Hale: Delaying game puck over glass2 min

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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTTOR
24Shots on goal35
2.6Expected goals2.8
47Shot attempts72
25Faceoffs won28
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
20Hits24
18Blocked shots9
21Giveaways17
8Takeaways6

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestRuutu – Neil – Kelly9:53

    xG 0.62–0.24 (72%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

  2. Kovalev – Spezza – Shannon2:42

    xG 0.13–0.02 (88%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Kovalev – Spezza – Regin8:42

    xG 0.18–0.12 (61%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  4. Shannon – Smith – Winchester3:43

    xG 0.02–0.05 (32%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarkner – Campoli12:08

    xG 0.41–0.26 (61%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  2. Carkner – Hale2:44

    xG 0.18–0.17 (51%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  3. Gonchar – Phillips13:38

    xG 0.45–0.45 (50%)attempts 13–16goals 0–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestMacArthur – Grabovski – Kulemin8:49

    xG 0.56–0.32 (63%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  2. Versteeg – Kessel – Bozak5:28

    xG 0.14–0.02 (87%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  3. Orr – Brown – Hanson2:29

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  4. Brent – Versteeg – Brown3:06

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBeauchemin – Komisarek4:51

    xG 0.39–0.02 (95%)attempts 9–2goals 1–0

  2. Kaberle – Beauchemin5:05

    xG 0.24–0.13 (65%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  3. Kaberle – Komisarek2:21

    xG 0.08–0.08 (50%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

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 2.8 xGOTT 2.6 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TOROTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 60/100 · #465 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.80 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 53% of the time.

TOR winsOTT wins

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

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