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Sat, Nov 27, 2010·Scotiabank Place, Ottawa

Toronto Maple Leafs 0, Ottawa Senators 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 77% of the time.

OTT winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR08011010029
OTT11121007328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:57OTTAlex KovalevPPGWGAssists: Mike Fisher · Wrist, 0.44 xG0–1
  2. P2 12:51OTTMike FisherAssists: Milan Michalek, Alex Kovalev · Backhand, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P2 19:00OTTMike FisherAssists: Alex Kovalev, Milan Michalek · Snap, 0.23 xG0–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 14:12TORFredrik Sjostrom: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P2 4:40OTTChris Phillips: Holding2 min
  3. P3 4:48OTTMilan Michalek: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 18:44OTTAlex Kovalev: Hooking2 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.

TOR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0OTT
47% to win53% to win
← TOR attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bozak won the faceoff against Spezza
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TOROTT
29Shots on goal28
1.7Expected goals3.3
63Shot attempts53
18Faceoffs won23
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
18Hits17
14Blocked shots21
18Giveaways15
9Takeaways7

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.

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestMacArthur – Grabovski – Kessel5:28

    xG 0.21–0.06 (77%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

  2. Versteeg – Kulemin – Kadri6:17

    xG 0.50–0.41 (55%)attempts 7–3goals 0–1

  3. Kessel – Bozak – Kadri9:11

    xG 0.18–0.18 (50%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  4. MacArthur – Grabovski – Kulemin7:58

    xG 0.33–0.40 (45%)attempts 9–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBeauchemin – Komisarek12:05

    xG 0.71–0.30 (70%)attempts 12–7goals 0–1

  2. Beauchemin – Schenn2:08

    xG 0.04–0.04 (52%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Beauchemin – Gunnarsson4:18

    xG 0.04–0.05 (44%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestAlfredsson – Spezza – Regin11:54

    xG 0.76–0.22 (78%)attempts 11–15goals 0–0

  2. Kovalev – Fisher – Michalek16:03

    xG 0.68–0.41 (62%)attempts 10–16goals 2–0

  3. Ruutu – Shannon – Winchester7:40

    xG 0.27–0.09 (75%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  4. Neil – Kelly – Foligno9:34

    xG 0.33–0.85 (28%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarkner – Campoli12:58

    xG 0.96–0.10 (90%)attempts 16–7goals 0–0

  2. Kuba – Karlsson17:56

    xG 0.75–0.65 (54%)attempts 14–25goals 2–0

  3. Gonchar – Phillips17:44

    xG 0.36–0.79 (31%)attempts 17–15goals 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.

OTT 3.3 xGTOR 1.7 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

OTT's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line OTT is favoured, below it TOR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #1186 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.56 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 77% of the time.

OTT winsTOR wins

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

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