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Sat, Apr 2, 2011·Scotiabank Place, Ottawa

Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Ottawa Senators 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 69% of the time.

OTT winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR11116213430
OTT0811017225

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:23TORPhil KesselAssists: Mikhail Grabovski, Clarke MacArthur · Snap, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P2 4:32TORNazem KadriUnassisted · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P2 19:05OTTJason SpezzaAssists: Bobby Butler · Snap, 0.12 xG2–1
  4. P3 3:03OTTJason SpezzaPPAssists: Andre Benoit, Patrick Wiercioch · Slap, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. P3 5:42TORTyler BozakPPGWGAssists: Joffrey Lupul, Carl Gunnarsson · Wrist, 0.40 xG3–2
  6. P3 18:40TORNikolay KuleminAssists: Clarke MacArthur · Snap, 0.17 xG4–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 5:45OTTErik Condra: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 15:13TORJay Rosehill: Cross checking2 min
  3. P3 1:13TORMikhail Grabovski: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P3 3:43OTTJesse Winchester: High sticking2 min · PPG
  5. P3 9:14TORMikhail Grabovski: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 11:44OTTZack Smith: Boarding5 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 20:00Grabovski won the faceoff against Spezza
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TOROTT
30Shots on goal25
3.0Expected goals2.1
58Shot attempts50
28Faceoffs won31
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes9
23Hits26
11Blocked shots17
7Giveaways17
16Takeaways10

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. bestBrent – Rosehill – Brown6:10

    xG 0.21–0.07 (75%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  2. Crabb – Boyce – Kadri6:06

    xG 0.04–0.06 (40%)attempts 1–7goals 1–0

  3. MacArthur – Grabovski – Kulemin11:05

    xG 0.36–0.42 (47%)attempts 12–13goals 1–0

  4. Lupul – Kessel – Bozak11:44

    xG 0.62–0.83 (43%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhaneuf – Gunnarsson2:06

    xG 0.20–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 1–0

  2. Komisarek – Lashoff7:58

    xG 0.25–0.17 (60%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  3. Lashoff – Schenn3:18

    xG 0.21–0.29 (43%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestSpezza – Michalek – Butler7:01

    xG 0.24–0.13 (66%)attempts 7–6goals 1–1

  2. Neil – Smith – Winchester3:27

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Shannon – Smith – Da Costa2:15

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  4. Spezza – Svatos – Michalek2:47

    xG 0.02–0.02 (59%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBenoit – Wiercioch3:35

    xG 0.86–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Kuba – Benoit10:42

    xG 0.27–0.41 (40%)attempts 11–14goals 1–1

  3. Phillips – Lee9:46

    xG 0.10–0.24 (28%)attempts 6–6goals 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 2.1 xGTOR 3.0 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 67/100 · #375 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.60 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 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 69% of the time.

OTT winsTOR wins

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

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-1
0
+1
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+7

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