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Sat, Oct 8, 2011·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Ottawa Senators 5, Toronto Maple Leafs 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 56% of the time.

TOR winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT01006516532
TOR211213211635

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:58TORMikhail GrabovskiPPAssists: Nikolay Kulemin, Dion Phaneuf · Wrist, 0.20 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:51TORPhil KesselAssists: Joffrey Lupul, Carl Gunnarsson · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–2
  3. P2 7:56TORJoffrey LupulPPAssists: John-Michael Liles, Phil Kessel · Tip-in, 0.15 xG0–3
  4. P2 18:49TORPhil KesselAssists: Tyler Bozak, Joffrey Lupul · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–4
  5. P3 1:42OTTColin GreeningAssists: Sergei Gonchar, Jason Spezza · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–4
  6. P3 2:52TORColton OrrAssists: Mike Brown · Snap, 0.36 xG1–5
  7. P3 11:04OTTDaniel AlfredssonSHAssists: Chris Phillips, Zack Smith · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–5
  8. P3 15:36OTTJason SpezzaPPAssists: Milan Michalek, Erik Karlsson · Snap, 0.54 xG3–5
  9. P3 15:44OTTDaniel AlfredssonPPAssists: Erik Karlsson · Tip-in, 0.10 xG4–5
  10. P3 17:41TORPhil KesselGWGAssists: Matthew Lombardi, Luke Schenn · Wrist, 0.03 xG4–6
  11. P3 18:06OTTStephane Da CostaAssists: Erik Karlsson · Wrist, 0.06 xG5–6
Penalties (23)
  1. P1 2:58TORLuke Schenn: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 5:42TORMike Brown: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 5:42OTTZenon Konopka: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 8:12TORJoffrey Lupul: Tripping2 min
  5. P1 11:47OTTJared Cowen: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  6. P2 3:14OTTNick Foligno: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 4:28TORJoffrey Lupul: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 6:33OTTChris Neil: Roughing2 min · PPG
  9. P2 6:33OTTChris Neil: Instigator2 min
  10. P2 6:33OTTChris Neil: Fighting5 min
  11. P2 6:33OTTChris Neil: Misconduct10 min
  12. P2 6:33TORLuke Schenn: Fighting5 min
  13. P2 11:21TORMike Komisarek: Interference2 min
  14. P3 3:01TORMikhail Grabovski: Hooking2 min
  15. P3 4:20OTTErik Karlsson: Tripping2 min
  16. P3 7:12OTTNikita Filatov: Hooking2 min
  17. P3 8:57OTTDaniel Alfredsson: Tripping2 min
  18. P3 9:10OTTZenon Konopka: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  19. P3 14:19TORMike Komisarek: Roughing2 min · PPG
  20. P3 14:19OTTZack Smith: Roughing2 min
  21. P3 14:19TORMike Komisarek: High sticking2 min · PPG
  22. P3 14:25TORDion Phaneuf: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  23. P3 19:53TORDion Phaneuf: 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
45% to win55% to win
← OTT attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Spezza won the faceoff against Grabovski
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTTOR
32Shots on goal35
3.6Expected goals3.9
65Shot attempts58
34Faceoffs won39
8Power plays9
40Penalty minutes28
11Hits14
8Blocked shots16
6Giveaways6
5Takeaways10

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. bestKonopka – Condra – Smith2:17

    xG 0.28–0.01 (97%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Neil – Greening – Zibanejad2:42

    xG 0.26–0.03 (89%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Spezza – Michalek – Filatov4:43

    xG 0.26–0.46 (36%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  4. Alfredsson – Foligno – Da Costa6:06

    xG 0.05–0.29 (15%)attempts 2–5goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestKuba – Karlsson10:38

    xG 1.04–0.40 (72%)attempts 18–12goals 1–1

  2. Gonchar – Cowen8:56

    xG 0.20–0.12 (62%)attempts 8–4goals 0–1

  3. Phillips – Lee8:27

    xG 0.20–0.23 (47%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestLombardi – Orr – Brown2:29

    xG 0.47–0.18 (72%)attempts 3–6goals 1–0

  2. Lupul – Kessel – Bozak8:00

    xG 0.65–0.61 (52%)attempts 11–9goals 2–0

  3. Grabovski – Kulemin – Frattin7:56

    xG 0.23–0.23 (51%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  4. Armstrong – Steckel – Dupuis7:58

    xG 0.05–0.17 (22%)attempts 3–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhaneuf – Gunnarsson9:22

    xG 0.88–0.01 (99%)attempts 15–2goals 2–0

  2. Liles – Schenn10:00

    xG 0.36–0.52 (41%)attempts 9–15goals 2–0

  3. Komisarek – Schenn2:46

    xG 0.12–0.35 (25%)attempts 1–6goals 0–1

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 3.9 xGOTT 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 90/100 · #97 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.99 · 9 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 56% 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).