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Sat, Oct 22, 2011·Centre Bell, Montreal

Toronto Maple Leafs 5, Montréal Canadiens 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 51% of the time.

MTL winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
TOR182611013527
MTL1101132500428

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:51MTLTravis MoenSHAssists: Lars Eller · Backhand, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:07TORDavid SteckelPPAssists: Jake Gardiner, Luke Schenn · Tip-in, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P2 0:29MTLAndrei KostitsynAssists: Lars Eller, Hal Gill · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P2 1:05TORPhil KesselUnassisted · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–2
  5. P2 4:19TORDion PhaneufPPAssists: John-Michael Liles, Joffrey Lupul · Slap, 0.04 xG3–2
  6. P3 1:27MTLMichael CammalleriAssists: P.K. Subban, Tomas Plekanec · Slap, 0.03 xG3–3
  7. P3 9:28MTLTravis MoenAssists: Josh Gorges, Andrei Kostitsyn · Tip-in, 0.07 xG3–4
  8. P3 13:07TORNikolay KuleminAssists: Dion Phaneuf, Mikhail Grabovski · Wrist, 0.09 xG4–4
  9. OT 1:23TORMikhail GrabovskiGWGAssists: John-Michael Liles, Phil Kessel · Wrist, 0.17 xG5–4
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 1:15MTLBrian Gionta: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P1 5:13MTLAndreas Engqvist: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 8:56TORMike Brown: Charging2 min
  4. P1 9:56TORLuke Schenn: Holding the stick2 min
  5. P1 11:04MTLAndrei Kostitsyn: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P2 2:46MTLYannick Weber: High sticking2 min · PPG
  7. P2 4:51MTLCarey Price: Slashing2 min
  8. P2 8:14MTLErik Cole: Too many men on the ice2 min
  9. P2 12:39TORJoffrey Lupul: Tripping2 min
  10. P2 18:12TORJake Gardiner: Tripping2 min
  11. P3 7:08MTLTravis Moen: Boarding2 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 SOG0MTL
45% to win55% to win
← TOR attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Eller won the faceoff against Grabovski
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORMTL
27Shots on goal28
2.4Expected goals2.4
54Shot attempts54
27Faceoffs won36
7Power plays4
8Penalty minutes14
23Hits18
17Blocked shots15
6Giveaways10
3Takeaways2

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. bestSteckel – Frattin – Kadri9:50

    xG 0.64–0.17 (79%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  2. MacArthur – Grabovski – Kulemin9:00

    xG 0.22–0.24 (47%)attempts 7–8goals 1–2

  3. Lombardi – Lupul – Kessel7:18

    xG 0.18–0.24 (43%)attempts 2–8goals 1–1

  4. Dupuis – Rosehill – Brown5:04

    xG 0.25–0.52 (33%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhaneuf – Gardiner2:37

    xG 0.38–0.08 (82%)attempts 9–1goals 0–0

  2. Phaneuf – Gunnarsson9:30

    xG 0.56–0.60 (48%)attempts 9–9goals 2–1

  3. Gunnarsson – Gardiner2:09

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–1

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestGionta – Cammalleri – Plekanec10:27

    xG 0.87–0.44 (66%)attempts 12–7goals 1–1

  2. Moen – Kostitsyn – Eller9:56

    xG 0.40–0.37 (52%)attempts 10–8goals 2–0

  3. Cole – Desharnais – Pacioretty8:09

    xG 0.22–0.26 (47%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  4. Darche – Palushaj – Engqvist3:10

    xG 0.01–0.10 (12%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGorges – Subban12:27

    xG 0.93–0.38 (71%)attempts 15–7goals 2–2

  2. Gill – Diaz11:26

    xG 0.49–0.31 (61%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  3. Emelin – Weber14:08

    xG 0.27–0.67 (29%)attempts 12–13goals 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.

MTL 2.4 xGTOR 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 98/100 · #22 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.98 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 13% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +33 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 51% of the time.

MTL winsTOR wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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