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Sun, Oct 30, 2011·Scotiabank Place, Ottawa

Toronto Maple Leafs 2, Ottawa Senators 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 68% of the time.

OTT winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR190719225
OTT11311215330

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:20TORClarke MacArthurPPAssists: Nikolay Kulemin, Carl Gunnarsson · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P1 16:16OTTColin GreeningPPAssists: David Rundblad, Filip Kuba · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:59OTTChris NeilPPAssists: Erik Karlsson, Sergei Gonchar · Tip-in, 0.15 xG1–2
  4. P3 7:08OTTKaspars DaugavinsGWGAssists: Zack Smith · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–3
  5. P3 9:07TORClarke MacArthurAssists: Mikhail Grabovski, Nikolay Kulemin · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–3
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 3:08OTTColin Greening: Illegal check to head2 min
  2. P1 9:51OTTErik Karlsson: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P1 14:20TORCarl Gunnarsson: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 4:33TORTim Connolly: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 6:56TORNikolay Kulemin: Interference2 min · PPG
  6. P2 12:29TORTim Connolly: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 16:37OTTJason Spezza: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 19:42OTTErik Karlsson: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 11:59OTTKaspars Daugavins: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 19:55OTTSergei Gonchar: Tripping2 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
45% to win55% to win
← TOR attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Smith won the faceoff against Grabovski
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TOROTT
25Shots on goal30
2.2Expected goals3.2
52Shot attempts63
19Faceoffs won38
6Power plays4
8Penalty minutes12
20Hits21
18Blocked shots19
6Giveaways10
5Takeaways13

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 – Kulemin8:39

    xG 0.32–0.02 (93%)attempts 12–3goals 1–0

  2. Steckel – Dupuis – Brown6:11

    xG 0.57–0.27 (68%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  3. Connolly – Lupul – Kessel12:21

    xG 0.66–0.43 (61%)attempts 10–15goals 0–0

  4. Lombardi – Frattin – Bozak7:15

    xG 0.04–0.72 (6%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhaneuf – Gunnarsson12:36

    xG 0.78–0.43 (65%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  2. Liles – Gardiner3:17

    xG 0.27–0.02 (94%)attempts 6–2goals 1–1

  3. Liles – Phaneuf2:18

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestCondra – Winchester – Filatov2:38

    xG 0.26–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Neil – Daugavins – Smith4:09

    xG 0.10–0.01 (90%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  3. Foligno – Butler – Da Costa4:01

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Neil – Foligno – Winchester3:11

    xG 0.02–0.09 (16%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGonchar – Cowen9:30

    xG 0.76–0.22 (78%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  2. Kuba – Karlsson14:07

    xG 0.38–0.61 (38%)attempts 19–10goals 1–0

  3. Phillips – Rundblad10:49

    xG 0.38–0.76 (33%)attempts 5–15goals 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.

OTT 3.2 xGTOR 2.2 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 44/100 · #656 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.41 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 37% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 68% 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).