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Sat, Nov 12, 2011·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Ottawa Senators 5, Toronto Maple Leafs 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 64% of the time.

TOR winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT04210310524
TOR1809116233

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:18TORTyler BozakAssists: Phil Kessel, Luke Schenn · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P2 9:11OTTSergei GoncharAssists: Kaspars Daugavins, Zack Smith · Snap, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 17:46OTTNick FolignoPPAssists: Erik Karlsson, Craig Anderson · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–1
  4. P3 0:48OTTZack SmithGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–1
  5. P3 17:10TORJoffrey LupulUnassisted · Wrap-around, 0.03 xG3–2
  6. P3 18:53OTTNick FolignoENAssists: Jesse Winchester · Wrist, 0.68 xG4–2
  7. P3 19:18OTTMilan MichalekENUnassisted · Snap, 0.48 xG5–2
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 4:16TORJoffrey Lupul: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 4:16OTTJesse Winchester: Diving2 min
  3. P1 10:36TORMike Brown: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 10:36OTTZenon Konopka: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 19:52OTTStephane Da Costa: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 2:49OTTJared Cowen: Interference2 min
  7. P2 9:57OTTBrian Lee: Interference2 min
  8. P2 16:17TORTyler Bozak: Holding2 min · PPG
  9. P2 16:19TORPhilippe Dupuis: High sticking double minor4 min
  10. P3 4:25OTTChris Phillips: Interference2 min
  11. P3 8:41OTTChris Phillips: 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
45% to win55% to win
← OTT attackTOR 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.

OTTTOR
24Shots on goal33
3.1Expected goals2.4
47Shot attempts74
19Faceoffs won33
3Power plays5
17Penalty minutes13
36Hits20
29Blocked shots9
10Giveaways13
4Takeaways11

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. Alfredsson – Foligno – Da Costa3:31

    xG 0.03–0.03 (56%)attempts 2–4goals 0–1

  2. Konopka – Winchester – Butler2:38

    xG 0.01–0.02 (37%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Daugavins – Condra – Smith8:46

    xG 0.31–0.40 (44%)attempts 9–14goals 1–0

  4. Spezza – Michalek – Greening9:27

    xG 0.30–0.40 (43%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Lee – Cowen9:41

    xG 0.07–0.09 (45%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

  2. Gonchar – Phillips12:59

    xG 0.36–0.62 (37%)attempts 9–16goals 0–0

  3. Kuba – Karlsson15:24

    xG 0.27–0.88 (24%)attempts 15–25goals 1–2

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestLupul – Kessel – Bozak12:29

    xG 0.73–0.34 (68%)attempts 14–12goals 2–0

  2. Lombardi – Steckel – Frattin5:26

    xG 0.27–0.06 (83%)attempts 10–1goals 0–0

  3. Crabb – Dupuis – Brown6:11

    xG 0.12–0.03 (82%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  4. MacArthur – Grabovski – Kulemin8:31

    xG 0.30–0.22 (58%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLiles – Phaneuf2:17

    xG 0.88–0.02 (98%)attempts 11–1goals 1–1

  2. Liles – Komisarek8:23

    xG 0.26–0.24 (52%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  3. Phaneuf – Gunnarsson10:09

    xG 0.24–0.22 (52%)attempts 14–9goals 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.

TOR 2.4 xGOTT 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 55/100 · #529 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.38 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 64% 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).