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Sat, Feb 4, 2012·Scotiabank Place, Ottawa

Toronto Maple Leafs 5, Ottawa Senators 0

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
TOR21619215540
OTT012021016049

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:47TORPhil KesselGWGAssists: Tyler Bozak, Jake Gardiner · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:02TORDion PhaneufPPAssists: Phil Kessel, Joffrey Lupul · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–0
  3. P2 8:25TORTyler BozakAssists: Phil Kessel, Cody Franson · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–0
  4. P3 5:39TORLuke SchennAssists: Joffrey Lupul, Tyler Bozak · Wrist, 0.05 xG4–0
  5. P3 12:17TORCody FransonPPAssists: Mikhail Grabovski, Clarke MacArthur · Snap, 0.09 xG5–0
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 7:29TORCody Franson: Interference2 min
  2. P1 10:37TORJoffrey Lupul: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P1 16:23OTTSergei Gonchar: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P1 17:27OTTErik Condra: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 3:06OTTZenon Konopka: Interference2 min
  6. P2 17:43TORClarke MacArthur: Too many men on the ice2 min
  7. P3 11:04OTTMatt Carkner: Roughing2 min · PPG
  8. P3 18:03OTTFilip Kuba: 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 20:00Grabovski won the faceoff against Turris
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TOROTT
40Shots on goal49
3.6Expected goals2.4
65Shot attempts80
31Faceoffs won39
5Power plays3
6Penalty minutes10
17Hits20
20Blocked shots8
7Giveaways18
9Takeaways13

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. bestConnolly – Lombardi – Crabb8:29

    xG 0.35–0.14 (72%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. MacArthur – Grabovski – Kulemin10:03

    xG 0.53–0.41 (56%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

  3. Lupul – Kessel – Bozak12:21

    xG 0.77–0.73 (51%)attempts 16–21goals 3–0

  4. Armstrong – Steckel – Brown9:20

    xG 0.38–0.55 (41%)attempts 5–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLiles – Franson10:24

    xG 0.54–0.12 (82%)attempts 9–10goals 1–0

  2. Schenn – Gardiner12:47

    xG 0.96–0.94 (51%)attempts 20–18goals 2–0

  3. Phaneuf – Gunnarsson13:53

    xG 0.24–0.74 (25%)attempts 7–26goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestNeil – Greening – Foligno2:56

    xG 0.25–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Daugavins – Condra – Smith3:44

    xG 0.44–0.20 (69%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Spezza – Michalek – Greening2:32

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 0–0

  4. Spezza – Michalek – O'Brien5:26

    xG 0.46–0.42 (52%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarkner – Cowen6:16

    xG 0.32–0.15 (68%)attempts 8–4goals 0–1

  2. Kuba – Karlsson16:57

    xG 0.68–0.65 (51%)attempts 25–12goals 0–0

  3. Gonchar – Cowen5:28

    xG 0.41–0.45 (48%)attempts 8–6goals 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.

OTT 2.4 xGTOR 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 9/100 · #1115 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.73 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 42% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50OTT 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 69% 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).