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Sat, Mar 17, 2012·Scotiabank Place, Ottawa

Toronto Maple Leafs 3, Ottawa Senators 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 70% of the time.

OTT winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR041826318
OTT0701419130

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 7:20TORTim ConnollyUnassisted · Deflected, 0.20 xG1–0
  2. P3 0:53TORPhil KesselPPGWGAssists: Jake Gardiner, Tyler Bozak · Snap, 0.07 xG2–0
  3. P3 12:02TORDion PhaneufPPAssists: Phil Kessel, Jake Gardiner · Slap, 0.15 xG3–0
  4. P3 18:51OTTColin GreeningAssists: Filip Kuba, Jim O'Brien · Tip-in, 0.15 xG3–1
Penalties (23)
  1. P1 11:22OTTSergei Gonchar: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 11:22TORClarke MacArthur: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 18:03TORCarter Ashton: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P2 13:23OTTNick Foligno: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 13:23TORLuke Schenn: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 13:23TORMikhail Grabovski: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 13:23OTTChris Neil: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 13:23TORMikhail Grabovski: Game misconduct10 min
  9. P2 13:23TORMikhail Grabovski: Game misconduct10 min
  10. P2 13:23OTTChris Neil: Game misconduct10 min
  11. P2 19:45TORTim Connolly: Roughing2 min
  12. P2 19:45OTTZack Smith: Roughing2 min · PPG
  13. P3 0:27OTTJim O'Brien: Hooking2 min
  14. P3 1:24TORDavid Steckel: Holding2 min
  15. P3 2:23TORMike Komisarek: Roughing2 min
  16. P3 2:23OTTMilan Michalek: Roughing2 min
  17. P3 2:34TORDion Phaneuf: Tripping2 min
  18. P3 7:56OTTNick Foligno: Holding the stick2 min
  19. P3 11:07OTTDaniel Alfredsson: Slashing2 min · PPG
  20. P3 11:07OTTNick Foligno: Too many men on the ice2 min
  21. P3 15:31TORMike Komisarek: Roughing2 min
  22. P3 15:31OTTNick Foligno: Roughing2 min
  23. P3 15:31TORJay Rosehill: Misconduct10 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
18Shots on goal30
1.7Expected goals2.7
34Shot attempts76
34Faceoffs won25
4Power plays3
57Penalty minutes39
18Hits29
27Blocked shots10
4Giveaways20
10Takeaways12

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. Lombardi – Armstrong – Rosehill3:02

    xG 0.00–0.01 (22%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Lombardi – Kessel – Bozak2:01

    xG 0.05–0.23 (17%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. MacArthur – Kessel – Bozak10:17

    xG 0.32–0.51 (39%)attempts 10–11goals 0–1

  4. Grabovski – Frattin – Ashton7:18

    xG 0.06–0.44 (12%)attempts 3–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Liles – Phaneuf4:05

    xG 0.06–0.04 (59%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  2. Schenn – Gardiner10:53

    xG 0.34–0.50 (41%)attempts 7–12goals 1–0

  3. Liles – Komisarek11:39

    xG 0.16–0.48 (25%)attempts 9–16goals 0–1

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestAlfredsson – Klinkhammer – Turris10:40

    xG 0.76–0.10 (89%)attempts 17–6goals 0–0

  2. Neil – Foligno – O'Brien6:18

    xG 0.52–0.06 (90%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Spezza – Michalek – Butler3:01

    xG 0.10–0.20 (34%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Condra – Smith – Butler5:41

    xG 0.06–0.23 (21%)attempts 8–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGonchar – Cowen8:38

    xG 0.47–0.06 (89%)attempts 16–3goals 0–0

  2. Phillips – Gilroy11:46

    xG 0.51–0.18 (73%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  3. Kuba – Karlsson16:00

    xG 0.59–0.62 (49%)attempts 19–11goals 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.

OTT 2.7 xGTOR 1.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 16/100 · #1019 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.68 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 42% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 70% 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).