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Sat, Jan 19, 2013·Centre Bell, Montreal

Toronto Maple Leafs 2, Montréal Canadiens 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 77% of the time.

MTL winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR11011006226
MTL080717122

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:51TORNazem KadriPPAssists: Phil Kessel, Michael Kostka · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P2 8:12TORTyler BozakPPGWGAssists: Phil Kessel, Dion Phaneuf · Snap, 0.40 xG2–0
  3. P3 13:51MTLBrian GiontaPPAssists: Tomas Plekanec, Raphael Diaz · Wrist, 0.31 xG2–1
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 0:46MTLRyan White: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P1 3:02MTLErik Cole: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 7:00MTLBrandon Prust: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 7:00TORMike Brown: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 12:01MTLTravis Moen: High sticking2 min
  6. P1 18:21TORMichael Kostka: Interference2 min
  7. P2 7:14MTLTomas Plekanec: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min · PPG
  8. P2 8:53TORJames van Riemsdyk: Interference2 min
  9. P2 13:43TORNazem Kadri: Boarding2 min
  10. P2 15:42MTLDavid Desharnais: Holding2 min
  11. P3 2:30TORCody Franson: Interference2 min
  12. P3 12:02TORMikhail Grabovski: Slashing2 min · PPG

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
43% to win57% to win
← TOR attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Grabovski won the faceoff against Desharnais
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORMTL
26Shots on goal22
3.1Expected goals1.7
43Shot attempts48
21Faceoffs won34
5Power plays5
15Penalty minutes15
39Hits24
14Blocked shots10
6Giveaways7
7Takeaways9

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. bestKomarov – van Riemsdyk – Kadri5:52

    xG 0.51–0.05 (91%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  2. Lupul – Kessel – Bozak9:13

    xG 0.60–0.27 (69%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  3. MacArthur – Grabovski – Kulemin9:25

    xG 0.24–0.07 (78%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  4. Orr – McClement – Brown2:43

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLiles – Franson7:57

    xG 0.48–0.05 (91%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  2. Komisarek – Gunnarsson10:32

    xG 0.31–0.25 (55%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  3. Phaneuf – Kostka13:58

    xG 0.19–0.21 (48%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestGionta – Plekanec – Bourque3:45

    xG 0.23–0.02 (92%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Cole – Desharnais – Pacioretty10:42

    xG 0.41–0.27 (61%)attempts 18–4goals 0–0

  3. Armstrong – Prust – White5:31

    xG 0.10–0.10 (48%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Gionta – Plekanec – Galchenyuk6:32

    xG 0.06–0.37 (15%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Kaberle – Gorges2:38

    xG 0.08–0.04 (64%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Kaberle – Diaz8:47

    xG 0.24–0.23 (51%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  3. Markov – Emelin11:42

    xG 0.22–0.22 (50%)attempts 7–5goals 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 1.7 xGTOR 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 40/100 · #437 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.39 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 39% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 77% of the time.

MTL winsTOR wins

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

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