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Sat, Feb 16, 2013·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Ottawa Senators 0, Toronto Maple Leafs 3

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
OTT05019010034
TOR17010212329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:14TORFrazer McLarenGWGAssists: Mark Fraser, Jay McClement · Snap, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P3 8:32TORTyler BozakAssists: Dion Phaneuf, James van Riemsdyk · Deflected, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P3 19:22TORJohn-Michael LilesENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.50 xG0–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 5:09TORClarke MacArthur: Boarding2 min
  2. P2 5:25TORJay McClement: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 16:04TORLeo Komarov: Boarding2 min
  4. P2 18:40OTTErik Condra: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 13:55OTTMika Zibanejad: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  6. P3 16:59TORDion Phaneuf: Slashing2 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

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
43% to win57% to win
← OTT attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Turris won the faceoff against Bozak
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTTOR
34Shots on goal29
3.1Expected goals2.3
68Shot attempts50
25Faceoffs won20
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
30Hits37
10Blocked shots19
10Giveaways11
2Takeaways6

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. bestNeil – Daugavins – Smith10:27

    xG 0.89–0.13 (87%)attempts 15–2goals 0–0

  2. Alfredsson – Dziurzynski – Da Costa2:11

    xG 0.08–0.05 (61%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Alfredsson – Da Costa – Zibanejad5:21

    xG 0.13–0.14 (47%)attempts 4–5goals 0–1

  4. O'Brien – Grant – Dziurzynski2:42

    xG 0.00–0.17 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhillips – Benoit11:55

    xG 0.55–0.07 (89%)attempts 18–6goals 0–0

  2. Gonchar – Lundin14:42

    xG 0.54–0.60 (47%)attempts 15–16goals 0–0

  3. Methot – Gryba13:00

    xG 0.30–0.39 (44%)attempts 11–12goals 0–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestMcClement – Brown – McLaren3:27

    xG 0.17–0.04 (81%)attempts 1–1goals 1–0

  2. Kessel – van Riemsdyk – Bozak13:06

    xG 0.53–0.40 (57%)attempts 16–18goals 1–0

  3. Grabovski – Komarov – Kulemin10:27

    xG 0.18–0.19 (48%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

  4. Orr – MacArthur – Kadri10:35

    xG 0.08–0.88 (8%)attempts 6–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLiles – Kostka15:27

    xG 0.39–0.21 (65%)attempts 13–16goals 0–0

  2. Phaneuf – Holzer15:04

    xG 0.19–0.28 (40%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

  3. Franson – Fraser11:31

    xG 0.44–0.87 (34%)attempts 10–19goals 1–0

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 2.3 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 7/100 · #689 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.66 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50TOR 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, 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).