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Sat, Feb 23, 2013·Scotiabank Place, Ottawa

Toronto Maple Leafs 2, Ottawa Senators 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 60% of the time.

OTT winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR1801119228
OTT114110111335

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:32TORMikhail GrabovskiAssists: Nikolay Kulemin, Jay McClement · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:52OTTMika ZibanejadAssists: Colin Greening, Erik Condra · Tip-in, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P2 19:17OTTErik CondraAssists: Eric Gryba, Colin Greening · Wrist, 0.36 xG1–2
  4. P3 7:10TORClarke MacArthurPPAssists: Michael Kostka, Nazem Kadri · Wrist, 0.29 xG2–2
  5. P3 19:36OTTColin GreeningGWGAssists: Patrick Wiercioch, Mika Zibanejad · Wrist, 0.36 xG2–3
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 6:25TORNikolay Kulemin: Tripping2 min
  2. P3 5:33OTTEric Gryba: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P3 14:08OTTChris Neil: Roughing2 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
43% to win57% to win
← TOR attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Turris won the faceoff against Grabovski
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TOROTT
28Shots on goal35
2.4Expected goals2.9
56Shot attempts65
29Faceoffs won27
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
41Hits29
22Blocked shots18
10Giveaways8
7Takeaways10

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. bestMacArthur – Komarov – Kadri12:45

    xG 0.66–0.24 (73%)attempts 15–14goals 0–0

  2. Steckel – Brown – McLaren3:56

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Kessel – van Riemsdyk – Bozak15:29

    xG 0.31–0.74 (29%)attempts 12–22goals 0–0

  4. McClement – Grabovski – Kulemin13:06

    xG 0.34–1.23 (22%)attempts 10–17goals 1–3

Defence pairs

  1. bestFranson – Fraser14:50

    xG 0.63–0.19 (77%)attempts 16–12goals 0–0

  2. Gunnarsson – Kostka13:13

    xG 0.36–0.64 (36%)attempts 14–12goals 0–2

  3. Phaneuf – Holzer17:55

    xG 0.53–1.30 (29%)attempts 13–26goals 1–1

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestGreening – Condra – Zibanejad8:54

    xG 1.09–0.29 (79%)attempts 14–5goals 3–0

  2. Neil – Smith – Dziurzynski11:46

    xG 0.97–0.47 (67%)attempts 18–12goals 0–0

  3. Daugavins – O'Brien – Grant6:43

    xG 0.04–0.07 (35%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  4. Alfredsson – Turris – Silfverberg15:32

    xG 0.50–0.60 (45%)attempts 16–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMethot – Gryba19:03

    xG 1.43–0.40 (78%)attempts 23–17goals 1–0

  2. Gonchar – Wiercioch15:13

    xG 0.66–0.66 (50%)attempts 17–13goals 1–1

  3. Phillips – Benoit13:51

    xG 0.25–0.42 (38%)attempts 14–14goals 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 2.9 xGTOR 2.4 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 59/100 · #306 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.79 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 36% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +48 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 60% 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).