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Sat, Jan 18, 2014·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Montréal Canadiens 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 67% of the time.

TOR winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MTL19114110333
TOR11221028530

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:49TORCody FransonAssists: Nazem Kadri, Joffrey Lupul · Snap, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:29MTLBrendan GallagherPPAssists: Max Pacioretty, Andrei Markov · Snap, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P2 13:11TORPhil KesselAssists: Mason Raymond · Snap, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P2 17:47TORMason RaymondPPAssists: Nazem Kadri, Morgan Rielly · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–3
  5. P2 19:48MTLBrian GiontaAssists: Francis Bouillon · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–3
  6. P3 9:06MTLDavid DesharnaisAssists: P.K. Subban · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–3
  7. P3 14:27TORJames van RiemsdykGWGAssists: Tyler Bozak, Phil Kessel · Tip-in, 0.14 xG3–4
  8. P3 19:56TORJoffrey LupulENAssists: Nikolay Kulemin · Wrist, 0.64 xG3–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 11:23MTLNathan Beaulieu: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 15:40TORCarl Gunnarsson: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P2 2:23TORTroy Bodie: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 2:23MTLBrandon Prust: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 8:44TORCody Franson: Interference2 min
  6. P2 17:20MTLAlexei Emelin: Interference2 min · PPG
  7. P3 2:34TORTyler Bozak: 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.

MTL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
48% to win52% to win
← MTL attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kadri won the faceoff against Plekanec
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLTOR
33Shots on goal30
2.3Expected goals3.2
67Shot attempts53
32Faceoffs won33
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
32Hits48
13Blocked shots17
9Giveaways14
5Takeaways7

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.

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestPrust – Eller – Bournival5:35

    xG 0.39–0.09 (82%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Brière – Gionta – Plekanec6:43

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 1–0

  3. Desharnais – Pacioretty – Gallagher10:56

    xG 0.66–0.51 (56%)attempts 15–9goals 1–1

  4. Brière – Prust – Bournival3:45

    xG 0.02–0.15 (14%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMarkov – Subban3:28

    xG 0.42–0.06 (87%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  2. Bouillon – Markov2:45

    xG 0.52–0.22 (71%)attempts 6–3goals 1–0

  3. Subban – Beaulieu3:21

    xG 0.12–0.03 (78%)attempts 2–1goals 1–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestKessel – van Riemsdyk – Bozak13:37

    xG 0.83–0.65 (56%)attempts 20–14goals 1–1

  2. Lupul – Kulemin – Kadri14:36

    xG 0.44–0.29 (60%)attempts 5–14goals 0–0

  3. McClement – Raymond – Holland2:09

    xG 0.01–0.02 (48%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Bodie – Raymond – Holland5:42

    xG 0.12–0.44 (21%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Phaneuf – Gunnarsson15:57

    xG 0.46–0.42 (52%)attempts 18–14goals 1–1

  2. Gleason – Franson15:09

    xG 0.48–0.47 (51%)attempts 7–17goals 0–0

  3. Gardiner – Rielly11:49

    xG 0.29–0.68 (30%)attempts 13–11goals 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.

TOR 3.2 xGMTL 2.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORMTL

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 MTL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 85/100 · #144 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.94 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +38 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 67% of the time.

TOR winsMTL wins

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

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