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Sat, Feb 1, 2014·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Ottawa Senators 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 81% of the time.

TOR winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT1718111326
TOR09216411636

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:07OTTChris NeilAssists: Jared Cowen, Eric Gryba · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P2 6:46OTTColin GreeningAssists: Chris Neil · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–0
  3. P2 13:01TORPhil KesselAssists: James van Riemsdyk, Carl Gunnarsson · Snap, 0.20 xG2–1
  4. P2 14:39TORJoffrey LupulAssists: Nazem Kadri · Snap, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P3 7:34TORPhil KesselPPAssists: Morgan Rielly, Cody Franson · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–3
  6. P3 9:06OTTChris NeilAssists: Cody Ceci, Colin Greening · Snap, 0.19 xG3–3
  7. P3 14:02TORPhil KesselGWGAssists: Tyler Bozak · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–4
  8. P3 18:37TORTyler BozakAssists: Phil Kessel, James van Riemsdyk · Snap, 0.36 xG3–5
  9. P3 19:31TORNazem KadriENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.48 xG3–6
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 4:44TORPhil Kessel: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 4:44OTTEric Gryba: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 12:39OTTCory Conacher: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 15:12OTTCory Conacher: Slashing2 min
  5. P1 19:24OTTErik Karlsson: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 2:59OTTMatt Kassian: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 2:59TORFrazer McLaren: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 16:15OTTMika Zibanejad: Hooking2 min
  9. P2 18:06TORDion Phaneuf: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 4:39TORCarl Gunnarsson: Tripping2 min
  11. P3 6:02OTTPatrick Wiercioch: Holding2 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTTOR
26Shots on goal36
1.7Expected goals3.5
60Shot attempts59
36Faceoffs won25
2Power plays5
17Penalty minutes11
38Hits38
14Blocked shots17
15Giveaways13
5Takeaways13

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 – Greening – Smith8:16

    xG 0.57–0.28 (67%)attempts 13–4goals 2–0

  2. Spezza – Condra – Conacher2:10

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  3. MacArthur – Ryan – Turris13:08

    xG 0.47–0.71 (40%)attempts 15–13goals 0–1

  4. Spezza – Michalek – Zibanejad7:50

    xG 0.25–0.99 (20%)attempts 11–8goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. Wiercioch – Ceci9:35

    xG 0.46–0.74 (38%)attempts 11–10goals 1–1

  2. Methot – Gryba13:09

    xG 0.19–0.64 (23%)attempts 8–14goals 0–1

  3. Karlsson – Cowen16:54

    xG 0.47–0.96 (33%)attempts 22–16goals 2–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestKessel – van Riemsdyk – Bozak11:47

    xG 1.18–0.36 (77%)attempts 12–14goals 3–0

  2. Bodie – Raymond – McKegg3:43

    xG 0.19–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. McClement – Bodie – Raymond6:36

    xG 0.16–0.22 (42%)attempts 4–7goals 0–1

  4. Lupul – Kulemin – Kadri12:28

    xG 0.52–0.70 (43%)attempts 12–16goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestGleason – Rielly11:43

    xG 0.61–0.25 (71%)attempts 12–13goals 1–0

  2. Phaneuf – Gunnarsson13:14

    xG 1.00–0.74 (58%)attempts 13–18goals 2–1

  3. Franson – Gardiner14:25

    xG 0.47–0.28 (63%)attempts 11–11goals 1–1

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 3.5 xGOTT 1.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 92/100 · #81 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.10 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 14% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +37 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 81% 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).