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Sat, Apr 12, 2014·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Toronto Maple Leafs 0, Ottawa Senators 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 70% of the time.

OTT winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR0120709028
OTT015111011137

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 7:35OTTJason SpezzaPPGWGAssists: Erik Karlsson, Ales Hemsky · Slap, 0.05 xG0–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 5:08TORTim Gleason: Interference2 min
  2. P1 14:26TORJay McClement: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 16:45OTTPatrick Wiercioch: Holding the stick2 min
  4. P2 6:30TORPaul Ranger: Holding2 min · PPG
  5. P2 13:44OTTJason Spezza: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  6. P3 6:23OTTChris Neil: Holding2 min
  7. P3 8:00OTTMilan Michalek: Tripping2 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
48% to win52% to win
← TOR attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bozak won the faceoff against Turris
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TOROTT
28Shots on goal37
2.2Expected goals3.4
49Shot attempts74
23Faceoffs won32
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
25Hits20
25Blocked shots8
8Giveaways9
3Takeaways10

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. bestKessel – van Riemsdyk – Bozak12:52

    xG 0.86–0.54 (61%)attempts 18–12goals 0–0

  2. Orr – Raymond – Holland2:15

    xG 0.09–0.03 (78%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  3. Orr – McClement – Holland2:02

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  4. Bodie – Raymond – Kadri5:50

    xG 0.10–0.12 (44%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGardiner – Rielly2:41

    xG 0.38–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. Franson – Rielly5:57

    xG 0.38–0.06 (87%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  3. Franson – Gardiner3:47

    xG 0.20–0.13 (61%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestSpezza – Hemsky – Michalek10:11

    xG 0.41–0.12 (77%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  2. Neil – Greening – Pageau8:40

    xG 0.54–0.28 (66%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  3. MacArthur – Turris – Stone9:38

    xG 0.62–0.55 (53%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  4. Condra – Smith – Hoffman10:19

    xG 0.16–0.12 (58%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMethot – Karlsson18:32

    xG 0.81–0.26 (76%)attempts 25–12goals 0–0

  2. Phillips – Ceci12:19

    xG 0.53–0.22 (71%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  3. Gryba – Wiercioch11:24

    xG 0.53–0.62 (46%)attempts 16–9goals 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 3.4 xGTOR 2.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 1/100 · #1187 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.65 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 70% 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).