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Wed, Jan 21, 2015·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Toronto Maple Leafs 3, Ottawa Senators 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 63% of the time.

OTT winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR09114217340
OTT3120816426

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:02OTTMike HoffmanAssists: Mark Stone, Cody Ceci · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:53OTTErik KarlssonAssists: Mike Hoffman, Bobby Ryan · Slap, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P1 19:40OTTMika ZibanejadAssists: Bobby Ryan, Marc Methot · Snap, 0.27 xG0–3
  4. P2 13:55TORDavid ClarksonAssists: Cody Franson, Daniel Winnik · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–3
  5. P3 2:36TORNazem KadriPPAssists: Morgan Rielly, Jake Gardiner · Tip-in, 0.02 xG2–3
  6. P3 15:20OTTErik KarlssonGWGAssists: Milan Michalek, Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Slap, 0.01 xG2–4
  7. P3 18:37TORJames van RiemsdykAssists: Phil Kessel, Jake Gardiner · Wrist, 0.23 xG3–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 13:49TORDion Phaneuf: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 13:49OTTMilan Michalek: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 13:49TORDion Phaneuf: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 13:49OTTMilan Michalek: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 16:17TORRoman Polak: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 5:46TORRichard Panik: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 10:32OTTKyle Turris: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 16:03OTTErik Karlsson: Interference2 min
  9. P3 0:37OTTAlex Chiasson: High sticking2 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.

TOR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0OTT
46% to win54% to win
← TOR attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pageau won the faceoff against Bozak
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TOROTT
40Shots on goal26
2.5Expected goals3.2
66Shot attempts49
29Faceoffs won32
3Power plays2
11Penalty minutes13
27Hits38
13Blocked shots12
11Giveaways11
1Takeaways9

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. bestClarkson – Winnik – Bozak13:23

    xG 0.67–0.10 (87%)attempts 15–9goals 1–1

  2. Booth – Smith – Frattin7:12

    xG 0.19–0.05 (80%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Booth – Santorelli – Smith2:18

    xG 0.02–0.10 (17%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Santorelli – Panik – Leivo6:09

    xG 0.10–0.43 (19%)attempts 4–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Franson – Rielly2:46

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  2. Polak – Percy12:32

    xG 0.42–0.48 (46%)attempts 11–11goals 0–1

  3. Franson – Gardiner2:44

    xG 0.16–0.28 (36%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestRyan – Hoffman – Zibanejad9:47

    xG 0.77–0.26 (74%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  2. MacArthur – Turris – Stone10:55

    xG 0.39–0.27 (59%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  3. Michalek – Chiasson – Pageau8:40

    xG 0.29–0.28 (50%)attempts 9–5goals 1–0

  4. Neil – Condra – Lazar10:14

    xG 0.40–0.66 (38%)attempts 6–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMethot – Karlsson18:06

    xG 0.87–0.57 (60%)attempts 18–19goals 2–0

  2. Gryba – Wiercioch10:19

    xG 0.55–0.29 (66%)attempts 6–10goals 0–1

  3. Karlsson – Cowen2:35

    xG 0.26–0.09 (74%)attempts 4–4goals 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 3.2 xGTOR 2.5 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 68/100 · #337 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.99 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50OTT 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 63% 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).