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Sat, Feb 14, 2015·Centre Bell, Montreal

Toronto Maple Leafs 1, Montréal Canadiens 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 74% of the time.

MTL winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
TOR1701206041129
MTL1801308032232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:19TORDaniel WinnikAssists: Richard Panik, Roman Polak · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:00MTLBrendan GallagherPPAssists: Tomas Plekanec, P.K. Subban · Backhand, 0.19 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. MTL Alex Galchenyuk scored
  2. 2. TOR Tyler Bozak stopped
  3. 3. MTL David Desharnais scored
  4. 4. TOR Mike Santorelli scored
  5. 5. MTL Brendan Gallagher stopped
  6. 6. TOR James van Riemsdyk stopped
Penalties (16)
  1. P1 3:35TORDavid Clarkson: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  2. P1 3:35TORDavid Clarkson: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 3:35MTLBrandon Prust: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 4:46MTLTomas Plekanec: Hooking2 min
  5. P1 6:59MTLAndrei Markov: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P1 11:37TORTyler Bozak: Hooking2 min · PPG
  7. P1 18:01MTLNathan Beaulieu: Instigator2 min
  8. P1 18:01MTLNathan Beaulieu: Fighting5 min
  9. P1 18:01MTLNathan Beaulieu: Misconduct10 min
  10. P1 18:01TORDavid Clarkson: Interference5 min
  11. P1 18:01TORDavid Clarkson: Fighting5 min
  12. P1 18:01TORDavid Clarkson: Game misconduct10 min
  13. P2 9:35TORDavid Booth: Elbowing2 min
  14. P2 17:35MTLChristian Thomas: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  15. P3 12:55TORRichard Panik: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  16. P3 16:07MTLAlex Galchenyuk: High sticking2 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 SOG0MTL
46% to win54% to win
← TOR attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Holland won the faceoff against Desharnais
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORMTL
29Shots on goal32
1.7Expected goals3.0
52Shot attempts68
29Faceoffs won29
4Power plays5
33Penalty minutes30
31Hits21
23Blocked shots17
6Giveaways17
6Takeaways3

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. Winnik – Kadri – Panik10:05

    xG 0.33–0.46 (42%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

  2. Kessel – van Riemsdyk – Bozak9:42

    xG 0.21–0.58 (27%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

  3. Santorelli – Komarov – Holland6:57

    xG 0.16–0.68 (19%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Polak – Rielly13:48

    xG 0.34–0.30 (53%)attempts 10–12goals 1–0

  2. Franson – Gardiner12:43

    xG 0.41–0.60 (41%)attempts 16–13goals 0–0

  3. Robidas – Holzer8:56

    xG 0.02–0.97 (2%)attempts 2–16goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestDesharnais – Pacioretty – Gallagher4:07

    xG 0.34–0.03 (92%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Plekanec – Gallagher – Galchenyuk4:48

    xG 0.47–0.16 (74%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Prust – Eller – de la Rose5:58

    xG 0.31–0.08 (79%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Desharnais – Pacioretty – Weise5:35

    xG 0.23–0.07 (76%)attempts 4–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMarkov – Subban16:16

    xG 1.15–0.25 (82%)attempts 20–15goals 0–0

  2. Weaver – Emelin11:39

    xG 0.59–0.36 (62%)attempts 11–10goals 0–1

  3. Gonchar – Beaulieu4:41

    xG 0.10–0.06 (63%)attempts 3–4goals 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.

MTL 3.0 xGTOR 1.7 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

MTL's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line MTL is favoured, below it TOR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 39/100 · #695 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.35 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 35% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +18 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 74% of the time.

MTL winsTOR wins

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

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