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Sat, Mar 21, 2015·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Toronto Maple Leafs 3, Ottawa Senators 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 78% of the time.

OTT winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR0931204325
OTT21629116541

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:20OTTMike HoffmanAssists: Alex Chiasson, Marc Methot · Snap, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:06OTTErik KarlssonAssists: Mika Zibanejad, Matt Puempel · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P2 2:42TORJoakim LindstromAssists: Dion Phaneuf, Sam Carrick · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P2 3:09OTTCurtis LazarAssists: Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Marc Methot · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–3
  5. P2 4:30TORLeo KomarovAssists: Zach Sill · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–3
  6. P2 15:32TORTim ErixonUnassisted · Slap, 0.02 xG3–3
  7. P2 19:08OTTKyle TurrisPPGWGAssists: Erik Karlsson, Patrick Wiercioch · Slap, 0.04 xG3–4
  8. P3 19:13OTTKyle TurrisENAssists: Mark Stone, Andrew Hammond · Wrist, 0.56 xG3–5
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 2:12OTTEric Gryba: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:12TORZach Sill: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 3:14TORTyler Bozak: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 6:11TORJames van Riemsdyk: Interference2 min
  5. P2 7:33OTTBobby Ryan: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  6. P2 17:17TORTim Erixon: High sticking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 3:06TORJoakim Lindstrom: Interference2 min
  8. P3 9:46OTTMark Borowiecki: Fighting5 min
  9. P3 9:46TORZach Sill: Fighting5 min
  10. P3 11:41TORRichard Panik: 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 SOG0OTT
46% to win54% 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
25Shots on goal41
1.5Expected goals3.1
43Shot attempts59
30Faceoffs won33
1Power plays5
20Penalty minutes12
30Hits25
11Blocked shots11
10Giveaways7
3Takeaways8

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. bestLindstrom – Kozun – Carrick4:25

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

  2. Komarov – Sill – Panik5:37

    xG 0.16–0.10 (61%)attempts 5–5goals 1–0

  3. Kessel – van Riemsdyk – Bozak17:28

    xG 0.47–0.67 (41%)attempts 15–13goals 1–0

  4. Lupul – Booth – Smith10:52

    xG 0.07–0.28 (21%)attempts 4–13goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestGardiner – Rielly16:36

    xG 0.45–0.21 (69%)attempts 17–7goals 1–0

  2. MacWilliam – Erixon9:39

    xG 0.14–0.36 (29%)attempts 4–10goals 1–0

  3. Brewer – Phaneuf14:40

    xG 0.19–0.53 (26%)attempts 6–13goals 1–1

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestCondra – Pageau – Lazar11:41

    xG 0.50–0.20 (72%)attempts 9–3goals 1–0

  2. Condra – Turris – Stone2:25

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Ryan – Hoffman – Zibanejad3:47

    xG 0.15–0.01 (92%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Turris – Chiasson – Stone2:44

    xG 0.13–0.03 (83%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMethot – Karlsson16:15

    xG 0.56–0.24 (70%)attempts 13–12goals 3–1

  2. Methot – Ceci5:08

    xG 0.22–0.06 (79%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Wiercioch – Ceci11:21

    xG 0.28–0.23 (54%)attempts 10–7goals 0–1

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.

OTT 3.1 xGTOR 1.5 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 79/100 · #216 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.70 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 78% 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).