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Sat, Mar 28, 2015·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Ottawa Senators 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 74% of the time.

TOR winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
OTT092121301325
TOR070143812431

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:25OTTMark StoneAssists: Clarke MacArthur, Kyle Turris · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P2 5:59OTTCurtis LazarAssists: Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Erik Condra · Snap, 0.12 xG2–0
  3. P3 4:13TORTyler BozakAssists: James van Riemsdyk, Phil Kessel · Backhand, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P3 9:30OTTKyle TurrisPPAssists: David Legwand, Erik Karlsson · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–1
  5. P3 11:29TORTyler BozakPPAssists: James van Riemsdyk, Phil Kessel · Snap, 0.09 xG3–2
  6. P3 18:36TORTyler BozakAssists: James van Riemsdyk, Morgan Rielly · Tip-in, 0.16 xG3–3
  7. OT 3:17TOREric BrewerGWGAssists: Tyler Bozak, Phil Kessel · Snap, 0.26 xG3–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 4:05OTTBobby Ryan: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 11:14OTTPatrick Wiercioch: Penalty shot tripping on breakaway0 min
  3. P2 12:14TORTJ Brennan: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 12:14OTTJean-Gabriel Pageau: Fighting5 min
  5. P3 9:21TORTrevor Smith: Boarding2 min · PPG
  6. P3 10:10OTTClarke MacArthur: Boarding2 min · PPG
  7. P3 11:38OTTMika Zibanejad: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
46% to win54% to win
← OTT attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pageau won the faceoff against Carrick
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTTOR
25Shots on goal31
1.6Expected goals2.8
52Shot attempts67
22Faceoffs won36
1Power plays3
11Penalty minutes7
27Hits39
17Blocked shots13
7Giveaways7
5Takeaways9

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. bestRyan – Hoffman – Zibanejad6:28

    xG 0.38–0.09 (80%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Ryan – Chiasson – Zibanejad4:39

    xG 0.25–0.16 (61%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Legwand – Smith – Hoffman5:01

    xG 0.05–0.10 (34%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Condra – Pageau – Lazar12:42

    xG 0.20–0.28 (41%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMethot – Karlsson23:18

    xG 0.78–0.45 (63%)attempts 24–22goals 1–0

  2. Karlsson – Wiercioch2:38

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Gryba – Borowiecki12:51

    xG 0.38–0.45 (46%)attempts 9–11goals 1–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestLindstrom – Booth – Smith11:51

    xG 0.67–0.10 (87%)attempts 19–5goals 0–0

  2. Sill – Panik – Carrick7:28

    xG 0.15–0.14 (53%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Kessel – van Riemsdyk – Bozak12:02

    xG 0.41–0.42 (49%)attempts 14–11goals 1–1

  4. Lupul – Komarov – Kadri10:58

    xG 0.32–0.45 (42%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGardiner – Rielly18:16

    xG 0.90–0.34 (72%)attempts 25–10goals 0–0

  2. Brewer – Erixon2:10

    xG 0.07–0.01 (84%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Brennan – Erixon10:22

    xG 0.34–0.39 (46%)attempts 12–13goals 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.

TOR 2.8 xGOTT 1.6 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 86/100 · #149 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.11 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 5% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +45 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 74% 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).