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Sat, Oct 24, 2015·Centre Bell, Montreal

Toronto Maple Leafs 3, Montréal Canadiens 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 73% of the time.

MTL winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR014223115352
MTL11141105527

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:53MTLP.K. SubbanPPAssists: Max Pacioretty, Tomas Plekanec · Slap, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:54MTLLars EllerAssists: Alex Galchenyuk · Wrist, 0.24 xG0–2
  3. P2 2:37TORLeo KomarovAssists: James van Riemsdyk, Scott Harrington · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P2 4:24MTLDavid DesharnaisAssists: Tomas Fleischmann, Dale Weise · Backhand, 0.03 xG1–3
  5. P2 6:36TORJames van RiemsdykAssists: Dion Phaneuf, Leo Komarov · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–3
  6. P2 15:30MTLMax PaciorettySHGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–4
  7. P2 19:46MTLBrendan GallagherPPAssists: P.K. Subban, Andrei Markov · Tip-in, 0.23 xG2–5
  8. P3 7:11TORMorgan RiellyAssists: Brad Boyes · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–5
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 3:16TORScott Harrington: Interference2 min
  2. P1 5:59MTLP.K. Subban: Holding2 min
  3. P1 9:21TORPA Parenteau: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 6:36TORNick Spaling: Delaying game face off violation2 min
  5. P2 14:36MTLLars Eller: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 15:41MTLDevante Smith-Pelly: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 18:48TORDion Phaneuf: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  8. P2 18:48TORNazem Kadri: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 18:48MTLAlexei Emelin: Cross checking2 min
  10. P3 12:08MTLJeff Petry: Tripping2 min
  11. P3 19:45MTLDale Weise: 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
47% to win54% to win
← TOR attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kadri won the faceoff against Mitchell
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORMTL
52Shots on goal27
5.0Expected goals3.4
85Shot attempts49
41Faceoffs won34
5Power plays4
10Penalty minutes12
26Hits23
12Blocked shots12
11Giveaways16
1Takeaways5

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. bestKomarov – van Riemsdyk – Kadri12:52

    xG 0.76–0.53 (59%)attempts 17–10goals 2–0

  2. Boyes – Matthias – Arcobello7:15

    xG 0.50–0.41 (55%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  3. Lupul – Winnik – Spaling9:30

    xG 0.62–0.59 (51%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  4. Winnik – Matthias – Spaling2:03

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHarrington – Rielly14:16

    xG 1.26–0.52 (71%)attempts 23–9goals 2–0

  2. Polak – Marincin9:13

    xG 0.20–0.31 (39%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

  3. Phaneuf – Hunwick13:16

    xG 0.72–0.85 (46%)attempts 19–13goals 1–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestPlekanec – Pacioretty – Gallagher13:17

    xG 0.73–0.30 (71%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  2. Mitchell – Smith-Pelly – Flynn7:51

    xG 0.30–0.34 (47%)attempts 3–13goals 0–1

  3. Semin – Eller – Galchenyuk9:06

    xG 0.72–0.91 (44%)attempts 12–16goals 1–2

  4. Fleischmann – Desharnais – Weise7:37

    xG 0.26–0.63 (29%)attempts 5–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMarkov – Subban16:44

    xG 1.17–0.88 (57%)attempts 17–25goals 0–3

  2. Gilbert – Beaulieu10:59

    xG 0.54–0.73 (43%)attempts 10–14goals 1–0

  3. Emelin – Petry12:53

    xG 0.35–0.63 (36%)attempts 7–16goals 1–0

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 3.4 xGTOR 5.0 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 66/100 · #405 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.28 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 73% 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).