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Sat, Feb 27, 2016·Centre Bell, Montreal

Toronto Maple Leafs 1, Montréal Canadiens 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 62% of the time.

MTL winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR18014010132
MTL1811929436

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:29TORMatt HunwickAssists: Brendan Leipsic, Brad Boyes · Wrist, 0.27 xG1–0
  2. P1 7:01MTLAlex GalchenyukAssists: Sven Andrighetto, Lars Eller · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:39MTLDevante Smith-PellyGWGAssists: Michael McCarron, Alexei Emelin · Backhand, 0.28 xG1–2
  4. P3 6:23MTLMax PaciorettyAssists: Andrei Markov, P.K. Subban · Snap, 0.03 xG1–3
  5. P3 8:07MTLMax PaciorettyAssists: Greg Pateryn, Tomas Plekanec · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 18:17MTLMax Pacioretty: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 2:02TORDaniel Winnik: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 12:29TORBrendan Leipsic: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P2 16:04TORJake Gardiner: Cross checking2 min
  5. P3 2:22MTLP.K. Subban: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  6. P3 16:14TORMartin Marincin: Holding2 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 20:00Danault won the faceoff against Kadri
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORMTL
32Shots on goal36
2.6Expected goals3.4
56Shot attempts64
35Faceoffs won40
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
32Hits29
20Blocked shots15
15Giveaways22
5Takeaways10

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 – Grabner – Kadri3:58

    xG 0.14–0.02 (88%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Boyes – Froese – Leipsic3:09

    xG 0.40–0.29 (58%)attempts 3–4goals 1–0

  3. Komarov – Kadri – Leipsic8:03

    xG 0.31–0.23 (58%)attempts 10–6goals 0–2

  4. Winnik – Greening – Holland2:30

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHunwick – Rielly13:25

    xG 0.82–0.34 (71%)attempts 16–13goals 1–2

  2. Gardiner – Marincin13:46

    xG 0.42–0.69 (38%)attempts 17–14goals 0–1

  3. Corrado – Percy8:49

    xG 0.06–0.87 (6%)attempts 5–10goals 0–1

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestMitchell – Smith-Pelly – McCarron9:25

    xG 0.75–0.06 (92%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  2. Plekanec – Pacioretty – Gallagher9:28

    xG 0.46–0.36 (56%)attempts 11–9goals 2–0

  3. Eller – Galchenyuk – Andrighetto13:13

    xG 0.53–0.44 (55%)attempts 15–15goals 1–0

  4. Byron – Danault – de la Rose11:38

    xG 0.39–0.49 (44%)attempts 8–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBartley – Barberio14:19

    xG 0.66–0.33 (67%)attempts 18–15goals 1–0

  2. Emelin – Pateryn13:33

    xG 0.89–0.56 (61%)attempts 13–9goals 2–1

  3. Markov – Subban16:11

    xG 0.40–0.47 (46%)attempts 12–16goals 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 2.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 35/100 · #827 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.19 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 33% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 62% of the time.

MTL winsTOR wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).