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Sat, Mar 12, 2016·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Toronto Maple Leafs 0, Ottawa Senators 4

Expected result

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

OTT winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR07011011029
OTT171624417

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:40OTTMika ZibanejadGWGAssists: Mike Hoffman, Marc Methot · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P2 0:19OTTCody CeciAssists: Mark Stone, Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Backhand, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P3 1:21OTTZack SmithAssists: Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Mark Stone · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–3
  4. P3 15:21OTTMark StoneAssists: Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Wrist, 0.20 xG0–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 6:08OTTMark Stone: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 10:14TORNazem Kadri: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 11:44OTTMike Hoffman: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 12:10TORMartin Marincin: High sticking2 min
  5. P1 17:01OTTZack Smith: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 2:47OTTChris Wideman: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 11:34OTTAlex Chiasson: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 16:23TORPA Parenteau: Tripping2 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
47% to win54% to win
← TOR attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zibanejad won the faceoff against Laich
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TOROTT
29Shots on goal17
2.5Expected goals1.4
66Shot attempts36
34Faceoffs won26
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes10
26Hits38
10Blocked shots22
10Giveaways10
6Takeaways7

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. bestMichalek – Grabner – Smith8:43

    xG 0.42–0.15 (73%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

  2. Laich – Greening – Holland8:10

    xG 0.31–0.10 (76%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  3. Parenteau – Hyman – Nylander11:16

    xG 0.37–0.17 (68%)attempts 14–3goals 0–1

  4. Komarov – Kadri – Soshnikov10:29

    xG 0.23–0.57 (29%)attempts 11–9goals 0–3

Defence pairs

  1. bestMarincin – Valiev5:56

    xG 0.41–0.02 (96%)attempts 12–2goals 0–0

  2. Rielly – Carrick7:28

    xG 0.40–0.09 (82%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  3. Gardiner – Corrado7:39

    xG 0.41–0.20 (67%)attempts 8–1goals 0–1

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestSmith – Stone – Pageau9:36

    xG 0.68–0.35 (66%)attempts 10–15goals 3–0

  2. Hoffman – Chiasson – Zibanejad6:23

    xG 0.19–0.16 (54%)attempts 5–8goals 1–0

  3. Neil – Paul – Lazar10:33

    xG 0.11–0.13 (47%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  4. Gomez – Ryan – Hoffman2:31

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Kostka – Wideman10:43

    xG 0.28–0.27 (51%)attempts 5–17goals 1–0

  2. Kostka – Karlsson2:08

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  3. Phaneuf – Ceci12:34

    xG 0.16–0.22 (43%)attempts 6–11goals 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.

OTT 1.4 xGTOR 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 9/100 · #1156 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.71 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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.

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).