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Sat, Oct 29, 2016·Centre Bell, Montreal

Toronto Maple Leafs 1, Montréal Canadiens 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 57% of the time.

MTL winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR011010117138
MTL01016115231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 6:11MTLAlex GalchenyukAssists: Alexander Radulov, Nathan Beaulieu · Snap, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P3 4:18TORNazem KadriPPAssists: William Nylander, Jake Gardiner · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P3 7:24MTLShea WeberPPGWGAssists: Alexander Radulov, Alex Galchenyuk · Slap, 0.07 xG1–2
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 7:20MTLJeff Petry: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 15:38MTLAlexei Emelin: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 2:06TORZach Hyman: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 8:14TORMatt Martin: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 8:14MTLMax Pacioretty: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 19:17TORRoman Polak: Boarding2 min
  7. P3 4:05MTLAlexander Radulov: Hooking2 min · PPG
  8. P3 5:58MTLTorrey Mitchell: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 5:58TORNazem Kadri: Slashing2 min · PPG
  10. P3 6:53TORConnor Carrick: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 8:58MTLAlexei Emelin: 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
44% to win56% to win
← TOR attackMTL attack →
  1. Press play, or drag along the timeline.
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORMTL
38Shots on goal31
2.3Expected goals1.9
74Shot attempts59
24Faceoffs won30
4Power plays3
10Penalty minutes12
45Hits20
19Blocked shots26
11Giveaways8
5Takeaways4

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. Martin – Smith – Griffith3:39

    xG 0.11–0.07 (60%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Komarov – Kadri – Brown5:55

    xG 0.13–0.21 (39%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. van Riemsdyk – Bozak – Marner9:25

    xG 0.12–0.26 (32%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  4. Hyman – Nylander – Matthews9:11

    xG 0.08–0.29 (22%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Marincin – Rielly2:23

    xG 0.15–0.10 (58%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Rielly – Carrick10:00

    xG 0.20–0.18 (52%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. Gardiner – Carrick2:34

    xG 0.03–0.10 (21%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestPlekanec – Byron – Lehkonen7:51

    xG 0.41–0.04 (92%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Desharnais – Pacioretty – Shaw9:23

    xG 0.34–0.12 (74%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  3. Radulov – Gallagher – Galchenyuk8:49

    xG 0.30–0.25 (54%)attempts 9–9goals 1–0

  4. Mitchell – Danault – Flynn8:25

    xG 0.25–0.28 (47%)attempts 9–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeber – Emelin14:13

    xG 0.38–0.10 (79%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  2. Markov – Petry11:54

    xG 0.39–0.23 (62%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

  3. Weber – Petry2:01

    xG 0.15–0.01 (92%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

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 1.9 xGTOR 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 38/100 · #732 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.29 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 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 57% 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).