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Sat, Nov 19, 2016·Centre Bell, Montreal

Toronto Maple Leafs 1, Montréal Canadiens 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 56% of the time.

MTL winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR09112011132
MTL1141708229

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:45MTLPaul ByronAssists: Shea Weber, Alexander Radulov · Backhand, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P2 0:32MTLAlex GalchenyukPPGWGAssists: Alexander Radulov, Shea Weber · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P2 8:47TORWilliam NylanderPPAssists: Leo Komarov, Auston Matthews · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–2
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 7:02TORNazem Kadri: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P1 10:18TORJake Gardiner: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 16:15MTLNathan Beaulieu: Interference2 min
  4. P2 0:27TORTyler Bozak: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P2 7:11MTLMax Pacioretty: Holding2 min · PPG
  6. P2 9:52TORConnor Carrick: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 16:53MTLPhillip Danault: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 11:58TORMatt Martin: Boarding2 min
  9. P3 11:58TORMatt Martin: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 11:58MTLNathan Beaulieu: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 15:57MTLCharles Hudon: Interference2 min
  12. P3 0:00MTLAlexei Emelin: Cross checking5 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. P1 20:00Desharnais won the faceoff against Kadri
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORMTL
32Shots on goal29
2.0Expected goals2.2
67Shot attempts51
28Faceoffs won31
4Power plays5
12Penalty minutes15
37Hits33
13Blocked shots27
9Giveaways21
9Takeaways6

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. van Riemsdyk – Bozak – Marner10:20

    xG 0.30–0.33 (47%)attempts 12–16goals 0–0

  2. Hyman – Brown – Matthews7:16

    xG 0.06–0.10 (39%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Komarov – Kadri – Nylander6:43

    xG 0.23–0.29 (44%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

  4. Martin – Smith – Soshnikov8:34

    xG 0.44–0.53 (45%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGardiner – Carrick13:36

    xG 0.74–0.43 (63%)attempts 20–7goals 0–0

  2. Hunwick – Zaitsev2:01

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  3. Rielly – Zaitsev14:04

    xG 0.34–0.65 (34%)attempts 11–18goals 0–1

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestPlekanec – Gallagher – Danault3:23

    xG 0.42–0.06 (88%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Radulov – Byron – Galchenyuk7:04

    xG 0.55–0.22 (71%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  3. Desharnais – Pacioretty – Shaw9:29

    xG 0.31–0.32 (49%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  4. Plekanec – Gallagher – Hudon5:16

    xG 0.04–0.05 (42%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMarkov – Petry12:34

    xG 0.42–0.15 (73%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  2. Weber – Emelin14:43

    xG 0.75–0.52 (59%)attempts 16–19goals 1–0

  3. Weber – Beaulieu2:19

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 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 2.2 xGTOR 2.0 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 17/100 · #996 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.91 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 56% 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).