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Sat, Jan 14, 2017·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Ottawa Senators 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 67% of the time.

OTT winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR1101829427
OTT01428015237

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:26TORNazem KadriPPAssists: James van Riemsdyk, Tyler Bozak · Wrist, 0.55 xG1–0
  2. P2 1:07TORTyler BozakAssists: Mitch Marner · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–0
  3. P2 9:15OTTDion PhaneufAssists: Mike Hoffman, Erik Karlsson · Slap, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P2 18:10OTTKyle TurrisAssists: Bobby Ryan, Ryan Dzingel · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. P3 2:31TORNazem KadriGWGAssists: William Nylander, Matt Hunwick · Snap, 0.11 xG3–2
  6. P3 7:52TORConnor BrownAssists: Auston Matthews · Wrist, 0.15 xG4–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 5:34OTTZack Smith: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P3 4:01TORFrederik Gauthier: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 11:30OTTRyan Dzingel: Roughing2 min
  4. P3 11:30TORNikita Zaitsev: Roughing2 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
44% to win56% to win
← TOR attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pageau won the faceoff against Matthews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TOROTT
27Shots on goal37
2.1Expected goals3.1
54Shot attempts77
28Faceoffs won43
1Power plays1
4Penalty minutes4
30Hits38
21Blocked shots15
10Giveaways10
6Takeaways2

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 – Kadri – Nylander12:06

    xG 0.41–0.32 (56%)attempts 15–10goals 1–1

  2. Martin – Gauthier – Soshnikov8:00

    xG 0.15–0.36 (29%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  3. van Riemsdyk – Bozak – Marner13:09

    xG 0.36–0.63 (36%)attempts 14–18goals 1–0

  4. Hyman – Brown – Matthews13:18

    xG 0.51–0.98 (34%)attempts 11–20goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPolak – Hunwick12:27

    xG 0.55–0.37 (60%)attempts 12–16goals 2–1

  2. Rielly – Zaitsev20:56

    xG 0.38–0.82 (32%)attempts 13–24goals 1–0

  3. Gardiner – Carrick15:08

    xG 0.50–1.01 (33%)attempts 23–21goals 0–1

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestBrassard – Smith – Stone14:44

    xG 0.71–0.19 (79%)attempts 20–11goals 0–0

  2. Ryan – Turris – Dzingel12:25

    xG 0.84–0.70 (55%)attempts 13–18goals 1–2

  3. Neil – Kelly – Lazar5:26

    xG 0.20–0.08 (73%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  4. Pyatt – Hoffman – Pageau13:41

    xG 0.47–0.48 (49%)attempts 15–13goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMethot – Karlsson10:33

    xG 0.67–0.27 (72%)attempts 15–11goals 1–0

  2. Phaneuf – Karlsson8:36

    xG 0.38–0.08 (83%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

  3. Phaneuf – Ceci8:55

    xG 0.70–0.49 (59%)attempts 11–11goals 0–1

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 3.1 xGTOR 2.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 65/100 · #383 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.44 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 67% 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).