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Sat, Jan 21, 2017·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Ottawa Senators 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 52% of the time.

TOR winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
OTT1130418022327
TOR0711517041233

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:02OTTBobby RyanAssists: Marc Methot, Chris Neil · Slap, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:31TORTyler BozakPPAssists: James van Riemsdyk, Nazem Kadri · Snap, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P3 7:00TORMatt MartinAssists: Jake Gardiner, Nazem Kadri · Tip-in, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P3 18:49OTTMike HoffmanPPAssists: Erik Karlsson, Dion Phaneuf · Slap, 0.38 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. TOR Auston Matthews stopped
  2. 2. OTT Bobby Ryan scored
  3. 3. TOR Mitch Marner scored
  4. 4. OTT Kyle Turris stopped
  5. 5. TOR James van Riemsdyk stopped
  6. 6. OTT Erik Karlsson stopped
  7. 7. TOR Tyler Bozak stopped
  8. 8. OTT Tom Pyatt scored
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 5:36TORNikita Zaitsev: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 10:24TORNikita Zaitsev: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 14:08OTTMarc Methot: Interference2 min
  4. P1 18:29TORLeo Komarov: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 6:02OTTDion Phaneuf: Slashing2 min · PPG
  6. P2 14:28OTTBobby Ryan: High sticking double minor4 min
  7. P3 17:13TORMartin Marincin: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG

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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
44% to win56% to win
← OTT attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pageau won the faceoff against Bozak
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTTOR
27Shots on goal33
4.1Expected goals4.0
65Shot attempts72
44Faceoffs won31
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
29Hits28
14Blocked shots19
10Giveaways9
11Takeaways12

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestNeil – Ryan – Turris2:13

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 1–0

  2. Brassard – Smith – Stone6:23

    xG 0.40–0.35 (54%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

  3. Pyatt – Hoffman – Pageau7:27

    xG 0.05–0.17 (22%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  4. Brassard – Hoffman – Stone4:08

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Methot – Ceci2:25

    xG 0.05–0.02 (67%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

  2. Wideman – Claesson8:41

    xG 0.09–0.30 (22%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Methot – Karlsson14:04

    xG 0.29–0.56 (34%)attempts 12–18goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestKomarov – Kadri – Nylander9:24

    xG 0.52–0.22 (71%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  2. van Riemsdyk – Bozak – Marner11:12

    xG 0.47–0.19 (71%)attempts 9–9goals 0–1

  3. Martin – Gauthier – Soshnikov6:48

    xG 0.06–0.11 (36%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  4. Hyman – Brown – Matthews11:03

    xG 0.46–0.80 (37%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMarincin – Zaitsev13:55

    xG 0.97–0.17 (85%)attempts 20–12goals 1–0

  2. Polak – Hunwick9:53

    xG 0.38–0.11 (77%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Polak – Gardiner2:46

    xG 0.19–0.17 (52%)attempts 5–2goals 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.

TOR 4.0 xGOTT 4.1 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TOROTT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

TOR's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line TOR is favoured, below it OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 78/100 · #241 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.11 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 3% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +45 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 52% of the time.

TOR winsOTT wins

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

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