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Sat, Feb 18, 2017·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Ottawa Senators 6, Toronto Maple Leafs 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 70% of the time.

TOR winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT214016412642
TOR015210112337

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:26OTTChris WidemanAssists: Derick Brassard, Mark Stone · Slap, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:46OTTRyan DzingelAssists: Marc Methot, Mark Stone · Tip-in, 0.12 xG2–0
  3. P2 14:38TORMorgan RiellyAssists: Auston Matthews, William Nylander · Snap, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P2 17:52TORNazem KadriAssists: Josh Leivo · Snap, 0.16 xG2–2
  5. P3 2:04TORWilliam NylanderPPAssists: Auston Matthews, Leo Komarov · Snap, 0.05 xG2–3
  6. P3 5:32OTTMike HoffmanAssists: Kyle Turris, Erik Karlsson · Snap, 0.03 xG3–3
  7. P3 6:26OTTDerick BrassardPPGWGAssists: Mark Stone, Erik Karlsson · Snap, 0.61 xG4–3
  8. P3 18:10OTTMark StoneENAssists: Kyle Turris · Snap, 0.46 xG5–3
  9. P3 19:15OTTDerick BrassardENAssists: Kyle Turris, Mark Stone · Wrist, 0.65 xG6–3
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 3:12TORRoman Polak: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 3:12OTTMark Borowiecki: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 8:03TORJake Gardiner: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 12:21OTTTom Pyatt: Hooking2 min
  5. P1 13:59OTTKyle Turris: Holding2 min
  6. P1 18:14OTTBobby Ryan: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P2 9:29TORMatt Martin: Interference2 min
  8. P2 9:40TORZach Hyman: Holding2 min
  9. P3 0:45OTTZack Smith: Hooking2 min · PPG
  10. P3 6:12TORNazem Kadri: Holding2 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

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTTOR
42Shots on goal37
5.1Expected goals3.6
65Shot attempts71
36Faceoffs won31
4Power plays4
10Penalty minutes10
32Hits23
18Blocked shots11
7Giveaways6
9Takeaways12

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. bestTurris – Smith – Hoffman5:02

    xG 0.30–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 0–0

  2. Kelly – Pyatt – Pageau2:42

    xG 0.01–0.06 (20%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Ryan – Turris – Hoffman3:46

    xG 0.06–0.17 (25%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  4. Brassard – Stone – Dzingel6:31

    xG 0.52–0.86 (38%)attempts 10–10goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhaneuf – Wideman4:57

    xG 0.23–0.06 (78%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Methot – Karlsson15:10

    xG 0.47–0.42 (53%)attempts 14–10goals 2–1

  3. Borowiecki – Wideman5:33

    xG 0.21–0.19 (52%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestKomarov – Kadri – Leivo10:07

    xG 1.03–0.27 (79%)attempts 15–9goals 1–0

  2. van Riemsdyk – Bozak – Brown10:32

    xG 0.37–0.26 (59%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

  3. Hyman – Nylander – Matthews11:17

    xG 0.54–0.50 (52%)attempts 16–10goals 1–0

  4. Martin – Smith – Soshnikov6:41

    xG 0.15–0.17 (47%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRielly – Zaitsev16:03

    xG 1.33–0.74 (64%)attempts 23–19goals 2–3

  2. Gardiner – Carrick15:30

    xG 0.57–0.39 (59%)attempts 18–13goals 0–0

  3. Polak – Hunwick10:46

    xG 0.23–0.32 (42%)attempts 6–10goals 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 3.6 xGOTT 5.1 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 93/100 · #77 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.16 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 14% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +33 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 70% 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).