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Sat, Oct 21, 2017·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Toronto Maple Leafs 3, Ottawa Senators 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 85% of the time.

OTT winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR08011312331
OTT113211311635

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:01OTTNate ThompsonAssists: Alexandre Burrows, Logan Brown · Tip-in, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P2 14:20OTTRyan DzingelAssists: Erik Karlsson, Chris Wideman · Deflected, 0.07 xG0–2
  3. P2 19:48OTTDerick BrassardAssists: Bobby Ryan, Erik Karlsson · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–3
  4. P3 6:00TORJames van RiemsdykAssists: Ron Hainsey, Connor Brown · Deflected, 0.09 xG1–3
  5. P3 8:34TORAuston MatthewsAssists: William Nylander, Ron Hainsey · Snap, 0.09 xG2–3
  6. P3 8:41OTTMark StoneGWGUnassisted · Snap, 0.36 xG2–4
  7. P3 12:52TORWilliam NylanderPPAssists: Jake Gardiner, Auston Matthews · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–4
  8. P3 16:30OTTDerick BrassardAssists: Mark Stone, Erik Karlsson · Snap, 0.05 xG3–5
  9. P3 18:21OTTMark StoneENAssists: Derick Brassard, Dion Phaneuf · Wrist, 0.59 xG3–6
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 4:33TORConnor Carrick: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 15:20TORMitch Marner: Delaying game bench face off violation2 min
  3. P3 11:56OTTAlexandre Burrows: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P3 19:40OTTJohnny Oduya: Interference2 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
46% to win54% to win
← TOR attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nylander won the faceoff against Brassard
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TOROTT
31Shots on goal35
1.8Expected goals4.1
66Shot attempts58
35Faceoffs won42
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
24Hits16
11Blocked shots23
13Giveaways12
9Takeaways10

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. bestHyman – Nylander – Matthews13:39

    xG 0.50–0.23 (68%)attempts 17–9goals 1–0

  2. Marleau – Kadri – Marner4:43

    xG 0.02–0.02 (49%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Moore – Martin – Marner5:49

    xG 0.12–0.22 (36%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. van Riemsdyk – Bozak – Brown11:49

    xG 0.32–0.50 (39%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGardiner – Rielly2:37

    xG 0.24–0.14 (63%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  2. Carrick – Borgman13:05

    xG 0.15–0.30 (33%)attempts 9–8goals 0–1

  3. Hainsey – Rielly16:27

    xG 0.52–1.02 (34%)attempts 24–17goals 1–1

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestBurrows – Thompson – Brown3:40

    xG 0.23–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

  2. Pyatt – Hoffman – Pageau6:56

    xG 0.26–0.04 (85%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Ryan – Brassard – Stone7:58

    xG 0.26–0.12 (68%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

  4. Burrows – Turris – Dzingel4:28

    xG 0.12–0.02 (84%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWideman – Claesson5:46

    xG 0.70–0.05 (93%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

  2. Oduya – Karlsson15:17

    xG 1.00–0.38 (73%)attempts 22–16goals 3–0

  3. Karlsson – Wideman2:57

    xG 0.20–0.02 (90%)attempts 2–1goals 1–0

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.

OTT 4.1 xGTOR 1.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 81/100 · #257 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.03 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 85% 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).