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Sat, Nov 18, 2017·Centre Bell, Montreal

Toronto Maple Leafs 6, Montréal Canadiens 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 76% of the time.

MTL winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR07211413631
MTL01601007033

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 12:07TORRon HainseyGWGAssists: Tyler Bozak, Dominic Moore · Snap, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P2 12:44TORNazem KadriAssists: Patrick Marleau, Frederik Andersen · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P3 0:25TORConnor BrownAssists: Nikita Zaitsev, Zach Hyman · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–0
  4. P3 8:11TORJames van RiemsdykAssists: Tyler Bozak, Dominic Moore · Wrist, 0.18 xG4–0
  5. P3 8:59TORAuston MatthewsAssists: Mitch Marner, Matt Martin · Wrist, 0.15 xG5–0
  6. P3 15:27TORAuston MatthewsAssists: Mitch Marner · Wrist, 0.05 xG6–0
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 14:36MTLJordie Benn: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 8:05MTLShea Weber: Interference2 min
  3. P3 4:34MTLShea Weber: Roughing2 min
  4. P3 4:34MTLShea Weber: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 4:34TORNazem Kadri: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 9:39MTLPaul Byron: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 9:39TORNikita Zaitsev: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 9:39TORNikita Zaitsev: Fighting5 min
  9. P3 18:36MTLBrendan Gallagher: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 18:36TORConnor Carrick: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 18:36MTLBrendan Gallagher: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 18:36TORConnor Carrick: 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 SOG0MTL
46% to win54% to win
← TOR attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Danault won the faceoff against Kadri
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORMTL
31Shots on goal33
3.5Expected goals1.9
59Shot attempts60
35Faceoffs won30
3Power plays1
13Penalty minutes17
27Hits36
19Blocked shots15
14Giveaways15
3Takeaways7

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. bestvan Riemsdyk – Bozak – Marner6:17

    xG 0.60–0.29 (67%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

  2. Moore – van Riemsdyk – Bozak3:56

    xG 0.33–0.04 (90%)attempts 4–4goals 2–0

  3. Marleau – Hyman – Brown4:56

    xG 0.26–0.03 (89%)attempts 9–2goals 1–0

  4. Marleau – Komarov – Kadri7:01

    xG 0.45–0.25 (64%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGardiner – Zaitsev12:43

    xG 0.87–0.38 (69%)attempts 15–15goals 3–0

  2. Carrick – Borgman11:44

    xG 0.55–0.22 (71%)attempts 12–12goals 2–0

  3. Hainsey – Rielly14:00

    xG 0.68–0.53 (57%)attempts 9–15goals 1–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestByron – Shaw – Danault12:48

    xG 0.39–0.23 (63%)attempts 17–8goals 0–1

  2. Plekanec – Gallagher – Hudon10:59

    xG 0.63–0.65 (49%)attempts 18–15goals 0–1

  3. Deslauriers – Froese – de la Rose7:17

    xG 0.07–0.16 (30%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  4. Pacioretty – Galchenyuk – Drouin13:39

    xG 0.62–0.72 (46%)attempts 15–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPetry – Mete4:00

    xG 0.20–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 0–0

  2. Alzner – Morrow5:44

    xG 0.11–0.03 (76%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Weber – Benn11:49

    xG 0.59–0.52 (53%)attempts 15–14goals 0–2

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 1.9 xGTOR 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 6/100 · #1194 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.64 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 76% of the time.

MTL winsTOR wins

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

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