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Wed, Jan 10, 2018·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Ottawa Senators 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 79% of the time.

TOR winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT11211228432
TOR016116216348

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:26OTTThomas ChabotAssists: Ryan Dzingel · Deflected, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P2 1:52OTTMike HoffmanAssists: Matt Duchene · Snap, 0.28 xG2–0
  3. P2 18:10TORAndreas BorgmanAssists: Tyler Bozak, Leo Komarov · Slap, 0.01 xG2–1
  4. P3 0:54TORJames van RiemsdykAssists: Tyler Bozak, Mitch Marner · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. P3 2:15OTTGabriel DumontAssists: Filip Chlapik, Alexandre Burrows · Snap, 0.28 xG3–2
  6. P3 12:28TORMorgan RiellyAssists: William Nylander, Ron Hainsey · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–3
  7. P3 16:55OTTTom PyattGWGAssists: Matt Duchene, Zack Smith · Snap, 0.20 xG4–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 8:40OTTMatt Duchene: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P2 6:14OTTCody Ceci: Holding2 min
  3. P2 12:00OTTTom Pyatt: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 15:57TORLeo Komarov: Holding2 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
46% to win54% 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
32Shots on goal48
4.0Expected goals6.3
50Shot attempts93
30Faceoffs won45
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
21Hits11
20Blocked shots8
14Giveaways8
7Takeaways11

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. bestBurrows – Dumont – Chlapik3:52

    xG 0.48–0.29 (63%)attempts 6–9goals 1–1

  2. Pyatt – Smith – Pageau9:57

    xG 0.69–0.70 (49%)attempts 9–14goals 0–1

  3. Brassard – Stone – Dzingel14:12

    xG 1.44–1.56 (48%)attempts 14–24goals 0–0

  4. Hoffman – Duchene – White11:20

    xG 0.60–0.95 (39%)attempts 8–16goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhaneuf – Ceci12:17

    xG 0.80–0.56 (59%)attempts 10–16goals 0–0

  2. Karlsson – Harpur2:02

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 1–0

  3. Claesson – Harpur7:12

    xG 0.51–0.54 (48%)attempts 9–12goals 1–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestvan Riemsdyk – Bozak – Marner13:18

    xG 1.66–0.66 (72%)attempts 28–11goals 1–1

  2. Hyman – Nylander – Matthews14:56

    xG 1.10–1.08 (50%)attempts 19–11goals 1–1

  3. Marleau – Komarov – Kadri12:33

    xG 1.19–1.37 (47%)attempts 19–12goals 0–0

  4. Martin – Brown – Gauthier4:31

    xG 0.08–0.34 (20%)attempts 6–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Rielly16:36

    xG 2.24–1.29 (63%)attempts 28–12goals 0–1

  2. Gardiner – Borgman2:08

    xG 0.22–0.09 (70%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0

  3. Polak – Gardiner7:43

    xG 0.37–0.27 (58%)attempts 6–4goals 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 6.3 xGOTT 4.0 xG
0246P1P2P3EndxG

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 91/100 · #127 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.31 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 79% 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).