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Sat, Jan 20, 2018·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Ottawa Senators 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 71% of the time.

OTT winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR11201239433
OTT043806318

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:26TORZach HymanAssists: Auston Matthews, Jake Gardiner · Wrist, 0.27 xG1–0
  2. P2 3:08OTTErik KarlssonPPAssists: Mark Stone, Ryan Dzingel · Snap, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:12OTTMike HoffmanAssists: Cody Ceci, Bobby Ryan · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P2 18:05OTTTom PyattSHAssists: Zack Smith, Mark Stone · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–3
  5. P3 2:53TORAuston MatthewsAssists: Zach Hyman, Jake Gardiner · Backhand, 0.11 xG2–3
  6. P3 4:21TORMitch MarnerPPAssists: Jake Gardiner · Wrist, 0.19 xG3–3
  7. P3 8:58TORConnor CarrickGWGAssists: Leo Komarov, Nazem Kadri · Wrist, 0.02 xG4–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 17:49OTTMark Borowiecki: Interference2 min
  2. P2 1:50TORAuston Matthews: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 17:42OTTRyan Dzingel: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 17:42TORAndreas Borgman: Interference2 min
  5. P2 17:42OTTRyan Dzingel: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 19:38TORTyler Bozak: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 3:01OTTZack Smith: Slashing2 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.

TOR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0OTT
46% to win54% to win
← TOR attackOTT 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.

TOROTT
33Shots on goal18
2.9Expected goals1.7
57Shot attempts53
36Faceoffs won34
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
25Hits29
25Blocked shots16
8Giveaways13
7Takeaways8

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 – Matthews12:35

    xG 1.10–0.21 (84%)attempts 19–9goals 2–1

  2. van Riemsdyk – Bozak – Brown10:24

    xG 0.57–0.08 (88%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Marleau – Komarov – Kadri12:11

    xG 0.48–0.43 (53%)attempts 15–10goals 1–0

  4. Martin – Gauthier – Marner5:25

    xG 0.16–0.20 (45%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Gardiner17:44

    xG 0.96–0.16 (86%)attempts 14–13goals 1–1

  2. Carrick – Dermott15:05

    xG 0.75–0.34 (69%)attempts 16–9goals 1–0

  3. Polak – Borgman11:43

    xG 0.27–0.50 (35%)attempts 15–14goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestHoffman – Duchene – White3:40

    xG 0.17–0.06 (73%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  2. Burrows – Pyatt – Smith2:09

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Ryan – Hoffman – Duchene8:12

    xG 0.28–0.25 (52%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  4. Ryan – Brassard – Stone4:51

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOduya – Ceci2:41

    xG 0.20–0.02 (91%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Phaneuf – Borowiecki2:07

    xG 0.05–0.02 (68%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Borowiecki – Chabot3:26

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–2goals 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.

OTT 1.7 xGTOR 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 78/100 · #308 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.83 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 6% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +34 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 71% 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).