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Sat, Feb 10, 2018·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Ottawa Senators 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 89% of the time.

TOR winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT0411229325
TOR314116211641

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:55TORMitch MarnerUnassisted · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:25TORAuston MatthewsAssists: William Nylander · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–2
  3. P1 11:30TORMitch MarnerAssists: Patrick Marleau, Nazem Kadri · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–3
  4. P2 8:32OTTJohnny OduyaAssists: Mark Stone, Thomas Chabot · Slap, 0.04 xG1–3
  5. P2 13:51TORJames van RiemsdykPPGWGAssists: Mitch Marner, Morgan Rielly · Deflected, 0.16 xG1–4
  6. P3 0:45OTTDerick BrassardAssists: Dion Phaneuf, Mark Stone · Tip-in, 0.14 xG2–4
  7. P3 2:29TORNazem KadriAssists: Mitch Marner, Patrick Marleau · Snap, 0.11 xG2–5
  8. P3 13:32OTTRyan DzingelAssists: Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Mark Borowiecki · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–5
  9. P3 18:38TORPatrick MarleauENAssists: Mitch Marner · Snap, 0.68 xG3–6
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 13:24TORJake Gardiner: Holding2 min
  2. P1 14:10OTTChristopher DiDomenico: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P1 17:16OTTMark Borowiecki: Holding2 min
  4. P2 9:55TORRon Hainsey: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 12:58OTTTom Pyatt: Holding2 min · PPG
  6. P3 19:32OTTDerick Brassard: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  7. P3 19:57OTTJean-Gabriel Pageau: Slashing2 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 20:00Smith won the faceoff against Bozak
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTTOR
25Shots on goal41
1.5Expected goals4.0
48Shot attempts74
28Faceoffs won31
2Power plays5
10Penalty minutes4
37Hits21
17Blocked shots13
12Giveaways14
5Takeaways5

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. bestPyatt – Paajarvi – Pageau4:10

    xG 0.21–0.02 (93%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Hoffman – Duchene – Dzingel2:40

    xG 0.12–0.20 (37%)attempts 3–3goals 0–1

  3. Brassard – Smith – Stone11:22

    xG 0.52–0.67 (44%)attempts 11–17goals 2–0

  4. Pyatt – Smith – Pageau3:01

    xG 0.01–0.19 (6%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhaneuf – Karlsson11:41

    xG 0.50–0.32 (61%)attempts 13–11goals 1–1

  2. Ceci – Chabot3:24

    xG 0.07–0.02 (81%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Borowiecki – Chabot3:01

    xG 0.07–0.06 (52%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestMarleau – Kadri – Marner12:45

    xG 1.16–0.27 (81%)attempts 23–4goals 3–1

  2. van Riemsdyk – Bozak – Brown9:29

    xG 0.53–0.36 (59%)attempts 12–16goals 0–1

  3. Moore – Komarov – Kapanen10:17

    xG 0.29–0.24 (54%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  4. Hyman – Nylander – Matthews12:27

    xG 0.29–0.32 (48%)attempts 10–13goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGardiner – Zaitsev16:55

    xG 0.87–0.30 (74%)attempts 17–12goals 2–0

  2. Hainsey – Rielly14:15

    xG 0.79–0.52 (60%)attempts 26–12goals 2–2

  3. Carrick – Dermott14:57

    xG 0.65–0.54 (55%)attempts 12–21goals 0–1

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 4.0 xGOTT 1.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 75/100 · #347 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.74 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50TOR 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, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 89% of the time.

TOR winsOTT wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).