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Sat, Oct 6, 2018·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Ottawa Senators 5, Toronto Maple Leafs 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 55% of the time.

TOR winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT1621028524
TOR012312013337

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:42OTTDylan DeMeloAssists: Zack Smith, Thomas Chabot · Snap, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P2 0:29TORMorgan RiellyAssists: Mitch Marner, Zach Hyman · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:10TORAuston MatthewsAssists: Patrick Marleau, Tyler Ennis · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P2 3:49OTTThomas ChabotAssists: Mikkel Boedker, Zack Smith · Snap, 0.22 xG2–2
  5. P2 4:27OTTChris TierneyAssists: Ryan Dzingel · Snap, 0.09 xG3–2
  6. P2 18:20TORMitch MarnerPPAssists: Auston Matthews, Morgan Rielly · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–3
  7. P3 1:42OTTThomas ChabotGWGAssists: Bobby Ryan, Craig Anderson · Snap, 0.21 xG4–3
  8. P3 19:35OTTMark StoneENAssists: Matt Duchene · Snap, 0.58 xG5–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 4:27TORJosh Leivo: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 14:13OTTChris Wideman: Penalty shot slash on breakaway0 min
  3. P2 11:36OTTCody Ceci: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 18:00OTTRyan Dzingel: Holding2 min · PPG
  5. P3 8:23TORPar Lindholm: 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 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Smith
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTTOR
24Shots on goal37
2.9Expected goals3.3
40Shot attempts80
36Faceoffs won37
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
26Hits30
27Blocked shots8
14Giveaways8
7Takeaways16

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. bestSmith – Boedker – Stone10:37

    xG 0.55–0.38 (59%)attempts 12–11goals 2–1

  2. Duchene – Paajarvi – Dzingel2:59

    xG 0.11–0.13 (45%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Ryan – Tierney – Formenton9:14

    xG 0.45–0.48 (49%)attempts 4–14goals 1–0

  4. Pyatt – Carey – Paajarvi3:57

    xG 0.00–0.11 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeMelo – Chabot13:17

    xG 1.26–0.35 (78%)attempts 15–12goals 4–0

  2. Borowiecki – Ceci2:04

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  3. Borowiecki – Wideman10:55

    xG 0.30–0.77 (28%)attempts 6–14goals 0–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestTavares – Hyman – Marner13:44

    xG 0.80–0.53 (60%)attempts 24–9goals 1–0

  2. Marleau – Ennis – Matthews12:04

    xG 0.78–0.53 (59%)attempts 15–9goals 1–1

  3. Johnsson – Kapanen – Lindholm6:44

    xG 0.44–0.23 (66%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  4. Kadri – Leivo – Brown7:36

    xG 0.43–0.43 (50%)attempts 8–6goals 0–3

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Rielly12:37

    xG 0.77–0.04 (95%)attempts 16–6goals 1–0

  2. Gardiner – Zaitsev15:39

    xG 1.15–1.01 (53%)attempts 24–13goals 1–2

  3. Dermott – Ozhiganov10:13

    xG 0.49–0.44 (52%)attempts 10–4goals 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 3.3 xGOTT 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 79/100 · #283 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.91 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 55% 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).