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Wed, Feb 6, 2019·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Ottawa Senators 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 65% of the time.

TOR winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT111116217444
TOR11131217530

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:46TORZach HymanAssists: Mitch Marner, John Tavares · Tip-in, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:18OTTMagnus PaajarviAssists: Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Maxime Lajoie · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:35OTTMatt DucheneAssists: Ryan Dzingel, Bobby Ryan · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–1
  4. P2 14:20TORAndreas JohnssonAssists: Frederik Gauthier · Backhand, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P2 16:29TORAuston MatthewsUnassisted · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–3
  6. P2 18:20TORJohn TavaresAssists: Mitch Marner, Kasperi Kapanen · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–4
  7. P3 0:40OTTThomas ChabotAssists: Brady Tkachuk, Mark Stone · Wrist, 0.16 xG3–4
  8. P3 3:59OTTMagnus PaajarviAssists: Zack Smith, Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Wrist, 0.08 xG4–4
  9. P3 9:12TORMorgan RiellyGWGAssists: Zach Hyman · Snap, 0.17 xG4–5
Penalties (2)
  1. P2 5:48TORJake Gardiner: High sticking double minor4 min
  2. P3 11:16OTTMark Borowiecki: 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 White
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTTOR
44Shots on goal30
3.5Expected goals2.6
69Shot attempts63
32Faceoffs won22
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
27Hits13
21Blocked shots13
12Giveaways13
10Takeaways8

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. bestRyan – Duchene – Dzingel12:21

    xG 0.94–0.44 (68%)attempts 17–10goals 1–2

  2. Smith – Paajarvi – Pageau12:21

    xG 0.85–0.37 (70%)attempts 19–11goals 2–1

  3. Stone – White – Tkachuk13:39

    xG 0.93–0.53 (64%)attempts 14–16goals 1–0

  4. Tierney – Rodewald – Balcers5:58

    xG 0.01–0.28 (4%)attempts 1–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeMelo – Chabot16:00

    xG 1.67–0.52 (76%)attempts 23–12goals 1–2

  2. Ceci – Chabot2:20

    xG 0.08–0.03 (72%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Ceci – Lajoie15:07

    xG 0.53–0.54 (50%)attempts 15–20goals 1–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestTavares – Hyman – Marner14:42

    xG 1.06–0.45 (70%)attempts 19–11goals 2–1

  2. Brown – Gauthier – Lindholm2:23

    xG 0.01–0.02 (49%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Johnsson – Gauthier – Lindholm4:00

    xG 0.07–0.12 (37%)attempts 4–4goals 1–0

  4. Kadri – Johnsson – Nylander4:05

    xG 0.05–0.24 (19%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Dermott11:33

    xG 0.54–0.13 (81%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  2. Hainsey – Rielly4:59

    xG 0.18–0.06 (76%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Hainsey – Zaitsev2:09

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 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.

TOR 2.6 xGOTT 3.5 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 94/100 · #79 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.26 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50TOR 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, Ottawa Senators win this game 65% 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).