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Sat, Feb 9, 2019·Centre Bell, Montreal

Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Montréal Canadiens 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 51% of the time.

MTL winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
TOR216091611432
MTL1151911400338

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:51MTLAndrew ShawAssists: Jeff Petry, Max Domi · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P1 2:20TORAndreas JohnssonAssists: Zach Hyman · Wrist, 0.25 xG1–1
  3. P1 4:42TORNikita ZaitsevAssists: Par Lindholm, Morgan Rielly · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P2 1:13MTLTomas TatarAssists: Shea Weber, Carey Price · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. P3 7:24MTLBrendan GallagherPPAssists: Max Domi, Andrew Shaw · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–3
  6. P3 8:35TORWilliam NylanderAssists: Andreas Johnsson, John Tavares · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–3
  7. OT 2:17TORJohn TavaresGWGAssists: Mitch Marner, Morgan Rielly · Backhand, 0.17 xG4–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 4:53MTLPhillip Danault: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 7:58TORJohn Tavares: High sticking double minor4 min
  3. P2 4:41MTLArtturi Lehkonen: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 8:25MTLJonathan Drouin: Interference2 min
  5. P2 18:08TORZach Hyman: Interference2 min
  6. P3 5:37TORAuston Matthews: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  7. P3 19:28TORNikita Zaitsev: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.

TOR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MTL
46% to win54% to win
← TOR attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Danault
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORMTL
32Shots on goal38
2.4Expected goals2.4
59Shot attempts72
32Faceoffs won25
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
16Hits49
27Blocked shots14
18Giveaways20
6Takeaways9

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. bestMarleau – Tavares – Matthews2:11

    xG 0.27–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Johnsson – Gauthier – Lindholm5:52

    xG 0.21–0.03 (89%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  3. Marleau – Kapanen – Matthews10:23

    xG 0.45–0.35 (56%)attempts 14–12goals 0–2

  4. Kadri – Brown – Nylander5:55

    xG 0.03–0.05 (41%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGardiner – Zaitsev12:19

    xG 0.53–0.31 (63%)attempts 12–16goals 2–2

  2. Muzzin – Rielly11:36

    xG 0.64–0.47 (58%)attempts 18–15goals 1–0

  3. Hainsey – Dermott8:36

    xG 0.07–0.06 (54%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestArmia – Lehkonen – Kotkaniemi9:13

    xG 0.57–0.11 (83%)attempts 15–4goals 0–0

  2. Gallagher – Danault – Drouin11:04

    xG 0.33–0.24 (58%)attempts 20–10goals 0–0

  3. Tatar – Shaw – Domi12:00

    xG 0.45–0.37 (55%)attempts 12–11goals 2–1

  4. Deslauriers – Chaput – Peca5:32

    xG 0.00–0.46 (0%)attempts 2–10goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestBenn – Kulak12:18

    xG 0.44–0.25 (64%)attempts 16–10goals 0–0

  2. Petry – Benn2:11

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Petry – Reilly12:44

    xG 0.34–0.50 (40%)attempts 16–16goals 1–1

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.

MTL 2.4 xGTOR 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

MTL's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line MTL is favoured, below it TOR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 90/100 · #137 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.42 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 18% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +33 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 51% of the time.

MTL winsTOR wins

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

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