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Sat, Feb 23, 2019·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Montréal Canadiens 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 77% of the time.

TOR winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MTL32001104335
TOR010215412637

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:07MTLAndrew ShawAssists: Brett Kulak, Max Domi · Wrist, 0.38 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:44MTLTomas TatarAssists: Jeff Petry · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–0
  3. P1 13:52MTLJeff PetryPPAssists: Andrew Shaw, Paul Byron · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–0
  4. P2 2:13TORAuston MatthewsPPAssists: Morgan Rielly, John Tavares · Snap, 0.07 xG3–1
  5. P2 18:06TORTyler EnnisPPAssists: Patrick Marleau, William Nylander · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–2
  6. P3 6:58TORWilliam NylanderAssists: Patrick Marleau, Jake Muzzin · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–3
  7. P3 18:10TORZach HymanGWGAssists: Mitch Marner · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–4
  8. P3 19:02TORAndreas JohnssonENAssists: Kasperi Kapanen, Auston Matthews · Wrist, 0.76 xG3–5
  9. P3 19:37TORZach HymanENAssists: Morgan Rielly, Mitch Marner · Other, 0.75 xG3–6
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 13:24TORTravis Dermott: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 14:20TORJake Muzzin: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 18:07TORFrederik Andersen: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 0:43MTLVictor Mete: Holding the stick2 min · PPG
  5. P2 16:19MTLArtturi Lehkonen: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  6. P3 12:05TORAndreas Johnsson: Hooking2 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.

MTL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
46% to win54% to win
← MTL attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Danault won the faceoff against Tavares
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLTOR
35Shots on goal37
3.3Expected goals5.1
69Shot attempts70
38Faceoffs won31
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
27Hits15
19Blocked shots20
20Giveaways11
8Takeaways14

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.

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestByron – Shaw – Domi10:33

    xG 1.12–0.34 (77%)attempts 14–15goals 1–0

  2. Tatar – Gallagher – Danault11:41

    xG 0.67–0.53 (56%)attempts 17–14goals 1–1

  3. Thompson – Deslauriers – Peca8:05

    xG 0.12–0.21 (38%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  4. Armia – Lehkonen – Kotkaniemi8:49

    xG 0.19–0.31 (37%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBenn – Kulak13:00

    xG 1.03–0.40 (72%)attempts 19–11goals 1–1

  2. Petry – Reilly15:15

    xG 0.69–0.31 (69%)attempts 19–10goals 1–0

  3. Weber – Mete15:06

    xG 0.35–1.00 (26%)attempts 7–28goals 0–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestTavares – Hyman – Marner12:44

    xG 0.82–0.55 (60%)attempts 19–15goals 1–0

  2. Marleau – Brown – Nylander11:01

    xG 0.36–0.25 (59%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  3. Ennis – Gauthier – Lindholm6:37

    xG 0.07–0.12 (37%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  4. Johnsson – Kapanen – Matthews11:22

    xG 0.34–1.16 (22%)attempts 14–17goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGardiner – Zaitsev12:23

    xG 0.56–0.34 (62%)attempts 13–12goals 0–1

  2. Hainsey – Rielly15:46

    xG 0.89–0.75 (54%)attempts 22–16goals 2–0

  3. Gardiner – Rielly2:56

    xG 0.05–0.12 (29%)attempts 3–4goals 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 5.1 xGMTL 3.3 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORMTL

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 MTL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 93/100 · #105 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.76 · 9 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 8% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +47 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 77% of the time.

TOR winsMTL wins

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

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