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Sat, Mar 16, 2019·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Toronto Maple Leafs 2, Ottawa Senators 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 52% of the time.

OTT winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR01019118237
OTT117313214644

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:36OTTCody CeciAssists: Christian Wolanin, Max Veronneau · Snap, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:48OTTBrian GibbonsAssists: Dylan DeMelo, Mikkel Boedker · Backhand, 0.23 xG0–2
  3. P2 12:33TORMorgan RiellyAssists: John Tavares · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P2 13:51OTTMagnus PaajarviGWGAssists: Rudolfs Balcers, Chris Tierney · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–3
  5. P2 18:50OTTMagnus PaajarviAssists: Zack Smith, Mark Borowiecki · Snap, 0.11 xG1–4
  6. P3 5:13TORJohn TavaresPPAssists: Auston Matthews, William Nylander · Wrist, 0.35 xG2–4
  7. P3 8:36OTTAnthony DuclairAssists: Ben Harpur, Zack Smith · Backhand, 0.06 xG2–5
  8. P3 14:21OTTOscar LindbergAssists: Cody Ceci, Zack Smith · Backhand, 0.22 xG2–6
Penalties (7)
  1. P2 2:30TORZach Hyman: Holding2 min
  2. P2 9:10TORRon Hainsey: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P2 14:12TORPatrick Marleau: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 3:27OTTMark Borowiecki: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P3 3:27OTTZack Smith: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 5:52TORPatrick Marleau: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 16:05OTTRudolfs Balcers: High sticking2 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 SOG0OTT
46% to win54% to win
← TOR attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Pageau
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TOROTT
37Shots on goal44
3.3Expected goals3.5
73Shot attempts66
35Faceoffs won23
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
29Hits25
12Blocked shots22
6Giveaways14
6Takeaways6

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. bestEnnis – Gauthier – Moore4:47

    xG 0.27–0.01 (96%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Johnsson – Nylander – Matthews13:42

    xG 0.78–0.73 (51%)attempts 17–12goals 0–2

  3. Marleau – Ennis – Kadri3:09

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Marleau – Kadri – Moore2:16

    xG 0.04–0.16 (21%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Rielly6:35

    xG 0.35–0.04 (90%)attempts 9–4goals 1–0

  2. Holl – Rielly3:17

    xG 0.28–0.17 (63%)attempts 3–3goals 0–2

  3. Marincin – Holl9:25

    xG 0.22–0.17 (56%)attempts 12–7goals 0–1

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestPaajarvi – Tierney – Balcers6:16

    xG 0.69–0.04 (95%)attempts 10–4goals 1–0

  2. Pageau – Veronneau – Tkachuk8:31

    xG 0.79–0.65 (55%)attempts 14–14goals 1–1

  3. Boedker – Gibbons – Duclair5:32

    xG 0.37–0.23 (62%)attempts 4–7goals 1–0

  4. Ryan – Smith – Lindberg11:49

    xG 0.63–0.52 (55%)attempts 10–16goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeMelo – Harpur13:24

    xG 1.30–0.26 (83%)attempts 16–17goals 2–0

  2. Borowiecki – Jaros12:45

    xG 0.53–0.34 (61%)attempts 14–14goals 1–0

  3. Ceci – Wolanin17:30

    xG 0.83–0.88 (49%)attempts 20–22goals 3–0

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.

OTT 3.5 xGTOR 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 51/100 · #624 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.89 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 52% of the time.

OTT winsTOR wins

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

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