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Sat, Mar 30, 2019·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Toronto Maple Leafs 2, Ottawa Senators 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 61% of the time.

OTT winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR018012214244
OTT072926422

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 5:24OTTAnthony DuclairAssists: Oscar Lindberg, Magnus Paajarvi · Slap, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P2 14:43OTTMagnus PaajarviAssists: Anthony Duclair · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P3 5:02TORAuston MatthewsPPAssists: Mitch Marner, Morgan Rielly · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P3 5:29TORConnor BrownAssists: Ron Hainsey · Snap, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P3 6:41OTTCody CeciGWGAssists: Brady Tkachuk, Colin White · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:47OTTAnthony DuclairENAssists: Brady Tkachuk, Colin White · Snap, 0.74 xG2–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 19:30OTTChristian Jaros: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P2 3:03TORKasperi Kapanen: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 1:32OTTBrian Gibbons: Interference2 min
  4. P3 4:04OTTBrady Tkachuk: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. P3 11:13TORAndreas Johnsson: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 17:53TORAndreas Johnsson: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 19:32TORNazem Kadri: Misconduct10 min
  8. P3 19:32OTTJean-Gabriel Pageau: Misconduct10 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 20:00Smith won the faceoff against Tavares
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TOROTT
44Shots on goal22
2.9Expected goals2.3
80Shot attempts43
33Faceoffs won20
3Power plays3
16Penalty minutes16
29Hits26
13Blocked shots23
11Giveaways22
5Takeaways6

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. bestJohnsson – Nylander – Matthews12:27

    xG 0.66–0.32 (67%)attempts 22–6goals 0–1

  2. Tavares – Hyman – Marner14:39

    xG 0.65–0.39 (62%)attempts 26–9goals 0–0

  3. Marleau – Kadri – Kapanen12:06

    xG 0.40–0.49 (45%)attempts 11–12goals 0–1

  4. Ennis – Brown – Gauthier3:58

    xG 0.04–0.15 (20%)attempts 3–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Rielly15:13

    xG 1.03–0.42 (71%)attempts 23–11goals 0–0

  2. Muzzin – Zaitsev12:46

    xG 0.46–0.14 (76%)attempts 18–6goals 0–0

  3. Marincin – Dermott9:24

    xG 0.54–0.41 (56%)attempts 14–9goals 0–2

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestRyan – Smith – Pageau3:12

    xG 0.26–0.02 (94%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Paajarvi – Lindberg – Duclair7:00

    xG 0.26–0.24 (53%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

  3. Ryan – Tierney – Balcers6:58

    xG 0.06–0.31 (16%)attempts 6–10goals 0–1

  4. Gibbons – White – Tkachuk10:19

    xG 0.19–0.59 (24%)attempts 6–16goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Ceci – Wolanin15:00

    xG 0.66–0.74 (47%)attempts 13–21goals 1–0

  2. DeMelo – Chabot16:14

    xG 0.32–0.73 (31%)attempts 10–18goals 1–1

  3. Harpur – Jaros13:01

    xG 0.29–0.89 (25%)attempts 9–26goals 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.

OTT 2.3 xGTOR 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 65/100 · #439 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.50 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 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 61% 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).