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Wed, Oct 2, 2019·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Ottawa Senators 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 83% of the time.

TOR winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT11213111326
TOR014417111542

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:25OTTBrady TkachukAssists: Connor Brown, Colin White · Tip-in, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P2 2:20TORFrederik GauthierAssists: Tyson Barrie, Dmytro Timashov · Wrist, 0.43 xG1–1
  3. P2 4:42TORTrevor MooreAssists: Ilya Mikheyev, Rasmus Sandin · Slap, 0.54 xG1–2
  4. P2 5:51OTTScott SabourinAssists: Filip Chlapik, Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–2
  5. P2 8:02TORAuston MatthewsAssists: William Nylander, Morgan Rielly · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–3
  6. P2 14:50TORAuston MatthewsPPGWGAssists: Mitch Marner, John Tavares · Slap, 0.09 xG2–4
  7. P3 9:43TORIlya MikheyevAssists: Tyson Barrie · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–5
  8. P3 17:45OTTBobby RyanAssists: Chris Tierney, Mark Borowiecki · Wrist, 0.22 xG3–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 0:56OTTTyler Ennis: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 5:53OTTColin White: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 8:05OTTConnor Brown: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P2 10:01TORAlexander Kerfoot: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 14:40OTTBrady Tkachuk: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P2 15:24TORTyson Barrie: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 3:16OTTFilip Chlapik: Boarding2 min
  8. P3 5:35TORDmytro Timashov: Interference2 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
45% to win55% 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
26Shots on goal42
2.5Expected goals4.7
48Shot attempts80
42Faceoffs won31
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
44Hits17
17Blocked shots9
8Giveaways12
7Takeaways13

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. bestPageau – Sabourin – Chlapik3:40

    xG 0.15–0.03 (83%)attempts 2–4goals 1–0

  2. Ryan – Tierney – Duclair7:13

    xG 0.31–0.22 (59%)attempts 6–10goals 1–0

  3. Brown – White – Tkachuk9:35

    xG 0.25–0.34 (42%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  4. Anisimov – Ennis – Batherson8:22

    xG 0.09–1.47 (6%)attempts 2–17goals 0–3

Defence pairs

  1. bestBorowiecki – DeMelo11:54

    xG 0.68–0.57 (55%)attempts 11–15goals 2–1

  2. Hainsey – Brannstrom11:03

    xG 0.46–0.88 (34%)attempts 9–13goals 1–1

  3. Chabot – Zaitsev17:56

    xG 0.49–1.60 (24%)attempts 17–29goals 0–2

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestKerfoot – Moore – Mikheyev9:26

    xG 0.98–0.17 (85%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  2. Johnsson – Nylander – Matthews11:19

    xG 0.91–0.36 (72%)attempts 23–10goals 1–1

  3. Shore – Gauthier – Timashov6:29

    xG 0.47–0.21 (69%)attempts 6–7goals 1–1

  4. Tavares – Kapanen – Marner10:03

    xG 0.22–0.55 (29%)attempts 7–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMarincin – Sandin7:22

    xG 0.72–0.02 (98%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  2. Muzzin – Barrie13:57

    xG 1.28–0.81 (61%)attempts 21–15goals 2–1

  3. Muzzin – Ceci2:56

    xG 0.03–0.02 (64%)attempts 3–1goals 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 4.7 xGOTT 2.5 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 68/100 · #349 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.48 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 83% 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).