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Sat, Oct 5, 2019·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Montréal Canadiens 6, Toronto Maple Leafs 5 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 69% of the time.

TOR winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
MTL111010412091642
TOR21211229040537

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:08MTLMax DomiAssists: Artturi Lehkonen, Brendan Gallagher · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–0
  2. P1 5:57TORAuston MatthewsAssists: Morgan Rielly, Cody Ceci · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P1 15:54TORAlexander KerfootAssists: Trevor Moore · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P2 1:29TORTrevor MooreAssists: Ilya Mikheyev, Alexander Kerfoot · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–3
  5. P3 5:16TORWilliam NylanderAssists: Tyson Barrie, Alexander Kerfoot · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–4
  6. P3 5:27MTLJonathan DrouinAssists: Max Domi · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–4
  7. P3 6:29MTLBrendan GallagherAssists: Shea Weber, Tomas Tatar · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–4
  8. P3 13:02MTLJeff PetryUnassisted · Snap, 0.26 xG4–4
  9. P3 15:20MTLPhillip DanaultAssists: Brendan Gallagher, Shea Weber · Wrist, 0.26 xG5–4
  10. P3 18:45TORAuston MatthewsAssists: Tyson Barrie, Mitch Marner · Wrist, 0.11 xG5–5

Shootout

  1. 1. TOR Auston Matthews stopped
  2. 2. MTL Paul Byron scored
  3. 3. TOR Mitch Marner stopped
  4. 4. MTL Jordan Weal stopped
  5. 5. TOR John Tavares stopped
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 11:11MTLTomas Tatar: Holding2 min
  2. P1 17:57TORNicholas Shore: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 18:53MTLJesperi Kotkaniemi: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P2 5:42MTLJonathan Drouin: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 9:11MTLTomas Tatar: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 4:07MTLPhillip Danault: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 11:13TORAlexander Kerfoot: Interference2 min
  8. P3 13:02TORKasperi Kapanen: Penalty shot throwing object at puck0 min
  9. OT 0:57TORJohn Tavares: Slashing2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
43% to win57% to win
← MTL attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Thompson won the faceoff against Nylander
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLTOR
42Shots on goal37
4.9Expected goals3.6
77Shot attempts68
33Faceoffs won39
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
26Hits19
15Blocked shots18
10Giveaways15
5Takeaways12

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestTatar – Gallagher – Danault9:59

    xG 0.94–0.17 (85%)attempts 17–5goals 2–1

  2. Thompson – Byron – Weal3:51

    xG 0.61–0.11 (85%)attempts 7–5goals 0–1

  3. Byron – Drouin – Domi4:21

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

  4. Armia – Drouin – Kotkaniemi5:27

    xG 0.30–0.20 (61%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeber – Mete14:12

    xG 1.58–0.19 (89%)attempts 20–8goals 3–0

  2. Kulak – Fleury10:06

    xG 0.78–0.57 (58%)attempts 12–15goals 1–1

  3. Petry – Mete2:07

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestKerfoot – Moore – Mikheyev9:34

    xG 0.63–0.29 (69%)attempts 10–7goals 2–1

  2. Johnsson – Nylander – Matthews11:01

    xG 0.28–0.39 (42%)attempts 9–13goals 1–1

  3. Shore – Gauthier – Timashov5:52

    xG 0.13–0.71 (15%)attempts 2–12goals 0–0

  4. Tavares – Kapanen – Marner11:35

    xG 0.36–1.06 (25%)attempts 12–15goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Ceci2:56

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

  2. Marincin – Sandin6:31

    xG 0.50–0.67 (43%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  3. Muzzin – Barrie17:19

    xG 0.50–0.77 (39%)attempts 14–18goals 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.

TOR 3.6 xGMTL 4.9 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 100/100 · #2 of 1082 this seasonSwing 3.36 · 10 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 2% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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, Montréal Canadiens win this game 69% of the time.

TOR winsMTL wins

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

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