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Sat, Oct 26, 2019·Centre Bell, Montreal

Toronto Maple Leafs 2, Montréal Canadiens 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 72% of the time.

MTL winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR15115011231
MTL21909310538

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:43MTLBrendan GallagherAssists: Tomas Tatar, Mike Reilly · Wrist, 0.20 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:34MTLJonathan DrouinAssists: Joel Armia · Backhand, 0.16 xG0–2
  3. P1 19:44TORJake MuzzinAssists: Mitch Marner, Ilya Mikheyev · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P2 5:52TORAndreas JohnssonAssists: Auston Matthews, Morgan Rielly · Backhand, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. P3 0:07MTLJoel ArmiaPPGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.36 xG2–3
  6. P3 7:40MTLJonathan DrouinUnassisted · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–4
  7. P3 11:53MTLNick SuzukiAssists: Nate Thompson, Nick Cousins · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–5
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 15:57TORJake Muzzin: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 15:37MTLJonathan Drouin: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 18:59TORAlexander Kerfoot: Boarding2 min · PPG

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 SOG0MTL
45% to win55% to win
← TOR attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Danault won the faceoff against Matthews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORMTL
31Shots on goal38
2.3Expected goals3.8
57Shot attempts65
35Faceoffs won33
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
32Hits29
14Blocked shots17
15Giveaways19
2Takeaways8

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 – Matthews13:53

    xG 0.84–0.54 (61%)attempts 12–16goals 1–0

  2. Spezza – Kapanen – Moore11:00

    xG 0.28–0.23 (55%)attempts 8–10goals 0–1

  3. Kerfoot – Marner – Mikheyev13:15

    xG 0.63–1.11 (36%)attempts 16–14goals 1–2

  4. Shore – Gauthier – Timashov8:42

    xG 0.10–0.74 (12%)attempts 6–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRielly – Ceci16:50

    xG 1.16–1.00 (54%)attempts 16–21goals 1–1

  2. Holl – Gravel12:02

    xG 0.36–0.33 (52%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  3. Muzzin – Barrie19:27

    xG 0.22–1.51 (13%)attempts 15–23goals 1–3

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestArmia – Drouin – Domi13:35

    xG 0.89–0.23 (80%)attempts 15–8goals 2–0

  2. Tatar – Gallagher – Danault15:31

    xG 1.12–0.83 (57%)attempts 21–17goals 1–0

  3. Thompson – Cousins – Suzuki7:41

    xG 0.30–0.06 (84%)attempts 9–5goals 1–0

  4. Byron – Lehkonen – Kotkaniemi6:18

    xG 0.23–0.32 (42%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPetry – Chiarot17:23

    xG 1.04–0.50 (68%)attempts 15–14goals 2–0

  2. Reilly – Fleury10:55

    xG 0.99–0.46 (68%)attempts 18–10goals 1–1

  3. Weber – Mete16:14

    xG 0.82–0.82 (50%)attempts 20–17goals 1–0

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.

MTL 3.8 xGTOR 2.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 69/100 · #330 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.22 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 72% of the time.

MTL winsTOR wins

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

-7
-6
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).