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Sat, Feb 8, 2020·Centre Bell, Montreal

Toronto Maple Leafs 1, Montréal Canadiens 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 55% of the time.

MTL winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
TOR070141101123
MTL070411613230

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 1:06TORJohn TavaresAssists: Alexander Kerfoot, Zach Hyman · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P3 17:27MTLMarco ScandellaAssists: Xavier Ouellet, Nate Thompson · Slap, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. OT 1:43MTLIlya KovalchukGWGAssists: Nick Suzuki · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 1:46MTLJonathan Drouin: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 9:25TORTravis Dermott: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 15:03MTLVictor Mete: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P3 11:52TORJohn Tavares: Too many men on the ice2 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 SOG0MTL
45% to win55% to win
← TOR attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Matthews won the faceoff against Danault
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORMTL
23Shots on goal30
1.9Expected goals2.3
52Shot attempts57
21Faceoffs won24
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
21Hits38
19Blocked shots17
15Giveaways10
8Takeaways6

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. bestTavares – Marner – Matthews2:16

    xG 0.15–0.02 (89%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  2. Spezza – Clifford – Kapanen7:34

    xG 0.24–0.22 (52%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  3. Tavares – Hyman – Kerfoot11:36

    xG 0.24–0.30 (44%)attempts 14–7goals 1–0

  4. Johnsson – Marner – Matthews12:14

    xG 0.37–0.47 (44%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Muzzin – Holl18:22

    xG 0.66–0.63 (51%)attempts 17–18goals 0–1

  2. Muzzin – Sandin2:07

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  3. Barrie – Dermott17:14

    xG 0.49–0.62 (44%)attempts 15–16goals 1–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestThompson – Cousins – Evans4:35

    xG 0.20–0.05 (80%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Tatar – Gallagher – Danault14:59

    xG 0.68–0.63 (52%)attempts 18–10goals 0–0

  3. Lehkonen – Drouin – Domi7:48

    xG 0.22–0.18 (56%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  4. Kovalchuk – Armia – Suzuki14:02

    xG 0.17–0.51 (25%)attempts 9–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestScandella – Ouellet9:22

    xG 0.48–0.20 (71%)attempts 15–11goals 1–0

  2. Petry – Kulak16:12

    xG 0.69–0.59 (54%)attempts 20–11goals 0–0

  3. Chiarot – Mete16:15

    xG 0.26–0.39 (40%)attempts 8–12goals 0–1

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.

MTL 2.3 xGTOR 1.9 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 56/100 · #499 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.70 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 7% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +44 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 55% of the time.

MTL winsTOR wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).