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Sun, Mar 14, 2021·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Toronto Maple Leafs 3, Ottawa Senators 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 51% of the time.

OTT winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR19012215336
OTT21421304431

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:06OTTBrady TkachukUnassisted · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 6:13OTTRyan DzingelAssists: Clark Bishop, Mike Reilly · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P1 11:38TORZach HymanAssists: Auston Matthews, Morgan Rielly · Wrist, 0.29 xG1–2
  4. P2 5:00OTTDrake BathersonPPAssists: Tim Stützle, Brady Tkachuk · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–3
  5. P2 5:53OTTDrake BathersonGWGAssists: Christian Wolanin, Chris Tierney · Wrist, 0.22 xG1–4
  6. P3 14:40TORZach HymanAssists: William Nylander, John Tavares · Wrist, 0.30 xG2–4
  7. P3 17:48TORJohn TavaresAssists: Zach Hyman, Mitch Marner · Wrist, 0.21 xG3–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 6:41OTTAustin Watson: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 6:41TORZach Bogosian: Instigator2 min
  3. P1 6:41TORZach Bogosian: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 6:41TORZach Bogosian: Misconduct10 min
  5. P1 18:00TORMitch Marner: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 3:58TORZach Hyman: Boarding2 min · PPG
  7. P2 8:21OTTClark Bishop: Tripping2 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 20:00Paul won the faceoff against Tavares
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TOROTT
36Shots on goal31
4.2Expected goals4.3
71Shot attempts58
25Faceoffs won25
1Power plays3
21Penalty minutes7
15Hits31
9Blocked shots17
12Giveaways11
3Takeaways5

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. bestHyman – Marner – Matthews13:08

    xG 1.12–0.37 (75%)attempts 17–10goals 1–0

  2. Spezza – Boyd – Vesey2:59

    xG 0.40–0.47 (46%)attempts 6–4goals 0–1

  3. Tavares – Kerfoot – Nylander3:39

    xG 0.01–0.13 (4%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Kerfoot – Engvall – Mikheyev5:52

    xG 0.12–0.26 (33%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodie – Rielly14:10

    xG 1.21–0.87 (58%)attempts 18–19goals 1–1

  2. Muzzin – Brodie3:33

    xG 0.35–0.02 (95%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  3. Holl – Dermott3:27

    xG 0.00–0.00 (87%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestTierney – Batherson – Stützle9:15

    xG 0.84–0.20 (81%)attempts 13–6goals 1–0

  2. Watson – Dzingel – Bishop5:01

    xG 0.49–0.17 (75%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

  3. Watson – Paul – White2:47

    xG 0.22–0.15 (59%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Dadonov – Paul – White6:48

    xG 0.17–0.37 (31%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestReilly – Zub11:30

    xG 0.77–0.15 (84%)attempts 13–5goals 2–0

  2. Gudbranson – Wolanin9:25

    xG 0.66–0.21 (76%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  3. Gudbranson – Chabot3:22

    xG 0.00–0.21 (0%)attempts 0–8goals 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 4.3 xGTOR 4.2 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 68/100 · #262 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.94 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 51% 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).