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Sat, Apr 10, 2021·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Ottawa Senators 5, Toronto Maple Leafs 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 85% of the time.

TOR winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT010311211532
TOR21321629638

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:52TORAuston MatthewsAssists: Mitch Marner · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:31TORAuston MatthewsAssists: Mitch Marner, Morgan Rielly · Slap, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P2 12:02OTTDrake BathersonAssists: Tim Stützle, Erik Brannstrom · Backhand, 0.17 xG1–2
  4. P2 13:49OTTAlex FormentonSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–2
  5. P2 16:25OTTTim StützleAssists: Michael Amadio · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–2
  6. P2 16:52TORMitch MarnerAssists: Alex Galchenyuk, Auston Matthews · Wrist, 0.20 xG3–3
  7. P2 19:16TORAuston MatthewsAssists: Mitch Marner, Alex Galchenyuk · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–4
  8. P3 4:44TORIlya MikheyevAssists: Zach Hyman, Travis Dermott · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–5
  9. P3 7:43OTTConnor BrownAssists: Evgenii Dadonov, Chris Tierney · Wrist, 0.12 xG4–5
  10. P3 19:33TORZach HymanENGWGAssists: John Tavares, Ilya Mikheyev · Wrist, 0.69 xG4–6
  11. P3 19:43OTTJosh NorrisPPAssists: Drake Batherson · Wrist, 0.21 xG5–6
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 1:24TORAlex Galchenyuk: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 13:39OTTThomas Chabot: Cross checking2 min
  3. P3 19:38TORJoe Thornton: Hooking2 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
46% to win54% to win
← OTT attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Norris won the faceoff against Tavares
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTTOR
32Shots on goal38
2.5Expected goals5.1
46Shot attempts61
25Faceoffs won25
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
24Hits16
13Blocked shots9
16Giveaways20
6Takeaways14

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. bestDzingel – Bishop – Formenton2:21

    xG 0.28–0.09 (75%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Dadonov – Tierney – Brown6:37

    xG 0.24–0.22 (51%)attempts 4–3goals 1–1

  3. Dzingel – Brown – Bishop2:39

    xG 0.06–0.17 (26%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  4. Amadio – Batherson – Stützle9:08

    xG 0.76–1.04 (42%)attempts 13–12goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudbranson – Brannstrom10:48

    xG 0.77–0.37 (67%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  2. Chabot – Zub2:32

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  3. Chabot – Zaitsev18:24

    xG 0.60–0.66 (48%)attempts 11–12goals 0–2

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestGalchenyuk – Marner – Matthews14:45

    xG 1.41–0.51 (73%)attempts 15–13goals 4–1

  2. Tavares – Hyman – Mikheyev14:20

    xG 1.04–0.34 (75%)attempts 15–8goals 1–1

  3. Simmonds – Engvall – Barabanov9:58

    xG 0.33–0.18 (65%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  4. Thornton – Spezza – Kerfoot9:05

    xG 0.50–0.68 (42%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodie – Rielly16:36

    xG 1.33–0.50 (73%)attempts 21–12goals 2–1

  2. Bogosian – Dermott11:16

    xG 0.74–0.16 (82%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  3. Muzzin – Bogosian2:04

    xG 0.11–0.12 (48%)attempts 1–2goals 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.

TOR 5.1 xGOTT 2.5 xG
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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 94/100 · #50 of 868 this seasonSwing 2.04 · 11 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 85% 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).