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Wed, May 12, 2021·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Toronto Maple Leafs 3, Ottawa Senators 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 64% of the time.

OTT winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
TOR062181900333
OTT1102120511428

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:52OTTNikita ZaitsevAssists: Shane Pinto · Slap, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:01TORJake MuzzinPPAssists: Joe Thornton, Alexander Kerfoot · Snap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:07OTTConnor BrownSHAssists: Nikita Zaitsev · Wrist, 0.23 xG1–2
  4. P2 12:12OTTParker KellyAssists: Erik Brannstrom, Artem Anisimov · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–3
  5. P2 16:29TORJohn TavaresAssists: William Nylander, Jake Muzzin · Snap, 0.15 xG2–3
  6. P3 17:20TORAuston MatthewsUnassisted · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–3
  7. OT 0:09OTTJosh NorrisGWGAssists: Brady Tkachuk · Wrist, 0.18 xG3–4
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 4:37OTTBrady Tkachuk: Interference2 min
  2. P1 8:16TORTJ Brodie: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 12:17OTTShane Pinto: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 16:28TORWilliam Nylander: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 4:56OTTShane Pinto: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P2 6:40TORPierre Engvall: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 8:04OTTLogan Brown: Slashing2 min
  8. P2 13:14OTTShane Pinto: Delaying game face off violation2 min
  9. P2 16:47TORNick Foligno: Roughing2 min
  10. P2 16:47OTTBrady Tkachuk: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 14:58TORJohn Tavares: High sticking2 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 20:00Pinto won the faceoff against Tavares
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TOROTT
33Shots on goal28
2.3Expected goals3.1
57Shot attempts54
32Faceoffs won24
5Power plays4
10Penalty minutes12
27Hits28
11Blocked shots15
11Giveaways9
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. bestKerfoot – Engvall – Mikheyev5:16

    xG 0.32–0.13 (72%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  2. Thornton – Spezza – Simmonds5:20

    xG 0.11–0.06 (63%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  3. Foligno – Engvall – Mikheyev2:47

    xG 0.04–0.01 (78%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Foligno – Tavares – Nylander8:58

    xG 0.36–0.65 (35%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Hutton – Dermott13:16

    xG 0.39–0.37 (51%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Muzzin – Holl9:54

    xG 0.56–0.61 (48%)attempts 10–12goals 1–0

  3. Brodie – Rielly11:54

    xG 0.15–0.70 (18%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestNorris – Batherson – Tkachuk11:10

    xG 0.82–0.15 (85%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  2. Brown – Pinto – Stützle6:49

    xG 0.38–0.27 (58%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  3. Anisimov – Dadonov – Paul4:52

    xG 0.18–0.16 (53%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Brown – Formenton – Kelly3:16

    xG 0.05–0.14 (26%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrannstrom – Zub13:17

    xG 1.49–0.34 (81%)attempts 23–8goals 1–0

  2. Mete – Zaitsev14:08

    xG 0.40–0.57 (41%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

  3. Bernard-Docker – Alsing8:18

    xG 0.04–0.21 (15%)attempts 5–7goals 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 3.1 xGTOR 2.3 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 91/100 · #83 of 868 this seasonSwing 2.30 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +38 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 64% 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).