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Wed, Oct 13, 2021·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Montréal Canadiens 1, Toronto Maple Leafs 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 70% of the time.

TOR winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MTL19011012132
TOR1901417230

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:22MTLJonathan DrouinAssists: Josh Anderson, Brett Kulak · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:12TORPierre EngvallPPAssists: Michael Bunting, Rasmus Sandin · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P3 1:06TORWilliam NylanderGWGAssists: Morgan Rielly, Mitch Marner · Snap, 0.08 xG1–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 4:44MTLBen Chiarot: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 8:13MTLAlexander Romanov: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P2 6:02TORJohn Tavares: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 5:02TORJason Spezza: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 5:18TORMitch Marner: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 10:56TORWilliam Nylander: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 18:13MTLJosh Anderson: Roughing2 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.

MTL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
48% to win52% to win
← MTL attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dvorak won the faceoff against Tavares
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLTOR
32Shots on goal30
2.4Expected goals3.7
55Shot attempts64
28Faceoffs won39
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
32Hits14
13Blocked shots14
19Giveaways16
7Takeaways11

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.

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestAnderson – Drouin – Dvorak12:41

    xG 0.91–0.65 (58%)attempts 14–16goals 1–0

  2. Perreault – Paquette – Lehkonen4:51

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Toffoli – Suzuki – Caufield11:20

    xG 0.43–0.44 (50%)attempts 9–9goals 0–1

  4. Gallagher – Armia – Evans8:05

    xG 0.25–0.85 (23%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSavard – Chiarot13:53

    xG 0.66–0.49 (58%)attempts 13–14goals 0–0

  2. Petry – Chiarot2:15

    xG 0.14–0.02 (86%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Petry – Kulak14:23

    xG 0.60–0.68 (47%)attempts 14–16goals 1–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestEngvall – Kase – Kampf10:13

    xG 0.87–0.37 (70%)attempts 15–8goals 0–1

  2. Kerfoot – Nylander – Bunting10:42

    xG 0.66–0.17 (79%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  3. Tavares – Ritchie – Marner10:59

    xG 0.84–0.62 (58%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

  4. Spezza – Simmonds – Amadio7:24

    xG 0.00–0.18 (0%)attempts 0–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDermott – Sandin14:07

    xG 1.16–0.43 (73%)attempts 20–8goals 0–0

  2. Brodie – Rielly15:35

    xG 1.08–0.54 (67%)attempts 20–12goals 0–0

  3. Muzzin – Holl15:21

    xG 0.45–0.79 (36%)attempts 12–19goals 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.

TOR 3.7 xGMTL 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORMTL

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 MTL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 19/100 · #1096 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.00 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 38% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 70% of the time.

TOR winsMTL wins

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

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