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Thu, Oct 14, 2021·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Toronto Maple Leafs 2, Ottawa Senators 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 53% of the time.

OTT winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR01706225248
OTT312014010336

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:31OTTChris TierneyAssists: Nick Holden, Tyler Ennis · Tip-in, 0.22 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:58OTTTyler EnnisPPAssists: Thomas Chabot, Tim Stützle · Tip-in, 0.16 xG0–2
  3. P1 19:59OTTAlex FormentonGWGAssists: Victor Mete · Slap, 0.13 xG0–3
  4. P3 3:11TORJason SpezzaPPAssists: Morgan Rielly, William Nylander · Slap, 0.06 xG1–3
  5. P3 8:50TORWilliam NylanderPPAssists: Jason Spezza, John Tavares · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 12:45OTTLogan Shaw: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 18:08TORWayne Simmonds: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P2 0:37OTTArtem Zub: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 6:23TORJake Muzzin: Cross checking2 min
  5. P3 1:29OTTNikita Zaitsev: Holding2 min · PPG
  6. P3 3:11OTTJoshua Brown: Cross checking2 min
  7. P3 3:42TORPierre Engvall: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 8:14OTTChris Tierney: Holding2 min · PPG
  9. P3 19:18TORJohn Tavares: Hooking2 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
48% to win52% to win
← TOR attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kampf won the faceoff against Norris
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TOROTT
48Shots on goal36
5.1Expected goals4.9
75Shot attempts68
32Faceoffs won27
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
22Hits24
15Blocked shots12
9Giveaways19
1Takeaways2

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 – Nylander – Marner4:35

    xG 0.98–0.02 (98%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  2. Engvall – Kase – Kampf5:07

    xG 0.05–0.01 (78%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Spezza – Simmonds – Amadio4:18

    xG 0.02–0.10 (14%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Kerfoot – Nylander – Bunting6:29

    xG 0.25–0.40 (38%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDermott – Sandin9:54

    xG 0.91–0.23 (80%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  2. Muzzin – Holl15:48

    xG 0.92–0.86 (52%)attempts 13–19goals 0–2

  3. Brodie – Rielly14:37

    xG 0.71–1.66 (30%)attempts 14–18goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestShaw – Sanford – Kelly2:57

    xG 0.13–0.02 (89%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Tierney – Sanford – Kelly2:27

    xG 0.21–0.13 (62%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Norris – Batherson – Stützle11:55

    xG 0.70–0.67 (51%)attempts 11–14goals 0–0

  4. Brown – Paul – Pinto13:07

    xG 0.82–0.96 (46%)attempts 13–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHolden – Brown11:23

    xG 0.58–0.49 (54%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  2. Mete – Zaitsev10:42

    xG 1.11–1.06 (51%)attempts 17–15goals 1–0

  3. Chabot – Zub18:41

    xG 1.10–1.17 (48%)attempts 17–23goals 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 4.9 xGTOR 5.1 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 61/100 · #579 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.93 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 53% 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).