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Sat, Jan 21, 2023·Centre Bell, Montreal

Toronto Maple Leafs 2, Montréal Canadiens 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 64% of the time.

MTL winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
TOR2150801401238
MTL042180613331

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:53TORMark GiordanoAssists: William Nylander, Auston Matthews · Snap, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:30TORCalle JarnkrokAssists: Conor Timmins, Mitch Marner · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–0
  3. P2 1:46MTLJosh AndersonAssists: Nick Suzuki, Rem Pitlick · Snap, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P2 13:35MTLRafael Harvey-PinardAssists: Michael Pezzetta, Alex Belzile · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–2
  5. OT 2:14MTLRem PitlickGWGAssists: Mike Hoffman, David Savard · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 5:26TORZachary Aston-Reese: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 18:43MTLEvgenii Dadonov: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 10:47TORRasmus Sandin: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P2 18:39TORMark Giordano: Interference2 min
  5. P3 10:14MTLKirby Dach: Holding2 min
  6. P3 16:53MTLMike Matheson: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 16:53TORCalle Jarnkrok: Interference2 min
  8. P3 17:53TORWilliam Nylander: 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 SOG0MTL
49% to win51% to win
← TOR attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Matthews won the faceoff against Suzuki
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORMTL
38Shots on goal31
4.9Expected goals3.9
79Shot attempts53
31Faceoffs won18
2Power plays4
10Penalty minutes6
14Hits31
14Blocked shots23
7Giveaways21
3Takeaways7

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. bestEngvall – Kampf – McMann8:27

    xG 1.24–0.45 (73%)attempts 15–6goals 0–1

  2. Tavares – Jarnkrok – Marner9:04

    xG 0.58–0.17 (77%)attempts 9–5goals 1–0

  3. Simmonds – Kerfoot – Aston-Reese6:32

    xG 0.34–0.04 (90%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Nylander – Bunting – Matthews11:12

    xG 1.00–1.01 (50%)attempts 22–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRielly – Liljegren12:52

    xG 0.67–0.23 (75%)attempts 18–3goals 0–0

  2. Timmins – Sandin11:26

    xG 1.08–0.76 (59%)attempts 16–12goals 1–1

  3. Giordano – Holl15:07

    xG 1.00–0.85 (54%)attempts 15–15goals 1–1

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestBelzile – Pezzetta – Harvey-Pinard8:09

    xG 0.81–0.43 (65%)attempts 10–7goals 1–1

  2. Anderson – Pitlick – Suzuki10:08

    xG 0.47–0.96 (33%)attempts 8–17goals 1–0

  3. Dadonov – Dvorak – Dach2:32

    xG 0.21–0.72 (23%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  4. Hoffman – Ylonen – Dach9:38

    xG 0.10–0.75 (12%)attempts 2–16goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSavard – Edmundson2:26

    xG 0.34–0.18 (65%)attempts 5–2goals 1–1

  2. Kovacevic – Harris4:30

    xG 0.24–0.09 (73%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Harris – Xhekaj2:46

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 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.

MTL 3.9 xGTOR 4.9 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

MTL's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line MTL is favoured, below it TOR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 70/100 · #459 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.66 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 17% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +24 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 64% of the time.

MTL winsTOR wins

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

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