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Sat, Apr 1, 2023·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Toronto Maple Leafs 3, Ottawa Senators 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 54% of the time.

OTT winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR0531104320
OTT01008013031

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:23TORMichael BuntingGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P2 12:56TORWilliam NylanderAssists: Alexander Kerfoot · Snap, 0.16 xG2–0
  3. P2 18:09TORRadim ZohornaAssists: Jake McCabe, TJ Brodie · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–0
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 6:21TORLuke Schenn: Interference2 min
  2. P2 4:14OTTArtem Zub: Holding2 min
  3. P3 12:33TORWilliam Nylander: 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
49% to win51% to win
← TOR attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stützle won the faceoff against Matthews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TOROTT
20Shots on goal31
2.2Expected goals2.4
39Shot attempts72
24Faceoffs won29
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
30Hits38
22Blocked shots12
4Giveaways10
2Takeaways1

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 – Kerfoot – Nylander8:25

    xG 0.56–0.13 (82%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

  2. Lafferty – Bunting – Kampf2:00

    xG 0.08–0.02 (76%)attempts 1–2goals 1–0

  3. Bunting – Marner – Matthews4:43

    xG 0.11–0.13 (45%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  4. Jarnkrok – Marner – Matthews6:46

    xG 0.27–0.32 (45%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRielly – Liljegren2:23

    xG 0.22–0.09 (72%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  2. Schenn – Rielly11:36

    xG 0.46–0.33 (58%)attempts 8–15goals 0–0

  3. McCabe – Liljegren2:43

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Tkachuk – Stützle12:48

    xG 0.64–0.17 (79%)attempts 16–4goals 0–0

  2. Joseph – Batherson – Greig2:13

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  3. Joseph – Gambrell – Greig2:47

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 3–3goals 0–1

  4. Watson – Brown – Kastelic5:50

    xG 0.06–0.36 (13%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanderson – Zub17:44

    xG 0.62–0.28 (69%)attempts 19–8goals 0–0

  2. Brannstrom – Bernard-Docker10:35

    xG 0.23–0.21 (51%)attempts 8–6goals 0–1

  3. Brannstrom – Kleven4:36

    xG 0.21–0.28 (43%)attempts 4–5goals 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 2.4 xGTOR 2.2 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 7/100 · #1263 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.66 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 54% 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).