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Wed, Nov 8, 2023·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Ottawa Senators 6, Toronto Maple Leafs 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 52% of the time.

TOR winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT11221039631
TOR11218110330

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:47TORWilliam NylanderPPAssists: Auston Matthews, John Tavares · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:11OTTDominik KubalikAssists: Tyler Kleven, Roby Jarventie · Slap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:04OTTClaude GirouxAssists: Mathieu Joseph, Tim Stützle · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P2 4:16TORTyler BertuzziAssists: William Nylander, John Tavares · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–2
  5. P2 14:06OTTJakob ChychrunAssists: Tim Stützle, Mathieu Joseph · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–2
  6. P3 7:42TORNick RobertsonAssists: Max Domi, Calle Jarnkrok · Bat, 0.09 xG3–3
  7. P3 11:56OTTDominik KubalikPPGWGAssists: Jakob Chychrun, Vladimir Tarasenko · Snap, 0.05 xG4–3
  8. P3 12:41OTTTim StützleAssists: Mathieu Joseph, Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.11 xG5–3
  9. P3 15:07OTTClaude GirouxAssists: Tim Stützle · Wrist, 0.24 xG6–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 2:46TORMatthew Knies: Interference2 min
  2. P1 5:44OTTTravis Hamonic: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P2 6:28OTTJakob Chychrun: Cross checking2 min
  4. P3 10:02TORTJ Brodie: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P3 16:40TORJohn Tavares: Interference2 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
46% to win54% to win
← OTT attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Norris won the faceoff against Matthews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTTOR
31Shots on goal30
3.0Expected goals2.9
56Shot attempts62
21Faceoffs won27
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
31Hits49
14Blocked shots12
13Giveaways15
7Takeaways9

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Joseph – Stützle12:46

    xG 1.00–0.36 (74%)attempts 18–13goals 3–1

  2. Tarasenko – Kubalik – Chartier3:07

    xG 0.09–0.08 (53%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Tarasenko – Kubalik – Jarventie6:09

    xG 0.34–0.40 (46%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

  4. Chartier – MacEwen – Kelly3:23

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamonic – Chychrun18:44

    xG 1.15–0.99 (54%)attempts 19–27goals 4–0

  2. Kleven – Matinpalo4:29

    xG 0.30–0.23 (57%)attempts 7–3goals 1–0

  3. Chychrun – Kleven2:23

    xG 0.04–0.12 (27%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestTavares – Bertuzzi – Nylander12:56

    xG 1.16–0.09 (93%)attempts 19–5goals 1–0

  2. Jarnkrok – Domi – Robertson9:39

    xG 0.64–0.31 (68%)attempts 10–6goals 1–1

  3. Marner – Matthews – Knies13:15

    xG 0.64–0.43 (60%)attempts 17–13goals 0–0

  4. Reaves – Gregor – Kampf6:47

    xG 0.01–0.09 (8%)attempts 4–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Lagesson6:05

    xG 0.67–0.16 (81%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  2. Klingberg – Benoit2:12

    xG 0.35–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 1–0

  3. Brodie – Rielly16:33

    xG 0.72–0.49 (60%)attempts 13–11goals 1–0

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.

TOR 2.9 xGOTT 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TOROTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 88/100 · #194 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.07 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +33 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 52% of the time.

TOR winsOTT wins

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

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