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Sat, Feb 10, 2024·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Toronto Maple Leafs 3, Ottawa Senators 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 63% of the time.

OTT winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR18112115335
OTT110310112532

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:45TORAuston MatthewsAssists: Mitch Marner, Matthew Knies · Snap, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:53OTTClaude GirouxAssists: Mathieu Joseph · Backhand, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:04OTTVladimir TarasenkoAssists: Shane Pinto, Jakob Chychrun · Snap, 0.32 xG1–2
  4. P2 9:43TORMatthew KniesAssists: Mitch Marner, Auston Matthews · Tip-in, 0.08 xG2–2
  5. P2 11:13OTTShane PintoAssists: Parker Kelly, Artem Zub · Tip-in, 0.08 xG2–3
  6. P2 15:13OTTJosh NorrisGWGAssists: Drake Batherson · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–4
  7. P3 5:12TORMax DomiAssists: Morgan Rielly, Nick Robertson · Snap, 0.26 xG3–4
  8. P3 19:54OTTRidly GreigENAssists: Shane Pinto · Slap, 0.77 xG3–5
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 18:08TORWilliam Nylander: Tripping2 min
  2. P3 13:49TORSimon Benoit: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 19:54TORMorgan Rielly: Cross checking5 min
  4. P3 19:54TORMorgan Rielly: Game misconduct10 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
46% to win54% to win
← TOR attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Matthews won the faceoff against Norris
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TOROTT
35Shots on goal32
4.3Expected goals5.1
68Shot attempts67
21Faceoffs won25
0Power plays3
19Penalty minutes0
20Hits23
15Blocked shots13
12Giveaways15
5Takeaways11

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. bestDomi – Gregor – Robertson10:48

    xG 1.37–0.40 (77%)attempts 18–8goals 1–1

  2. Marner – Matthews – Knies12:47

    xG 1.23–0.52 (70%)attempts 19–11goals 2–1

  3. Reaves – Holmberg – McMann6:06

    xG 0.00–0.32 (0%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  4. Tavares – Bertuzzi – Nylander12:03

    xG 0.93–1.38 (40%)attempts 15–19goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodie – Rielly17:29

    xG 1.64–0.44 (79%)attempts 28–12goals 2–0

  2. Lagesson – Liljegren9:32

    xG 0.69–0.22 (76%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  3. McCabe – Liljegren5:29

    xG 0.26–0.21 (55%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestTarasenko – Pinto – Greig12:14

    xG 0.88–0.46 (66%)attempts 15–13goals 1–0

  2. Kubalik – Kastelic – Kelly5:55

    xG 0.26–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Norris – Batherson – Tkachuk11:52

    xG 0.35–0.71 (33%)attempts 8–15goals 0–1

  4. Giroux – Joseph – Stützle11:37

    xG 0.82–1.39 (37%)attempts 8–14goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestChabot – Zub18:41

    xG 1.72–0.96 (64%)attempts 34–18goals 3–1

  2. Chychrun – Bernard-Docker17:28

    xG 1.09–1.42 (43%)attempts 14–20goals 1–1

  3. Hamonic – Brannstrom11:47

    xG 0.16–1.27 (11%)attempts 7–18goals 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.

OTT 5.1 xGTOR 4.3 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 71/100 · #453 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.55 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 36% (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, Ottawa Senators win this game 63% 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).