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Sat, Nov 9, 2024·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Montréal Canadiens 1, Toronto Maple Leafs 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 62% of the time.

TOR winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MTL0219010121
TOR1731208427

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:55TORConor TimminsAssists: Simon Benoit, Ryan Reaves · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:39TORWilliam NylanderPPGWGAssists: Matthew Knies, Morgan Rielly · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–2
  3. P2 8:24TORMitch MarnerSHAssists: David Kampf · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–3
  4. P2 9:26MTLBrendan GallagherPPAssists: Emil Heineman, Lane Hutson · Bat, 0.20 xG1–3
  5. P2 12:15TORJohn TavaresPPAssists: Mitch Marner, William Nylander · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P2 5:10MTLKaiden Guhle: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P2 7:52TORJake McCabe: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P2 11:41MTLJoel Armia: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 14:13TOROliver Ekman-Larsson: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 14:41MTLEmil Heineman: Interference2 min
  6. P2 18:36TORMax Domi: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 18:36MTLDavid Savard: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 11:10MTLAlex Newhook: Roughing2 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.

MTL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
43% to win57% to win
← MTL attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Evans
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLTOR
21Shots on goal27
2.0Expected goals2.6
59Shot attempts44
27Faceoffs won35
2Power plays4
10Penalty minutes6
20Hits24
7Blocked shots21
12Giveaways12
6Takeaways4

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.

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestGallagher – Anderson – Dvorak10:29

    xG 0.50–0.05 (91%)attempts 10–1goals 0–0

  2. Suzuki – Dach – Slafkovský4:24

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Armia – Heineman – Condotta7:18

    xG 0.21–0.10 (67%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  4. Suzuki – Dach – Caufield8:33

    xG 0.41–0.37 (53%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStruble – Xhekaj10:10

    xG 0.51–0.24 (68%)attempts 17–5goals 0–1

  2. Savard – Hutson7:37

    xG 0.36–0.13 (73%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Savard – Guhle5:18

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestTavares – Nylander – McMann5:36

    xG 0.26–0.09 (74%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  2. Pacioretty – Tavares – Nylander4:31

    xG 0.14–0.08 (64%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Holmberg – Robertson – McMann3:50

    xG 0.07–0.03 (73%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  4. Domi – Marner – Knies12:31

    xG 0.13–0.38 (26%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Timmins – Benoit12:37

    xG 0.24–0.42 (36%)attempts 5–11goals 1–0

  2. Ekman-Larsson – Rielly14:56

    xG 0.18–0.43 (29%)attempts 5–21goals 0–0

  3. Tanev – McCabe16:04

    xG 0.26–0.69 (27%)attempts 9–17goals 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.

TOR 2.6 xGMTL 2.0 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORMTL

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 MTL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 22/100 · #1014 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.61 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +13 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 62% of the time.

TOR winsMTL wins

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

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