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Tue, Nov 12, 2024·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Ottawa Senators 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 56% of the time.

TOR winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT11721806341
TOR090909027

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:41OTTJosh NorrisGWGAssists: Claude Giroux, Artem Zub · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P2 3:12OTTTim StützleAssists: Drake Batherson, Thomas Chabot · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–0
  3. P2 3:55OTTMichael AmadioAssists: Artem Zub · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–0
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 5:49TORPontus Holmberg: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 11:38OTTNick Cousins: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 17:53OTTNick Cousins: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 16:29TORConor Timmins: Interference2 min
  5. P2 17:07OTTBrady Tkachuk: Interference2 min
  6. P3 6:50OTTBrady Tkachuk: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P3 11:33TOROliver Ekman-Larsson: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 11:33OTTShane Pinto: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 18:32TORMatthew Knies: Cross checking2 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
43% to win57% to win
← OTT attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Norris
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTTOR
41Shots on goal27
3.2Expected goals2.8
69Shot attempts55
31Faceoffs won36
3Power plays4
10Penalty minutes8
25Hits25
16Blocked shots14
11Giveaways20
4Takeaways6

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 – Batherson – Stützle8:32

    xG 0.76–0.14 (84%)attempts 21–5goals 1–0

  2. Norris – Tkachuk – Greig8:22

    xG 0.25–0.03 (91%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Amadio – Gregor – Pinto8:33

    xG 0.26–0.14 (65%)attempts 13–6goals 1–0

  4. Cousins – Gaudette – MacEwen6:27

    xG 0.05–0.20 (19%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanderson – Zub12:02

    xG 0.61–0.04 (94%)attempts 17–6goals 1–0

  2. Jensen – Chabot13:10

    xG 0.61–0.19 (76%)attempts 19–8goals 1–0

  3. Hamonic – Kleven13:26

    xG 0.64–0.37 (63%)attempts 17–11goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestReaves – Lorentz – Kampf7:39

    xG 0.24–0.16 (60%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  2. Tavares – Nylander – Marner2:48

    xG 0.05–0.03 (63%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Tavares – Nylander – McMann4:36

    xG 0.21–0.25 (46%)attempts 8–4goals 0–1

  4. Dewar – Holmberg – Knies2:10

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Tanev – McCabe12:20

    xG 0.28–0.63 (31%)attempts 11–16goals 0–0

  2. Timmins – Benoit11:34

    xG 0.08–0.62 (12%)attempts 5–14goals 0–0

  3. Ekman-Larsson – Rielly11:29

    xG 0.16–0.93 (14%)attempts 5–23goals 0–2

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 2.8 xGOTT 3.2 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 9/100 · #1201 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.72 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 56% 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).