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Sat, Jan 25, 2025·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Toronto Maple Leafs 1, Ottawa Senators 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 55% of the time.

OTT winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR16012011129
OTT1120516223

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:46TORBobby McMannAssists: Mitch Marner, Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:43OTTTim StützlePPAssists: Jake Sanderson, Claude Giroux · Slap, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P3 10:47OTTShane PintoGWGAssists: Matthew Highmore, Thomas Chabot · Deflected, 0.13 xG1–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 4:37TORJake McCabe: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 8:44TORMax Domi: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 8:44OTTBrady Tkachuk: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 9:37TORPontus Holmberg: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 3:28OTTRidly Greig: Holding the stick2 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
43% to win57% to win
← TOR attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Matthews won the faceoff against Pinto
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TOROTT
29Shots on goal23
2.5Expected goals2.2
63Shot attempts47
27Faceoffs won24
1Power plays2
6Penalty minutes4
19Hits24
13Blocked shots16
21Giveaways17
3Takeaways5

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 – Lorentz – Holmberg2:37

    xG 0.51–0.00 (100%)attempts 10–0goals 0–0

  2. Marner – Matthews – McMann14:21

    xG 0.74–0.24 (76%)attempts 16–9goals 1–1

  3. Domi – Nylander – Holmberg8:55

    xG 0.40–0.19 (68%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  4. Lorentz – Kampf – Robertson5:53

    xG 0.27–0.11 (70%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkman-Larsson – Tanev15:01

    xG 0.58–0.14 (80%)attempts 15–13goals 1–0

  2. Rielly – Myers2:17

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Rielly – McCabe15:08

    xG 0.57–0.60 (49%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestHighmore – Gaudette – Ostapchuk2:06

    xG 0.19–0.03 (85%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Amadio – Highmore – Pinto7:43

    xG 0.16–0.02 (91%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

  3. Amadio – Pinto – Greig3:33

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  4. Perron – Tkachuk – Stützle7:44

    xG 0.31–0.33 (48%)attempts 7–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanderson – Zub17:43

    xG 0.58–0.22 (72%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

  2. Hamonic – Chabot18:26

    xG 0.52–0.73 (42%)attempts 15–21goals 0–0

  3. Kleven – Matinpalo10:34

    xG 0.21–0.92 (18%)attempts 6–17goals 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 2.2 xGTOR 2.5 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 17/100 · #1091 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.92 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 40% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 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 55% 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).