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Game Recap
OTT5
FinalSat, Dec 27, 2025Every game that night
TOR7

TOR beat OTT 7-5, with the chances close: 3.66 expected goals to 3.75. M. Knies led the way with 3 points (2 G, 1 A). A. Matthews had 9 shots on goal against our projection of 3.5. J. Woll stopped 26 of 31.

Team Stats

OTTTOR
31Shots on goal33
3.75Expected goals3.66
61Shot attempts44
245v5 shots on goal27
0/1Power play2/3
30Hits32
6Blocked shots7
8Penalty minutes4
17Giveaways17
4Takeaways6

Expected goals: the chance each unblocked shot had of going in, by our model, added up.

Expected Goals Over the Game

OTT 3.75 xGTOR 3.66 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.541st2nd3rdTOR goal, 0:40TOR goal, 14:42OTT goal, 17:50OTT goal, 0:18TOR goal, 3:28TOR goal, 7:28TOR goal, 8:32OTT goal, 0:14OTT goal, 5:07TOR goal, 5:53OTT goal, 9:18

Each step up is a shot: how likely it was to go in. A team well above the other had the better chances, whatever the score.

Shot Map

OTT29 on goal, 5 scored
TOR30 on goal, 6 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

OTT Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
C. GirouxRW022310-1018:090:48
S. HallidayC022030+108:430:45
T. StützleC101340-1022:121:16
D. BathersonRW101430-1218:371:16
D. CozensC0110600018:201:15
B. TkachukLW0113500217:000:56
F. ZetterlundLW0110100215:260:44
R. GreigC1012010014:340:00
N. CousinsC101240008:310:00
M. AmadioRW000100-1017:030:00
D. PerronLW000111+1013:170:44
X. BourgaultRW000300006:430:00
J. SpenceD112301+1020:550:16
T. ChabotD000301+2023:421:03
J. SandersonD0002110223:200:57
A. ZubD000001+1020:010:00
N. MatinpaloD000100-1014:310:00
N. JensenD000010-2014:300:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
L. Ullmark14104.71427:28
L. Meriläinen18162.88930:55Loss

TOR Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
A. MatthewsC123900+2019:082:21
M. DomiC0331100017:211:44
M. KniesLW2136300016:381:27
M. MaccelliLW022011-2015:542:47
N. RobertsonLW112500+109:521:16
B. McMannC101311+2017:251:03
J. TavaresC101210-1016:382:32
N. RoyC0110200012:541:31
W. NylanderRW101100-108:251:31
S. LaughtonC000120-1016:440:00
S. LorentzC0000500015:400:00
D. JoshuaC0000700013:090:00
M. RiellyD0112110022:272:44
J. McCabeD011011+3022:140:24
C. TanevD000001+2021:270:00
T. StecherD000121-1019:470:00
O. Ekman-LarssonD000121-2216:450:55
P. MyersD000130-2213:320:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
J. Woll31265.83960:00Win
D. Hildeby000–0:00

Lines at 5-on-5

OTT

Line 1D. Batherson15:44D. Cozens14:48D. Perron12:33
Line 3C. Giroux13:23M. Amadio14:37R. Greig13:01
Pair 1T. Chabot19:17J. Spence19:42
Pair 2J. Sanderson18:35A. Zub16:17
Pair 3N. Jensen14:01N. Matinpalo13:01

TOR

Line 1B. McMann15:21A. Matthews14:14M. Domi14:16
Line 2S. Laughton14:00S. Lorentz13:28D. Joshua11:58
Line 4M. Knies14:26N. Roy11:00N. Robertson8:36
Pair 1C. Tanev18:34J. McCabe18:44
Pair 3M. Rielly17:00P. Myers13:32

From the NHL's shift charts: the players on the ice together most at 5-on-5, with each one's own 5-on-5 time.

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreOTT 2.9, TOR 2.9OTT 5, TOR 7
Total goals5.912
Shots on goalOTT 29.0, TOR 25.5OTT 31, TOR 33
Win chanceTOR 50%TOR won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
OTT B. Tkachuk4.130.75129%0
TOR A. Matthews3.591.05342%1
TOR J. Tavares2.620.86133%1
TOR W. Nylander2.411.03136%1
OTT D. Cozens2.400.59120%0
OTT T. Stützle2.330.86126%1
OTT D. Batherson2.340.77125%1
OTT J. Sanderson2.220.65013%0
OTT F. Zetterlund2.200.43118%0
TOR M. Knies1.960.74325%2
TOR B. McMann1.930.43121%1
OTT T. Chabot1.830.56012%0
TOR M. Rielly1.720.64112%0
OTT C. Giroux1.630.60219%0
OTT D. Perron1.610.50020%0
TOR N. Robertson1.650.42219%1
OTT M. Amadio1.610.42019%0
OTT R. Greig1.520.34113%1
TOR M. Domi1.510.55315%0
TOR M. Maccelli1.400.53217%0
TOR O. Ekman-Larsson1.410.4509%0
TOR N. Roy1.300.44117%0
TOR S. Laughton1.310.34014%0
OTT J. Spence1.330.4026%1
OTT S. Halliday1.100.1926%0
TOR S. Lorentz1.100.28011%0
TOR P. Myers1.110.1404%0
TOR T. Stecher1.110.2005%0
OTT A. Zub1.000.2806%0
OTT N. Cousins1.020.2119%1
TOR J. McCabe0.900.3716%0
OTT N. Matinpalo0.910.1503%0
TOR D. Joshua0.900.31015%0
OTT N. Jensen0.700.2104%0
TOR C. Tanev0.500.1903%0

Shots on goal: 17 of 35 players within one of their projection; they took 0.1 more than projected on average.

Our projections as they stood at puck drop. One game says little about a model; Model Notes has how it tests over thousands.