Toronto Maple Leafs v Ottawa Senators

Start date: Sat Apr 11, 2009
League: National Hockey League
Sport: Hockey

Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 Ottawa Senators

Devereaux 4
Devereaux 24
Hagman 43
Devereaux 57
Hagman 59

Spezza 29
Kelly 31

Game summary

The game was played in National Hockey League on Saturday April 11.
Toronto Maple Leafs took the lead when Devereaux scored the first goal after 4 minutes.
Stempniak was credited with an assist.
Devereaux scored a goal for Toronto Maple Leafs, making it 2-0, in the 24th minute.
Stempniak was credited with an assist.
Stajan was also credited with an assist.
Spezza scored a goal for Ottawa Senators, making it 2-1, in the 29th minute.
Kelly scored an equalizer 31 minutes into the game.
Hagman scored a goal for Toronto Maple Leafs, making it 3-2, in the 43th minute.
Grabovski was credited with an assist.
Ponikarovsky was also credited with an assist.
Devereaux scored a goal for Toronto Maple Leafs, making it 4-2, in the 57th minute.
Stajan was credited with an assist.
Hagman scored a goal for Toronto Maple Leafs, making it 5-2, in the 59th minute.
The game ended in a 5-2 victory for the home team Toronto Maple Leafs.

Team comparison

Average goals and home team advantage

The graphs and numbers here are based on the last 40 played games for Toronto Maple Leafs (15 wins, 3 draws and 22 losses) and the last 40 games for Ottawa Senators (21 wins, 3 draws and 16 losses).

During that period, the average number of goals scored per game was 3.63 for Toronto Maple Leafs and 3.7 for Ottawa Senators. The average for all teams combined within the National Hockey League was 3.06 goals scored per game. This means that Toronto Maple Leafs is better than its peers and Ottawa Senators is better than its peers when it comes to scoring goals.

The home team, Toronto Maple Leafs, is quite weak as a home team, winning just 45% of their home games. The away team, Ottawa Senators, usually wins just 40% of its away games which is particularly weak compared to the rest of the league.