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Sat, Mar 26, 2011·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Toronto Maple Leafs 2, Detroit Red Wings 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 67% of the time.

DET winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR1905110224
DET11514210429

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:05DETHenrik ZetterbergPPAssists: Nicklas Lidstrom, Jiri Hudler · Backhand, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:56TORNazem KadriAssists: Joey Crabb · Snap, 0.01 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:17DETTomas HolmstromPPAssists: Niklas Kronwall, Brian Rafalski · Tip-in, 0.21 xG1–2
  4. P3 6:11TORJoffrey LupulAssists: Phil Kessel, Dion Phaneuf · Wrist, 0.46 xG2–2
  5. P3 6:49DETJiri HudlerGWGAssists: Henrik Zetterberg · Slap, 0.03 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:08DETTodd BertuzziENAssists: Niklas Kronwall · Wrist, 0.60 xG2–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 4:24TORJoey Crabb: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 15:23DETBrad Stuart: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 3:48DETJakub Kindl: Holding2 min
  4. P2 8:45TORJoffrey Lupul: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 15:56TORDarryl Boyce: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 15:56DETJustin Abdelkader: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 17:03DETDarren Helm: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 19:53DETJiri Hudler: High sticking2 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 SOG0DET
47% to win53% to win
← TOR attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zetterberg won the faceoff against Grabovski
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORDET
24Shots on goal29
2.0Expected goals2.9
43Shot attempts60
24Faceoffs won38
4Power plays2
9Penalty minutes13
39Hits25
20Blocked shots8
11Giveaways10
5Takeaways11

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. Lupul – Kessel – Bozak12:51

    xG 0.20–0.30 (40%)attempts 7–17goals 0–0

  2. Sjostrom – Brent – Brown4:40

    xG 0.04–0.18 (20%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

  3. MacArthur – Grabovski – Kulemin11:08

    xG 0.29–0.48 (38%)attempts 9–12goals 0–1

  4. Crabb – Boyce – Kadri7:35

    xG 0.13–0.43 (24%)attempts 3–4goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhaneuf – Aulie15:01

    xG 0.81–0.47 (63%)attempts 14–19goals 2–0

  2. Aulie – Schenn3:10

    xG 0.11–0.08 (57%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Gunnarsson – Schenn12:22

    xG 0.27–0.25 (52%)attempts 5–12goals 0–1

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestDraper – Eaves – Helm7:22

    xG 0.66–0.15 (82%)attempts 14–3goals 0–0

  2. Modano – Holmstrom – Filppula9:37

    xG 0.27–0.18 (60%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  3. Bertuzzi – Miller – Abdelkader4:40

    xG 0.04–0.01 (82%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Hudler – Miller – Abdelkader3:26

    xG 0.08–0.09 (47%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRafalski – Kindl12:34

    xG 0.73–0.31 (70%)attempts 12–9goals 0–1

  2. Lidstrom – Stuart15:05

    xG 0.51–0.55 (48%)attempts 16–12goals 1–0

  3. Kronwall – Ericsson16:15

    xG 0.43–0.66 (40%)attempts 18–12goals 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.

DET 2.9 xGTOR 2.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

DET's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line DET is favoured, below it TOR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 54/100 · #540 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.63 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 67% of the time.

DET winsTOR wins

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

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