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Sat, Dec 21, 2013·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Detroit Red Wings 5, Toronto Maple Leafs 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 65% of the time.

TOR winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
DET31209114032538
TOR172817010423

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:15TORCody FransonUnassisted · Snap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:57DETPavel DatsyukAssists: Riley Sheahan, Danny DeKeyser · Backhand, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P1 13:18DETJoakim AnderssonAssists: Daniel Alfredsson, Brendan Smith · Wrap-around, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P1 18:08DETTomas JurcoAssists: Riley Sheahan, Jordin Tootoo · Backhand, 0.14 xG3–1
  5. P2 11:45TORDion PhaneufAssists: Joffrey Lupul · Slap, 0.03 xG3–2
  6. P2 18:24TORJoffrey LupulPPAssists: Phil Kessel, James van Riemsdyk · Wrist, 0.16 xG3–3
  7. P3 8:32TORDavid ClarksonAssists: Jay McClement, Nikolay Kulemin · Snap, 0.25 xG3–4
  8. P3 13:44DETTomas TatarAssists: Tomas Jurco, Niklas Kronwall · Backhand, 0.22 xG4–4

Shootout

  1. 1. TOR James van Riemsdyk stopped
  2. 2. DET Daniel Alfredsson scored
  3. 3. TOR Mason Raymond stopped
  4. 4. DET Pavel Datsyuk scored
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 18:56DETDrew Miller: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 4:14DETBrendan Smith: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 17:06DETKyle Quincey: High sticking2 min · PPG
  4. P3 5:25TORDion Phaneuf: Interference2 min
  5. P3 10:23DETBrian Lashoff: Slashing2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
48% to win52% to win
← DET attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00McClement won the faceoff against Datsyuk
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETTOR
38Shots on goal23
3.1Expected goals2.3
78Shot attempts43
31Faceoffs won27
1Power plays4
8Penalty minutes2
30Hits52
8Blocked shots15
13Giveaways20
4Takeaways4

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestCleary – Eaves – Glendening8:54

    xG 0.88–0.18 (83%)attempts 15–9goals 0–1

  2. Tatar – Sheahan – Jurco2:47

    xG 0.68–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–0goals 1–0

  3. Tootoo – Sheahan – Jurco4:23

    xG 0.19–0.03 (85%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  4. Bertuzzi – Datsyuk – Tatar10:05

    xG 0.32–0.24 (57%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestQuincey – Smith14:53

    xG 1.48–0.18 (89%)attempts 27–6goals 2–2

  2. Kronwall – Ericsson16:54

    xG 0.72–0.20 (78%)attempts 18–11goals 1–0

  3. Quincey – DeKeyser2:48

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestMcClement – Clarkson – Kulemin14:09

    xG 0.64–0.19 (77%)attempts 5–12goals 1–0

  2. Smithson – Bodie – D'Amigo2:47

    xG 0.00–0.14 (0%)attempts 0–7goals 0–1

  3. Kessel – van Riemsdyk – Kadri14:00

    xG 0.20–0.71 (22%)attempts 10–15goals 0–1

  4. Lupul – Raymond – Holland12:18

    xG 0.18–1.09 (15%)attempts 8–18goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhaneuf – Gunnarsson14:48

    xG 0.68–0.19 (78%)attempts 7–10goals 2–0

  2. Gunnarsson – Gardiner2:03

    xG 0.15–0.06 (70%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Liles – Gardiner2:07

    xG 0.04–0.20 (16%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

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 2.3 xGDET 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

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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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 95/100 · #45 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.53 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 15% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +37 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 65% of the time.

TOR winsDET wins

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

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