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Sat, Mar 29, 2014·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Detroit Red Wings 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 66% of the time.

TOR winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET07310111428
TOR1111808227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:57TORCody FransonAssists: Jake Gardiner, Jay McClement · Slap, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:05DETDarren HelmSHAssists: Joakim Andersson · Backhand, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 4:37DETGustav NyquistAssists: Johan Franzen, Jakub Kindl · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P2 7:57DETDarren HelmGWGAssists: Jakub Kindl, Daniel Alfredsson · Tip-in, 0.08 xG3–1
  5. P2 18:57TORJoffrey LupulAssists: Morgan Rielly, Jake Gardiner · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–2
  6. P3 8:38DETDarren HelmAssists: Danny DeKeyser · Wrist, 0.11 xG4–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 14:48DETDavid Legwand: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 14:48TORPhil Kessel: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 2:09DETRiley Sheahan: Holding2 min
  4. P2 14:23TORDave Bolland: Interference2 min
  5. P2 14:23TORDave Bolland: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 6:38DETTomas Tatar: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 6:38TORPhil Kessel: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 11:30TORJames van Riemsdyk: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 18:24DETDarren Helm: Tripping2 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 20:00Bozak won the faceoff against Helm
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETTOR
28Shots on goal27
2.4Expected goals1.6
54Shot attempts51
24Faceoffs won34
3Power plays2
8Penalty minutes10
24Hits34
13Blocked shots16
9Giveaways12
5Takeaways6

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. bestAlfredsson – Helm – Andersson7:21

    xG 0.26–0.05 (83%)attempts 7–3goals 1–0

  2. Legwand – Franzen – Nyquist9:43

    xG 0.32–0.15 (68%)attempts 12–4goals 1–0

  3. Tatar – Sheahan – Jurco9:10

    xG 0.38–0.29 (57%)attempts 12–13goals 0–0

  4. Bertuzzi – Miller – Glendening8:52

    xG 0.05–0.11 (31%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKindl – Lashoff6:38

    xG 0.25–0.05 (84%)attempts 7–2goals 1–0

  2. Quincey – Kindl2:05

    xG 0.05–0.03 (59%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Quincey – DeKeyser14:19

    xG 0.28–0.27 (50%)attempts 12–16goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestLupul – Bolland – Raymond3:17

    xG 0.17–0.05 (78%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. McClement – Bodie – Kulemin4:08

    xG 0.06–0.02 (76%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

  3. Kessel – van Riemsdyk – Bozak12:10

    xG 0.34–0.39 (47%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  4. Lupul – Raymond – Kadri6:56

    xG 0.11–0.26 (30%)attempts 8–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhaneuf – Gunnarsson11:21

    xG 0.27–0.11 (72%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Gardiner – Rielly2:57

    xG 0.13–0.03 (83%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  3. Gunnarsson – Rielly2:07

    xG 0.03–0.07 (30%)attempts 2–4goals 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 1.6 xGDET 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORDET

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 45/100 · #621 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.28 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 66% 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).