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Fri, Oct 17, 2014·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Detroit Red Wings 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 54% of the time.

TOR winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET17213115435
TOR0501217124

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:00DETJohan FranzenAssists: Henrik Zetterberg · Snap, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P2 5:42DETJohan FranzenGWGAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Justin Abdelkader · Snap, 0.12 xG2–0
  3. P2 18:16DETGustav NyquistAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Jakub Kindl · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–0
  4. P3 0:21TORMike SantorelliAssists: Leo Komarov, David Clarkson · Backhand, 0.07 xG3–1
  5. P3 5:51DETJustin AbdelkaderAssists: Gustav Nyquist, Henrik Zetterberg · Tip-in, 0.14 xG4–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 7:03TORNazem Kadri: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 13:41TORRoman Polak: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 17:23TORDavid Clarkson: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 18:51DETJohan Franzen: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 3:14DETJustin Abdelkader: Holding the stick2 min
  6. P2 10:52TORDion Phaneuf: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 10:52DETJustin Abdelkader: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 11:14TORPeter Holland: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 12:21TORDion Phaneuf: Roughing2 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
46% to win54% to win
← DET attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zetterberg won the faceoff against Santorelli
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETTOR
35Shots on goal24
2.1Expected goals1.9
66Shot attempts48
34Faceoffs won24
5Power plays2
6Penalty minutes12
22Hits23
8Blocked shots19
7Giveaways5
12Takeaways4

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. bestZetterberg – Franzen – Nyquist4:55

    xG 0.39–0.04 (91%)attempts 6–2goals 2–0

  2. Tatar – Sheahan – Jurco6:31

    xG 0.17–0.10 (62%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  3. Miller – Andersson – Glendening10:10

    xG 0.52–0.45 (53%)attempts 11–15goals 0–0

  4. Zetterberg – Abdelkader – Nyquist3:31

    xG 0.24–0.19 (56%)attempts 4–5goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestQuincey – DeKeyser8:10

    xG 0.45–0.07 (86%)attempts 11–5goals 1–1

  2. Quincey – Kindl4:37

    xG 0.30–0.08 (78%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  3. Kronwall – Smith5:29

    xG 0.29–0.22 (57%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestHolland – Panik – Kozun2:08

    xG 0.15–0.03 (85%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Clarkson – Santorelli – Komarov7:37

    xG 0.22–0.19 (53%)attempts 10–5goals 1–1

  3. Kessel – van Riemsdyk – Bozak8:12

    xG 0.35–0.36 (50%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  4. Lupul – Holland – Panik4:16

    xG 0.02–0.06 (30%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGardiner – Rielly11:28

    xG 0.45–0.13 (78%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  2. Phaneuf – Franson9:28

    xG 0.49–0.50 (49%)attempts 8–13goals 1–1

  3. Gardiner – Percy2:47

    xG 0.00–0.24 (0%)attempts 0–6goals 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 1.9 xGDET 2.1 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 27/100 · #878 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.90 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 54% 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).