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Sat, Oct 18, 2014·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Toronto Maple Leafs 0, Detroit Red Wings 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 75% of the time.

DET winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
TOR012090801030
DET0130120512132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. OT 4:50DETHenrik ZetterbergGWGAssists: Niklas Kronwall, Jonathan Ericsson · Slap, 0.04 xG0–1
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 5:54DETAndrej Nestrasil: Interference2 min
  2. P1 6:38TORDion Phaneuf: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  3. P1 6:38DETJonathan Ericsson: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 8:06TORMatt Frattin: Holding2 min
  5. P1 11:33TORPhil Kessel: Cross checking2 min
  6. P1 14:30TORNazem Kadri: Elbowing2 min
  7. P1 15:22DETRiley Sheahan: Holding2 min
  8. P2 3:09DETKyle Quincey: Interference2 min
  9. P2 15:24TORJames van Riemsdyk: Cross checking2 min
  10. P3 2:08DETNiklas Kronwall: Slashing2 min
  11. P3 6:52TORPhil Kessel: Too many men on the ice2 min
  12. P3 7:25DETHenrik Zetterberg: Hooking2 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
46% to win54% to win
← TOR attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bozak won the faceoff against Zetterberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORDET
30Shots on goal32
1.6Expected goals2.9
55Shot attempts53
31Faceoffs won46
5Power plays5
12Penalty minutes12
28Hits24
6Blocked shots10
4Giveaways14
5Takeaways4

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. bestLupul – Winnik – Kadri6:51

    xG 0.33–0.19 (64%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  2. Clarkson – Santorelli – Komarov10:41

    xG 0.29–0.26 (53%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  3. Kessel – van Riemsdyk – Bozak13:26

    xG 0.36–0.52 (41%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhaneuf – Franson14:01

    xG 0.51–0.26 (66%)attempts 19–7goals 0–0

  2. Robidas – Gardiner10:05

    xG 0.19–0.28 (40%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Polak – Rielly11:29

    xG 0.21–0.71 (22%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestMiller – Andersson – Glendening9:00

    xG 0.45–0.24 (65%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  2. Tatar – Sheahan – Jurco8:12

    xG 0.13–0.11 (54%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  3. Weiss – Helm – Nestrasil5:38

    xG 0.17–0.15 (53%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

  4. Zetterberg – Abdelkader – Nyquist10:14

    xG 0.34–0.38 (47%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKindl – Smith9:30

    xG 0.24–0.06 (80%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  2. Kronwall – Ericsson12:06

    xG 0.43–0.42 (51%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

  3. Quincey – DeKeyser10:36

    xG 0.24–0.29 (46%)attempts 7–12goals 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.

DET 2.9 xGTOR 1.6 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 20/100 · #951 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.12 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3OTEnd

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 75% 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).