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Sat, Nov 22, 2014·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Detroit Red Wings 1, Toronto Maple Leafs 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 59% of the time.

TOR winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET01211005127
TOR18010310428

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:39TORLeo KomarovAssists: Mike Santorelli · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P2 10:28DETTomas TatarAssists: Xavier Ouellet, Brian Lashoff · Snap, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P3 3:44TORTyler BozakSHGWGUnassisted · Backhand, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P3 15:38TORPeter HollandUnassisted · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:13TORTyler BozakENAssists: Daniel Winnik, Leo Komarov · Snap, 0.66 xG1–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 0:36DETJohan Franzen: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 5:21DETLuke Glendening: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 12:38TORPeter Holland: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 17:03DETJohan Franzen: Holding2 min
  5. P2 8:03DETGustav Nyquist: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 3:34TORStephane Robidas: Boarding2 min
  7. P3 10:09TORStephane Robidas: Holding2 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 Holland
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETTOR
27Shots on goal28
3.0Expected goals2.4
61Shot attempts51
39Faceoffs won30
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
26Hits36
14Blocked shots17
3Giveaways11
2Takeaways13

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. bestAbdelkader – Tatar – Sheahan9:31

    xG 0.59–0.23 (72%)attempts 15–6goals 0–0

  2. Cleary – Helm – Jurco8:18

    xG 0.34–0.08 (81%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Zetterberg – Franzen – Nyquist11:26

    xG 0.44–0.20 (68%)attempts 13–8goals 0–1

  4. Miller – Andersson – Glendening6:54

    xG 0.05–0.36 (12%)attempts 3–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestQuincey – DeKeyser13:01

    xG 0.63–0.15 (81%)attempts 12–7goals 0–1

  2. Lashoff – Ouellet12:40

    xG 0.66–0.27 (71%)attempts 17–9goals 1–0

  3. Kronwall – Ericsson12:36

    xG 0.34–0.45 (43%)attempts 12–15goals 0–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestSmith – Panik – Leivo6:11

    xG 0.20–0.05 (81%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Kessel – van Riemsdyk – Bozak11:37

    xG 0.29–0.30 (49%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  3. Santorelli – Komarov – Kadri11:57

    xG 0.31–0.47 (39%)attempts 12–12goals 1–1

  4. Clarkson – Winnik – Holland9:19

    xG 0.22–0.60 (27%)attempts 6–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRobidas – Gardiner6:41

    xG 0.23–0.12 (65%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Polak – Gardiner5:09

    xG 0.17–0.14 (55%)attempts 5–7goals 0–1

  3. Robidas – Rielly8:02

    xG 0.31–0.28 (53%)attempts 8–7goals 1–0

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 2.4 xGDET 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 34/100 · #771 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.16 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 59% 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).