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Wed, Dec 10, 2014·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Toronto Maple Leafs 2, Detroit Red Wings 1 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 85% of the time.

DET winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
TOR070316032219
DET012110018021142

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 17:52DETGustav NyquistAssists: Tomas Jurco, Henrik Zetterberg · Backhand, 0.26 xG0–1
  2. P3 5:09TORPhil KesselAssists: James van Riemsdyk, Tyler Bozak · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. DET Pavel Datsyuk scored
  2. 2. TOR Tyler Bozak scored
  3. 3. DET Gustav Nyquist stopped
  4. 4. TOR Joffrey Lupul stopped
  5. 5. DET Tomas Tatar stopped
  6. 6. TOR Mike Santorelli scored
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 15:49TORDion Phaneuf: Interference2 min
  2. P1 16:30DETTomas Tatar: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 9:19DETRiley Sheahan: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 10:09DETDanny DeKeyser: Closing hand on puck2 min
  5. P2 11:58TORJoffrey Lupul: Boarding2 min
  6. P3 6:02TORNazem Kadri: Clipping2 min
  7. P3 12:32TORDion Phaneuf: Slashing2 min
  8. OT 4:03DETNiklas Kronwall: Interference goalkeeper2 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 20:00Zetterberg won the faceoff against Kadri
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORDET
19Shots on goal42
1.3Expected goals3.4
33Shot attempts74
26Faceoffs won35
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
30Hits13
12Blocked shots8
0Giveaways8
3Takeaways4

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. Clarkson – Booth – Holland5:14

    xG 0.08–0.04 (68%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Winnik – Panik – Kozun4:38

    xG 0.00–0.15 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  3. Booth – Santorelli – Kadri6:58

    xG 0.24–0.42 (36%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  4. Lupul – Clarkson – Holland6:32

    xG 0.04–0.34 (10%)attempts 2–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Franson – Rielly2:10

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  2. Phaneuf – Gardiner2:16

    xG 0.00–0.14 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  3. Robidas – Rielly9:41

    xG 0.25–0.44 (37%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestZetterberg – Nyquist – Jurco9:28

    xG 0.81–0.21 (79%)attempts 12–2goals 1–0

  2. Datsyuk – Helm – Tatar10:55

    xG 0.69–0.30 (69%)attempts 18–6goals 0–1

  3. Miller – Andersson – Glendening8:25

    xG 0.39–0.04 (91%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  4. Weiss – Franzen – Sheahan9:38

    xG 0.31–0.04 (89%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestQuincey – DeKeyser15:59

    xG 1.28–0.26 (83%)attempts 22–3goals 1–0

  2. Kronwall – Ericsson14:40

    xG 0.84–0.06 (93%)attempts 20–5goals 0–0

  3. Kindl – Smith10:16

    xG 0.29–0.08 (79%)attempts 10–4goals 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.

DET 3.4 xGTOR 1.3 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 44/100 · #631 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.43 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 20% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +29 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 85% 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).