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Sat, Dec 13, 2014·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Detroit Red Wings 1, Toronto Maple Leafs 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 69% of the time.

TOR winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET11205011128
TOR11212029441

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:27DETNiklas KronwallPPAssists: Johan Franzen, Gustav Nyquist · Slap, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P1 16:27TORJames van RiemsdykPPAssists: Phil Kessel, Dion Phaneuf · Tip-in, 0.19 xG1–1
  3. P2 17:50TORRichard PanikGWGAssists: Korbinian Holzer · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P3 1:42TORMorgan RiellyAssists: Daniel Winnik · Snap, 0.04 xG1–3
  5. P3 16:46TORNazem KadriENAssists: Daniel Winnik, Mike Santorelli · Snap, 0.66 xG1–4
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 5:10DETNiklas Kronwall: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 14:46TORJames van Riemsdyk: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P1 16:06DETJoakim Andersson: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P1 19:42TORRichard Panik: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 9:10DETJonathan Ericsson: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 14:29DETBrendan Smith: Holding2 min
  7. P3 10:30TORPhil Kessel: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 10:30DETJohan Franzen: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 17:09DETBrendan Smith: Slashing2 min
  10. P3 17:09DETBrendan Smith: Fighting5 min
  11. P3 17:09TORRichard Panik: Fighting5 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 20:00Tatar won the faceoff against Bozak
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETTOR
28Shots on goal41
3.5Expected goals4.8
58Shot attempts72
42Faceoffs won17
2Power plays5
17Penalty minutes11
22Hits33
14Blocked shots15
14Giveaways8
7Takeaways15

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. bestDatsyuk – Helm – Tatar7:40

    xG 1.05–0.15 (87%)attempts 15–4goals 0–0

  2. Miller – Andersson – Glendening7:26

    xG 0.80–0.22 (79%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Datsyuk – Zetterberg – Franzen2:02

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  4. Cleary – Franzen – Sheahan5:14

    xG 0.07–0.31 (17%)attempts 2–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Ericsson15:28

    xG 1.60–0.46 (78%)attempts 21–10goals 0–0

  2. Ericsson – Ouellet2:16

    xG 0.23–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Lashoff – Ouellet8:26

    xG 0.33–0.73 (31%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestBooth – Smith – Panik6:49

    xG 0.57–0.10 (84%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Santorelli – Winnik – Kadri11:02

    xG 0.86–0.50 (63%)attempts 17–10goals 0–0

  3. Lupul – Clarkson – Holland8:31

    xG 0.26–1.02 (20%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  4. Kessel – van Riemsdyk – Bozak10:37

    xG 0.23–1.00 (18%)attempts 8–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGardiner – Rielly2:33

    xG 0.36–0.14 (72%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Phaneuf – Franson14:06

    xG 0.60–0.41 (59%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0

  3. Robidas – Rielly9:47

    xG 0.53–0.49 (52%)attempts 11–8goals 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 4.8 xGDET 3.5 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

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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 32/100 · #801 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.08 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 35% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 69% 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).