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Sat, Apr 2, 2016·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Detroit Red Wings 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 57% of the time.

TOR winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET21201014326
TOR08114112234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:48DETBrad RichardsPPAssists: Mike Green, Pavel Datsyuk · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:19DETMike GreenAssists: Jonathan Ericsson, Luke Glendening · Slap, 0.02 xG2–0
  3. P2 2:44TORColin GreeningAssists: William Nylander, Morgan Rielly · Snap, 0.14 xG2–1
  4. P3 3:59DETKyle QuinceyGWGAssists: Darren Helm, Brad Richards · Slap, 0.05 xG3–1
  5. P3 18:53TORWilliam NylanderAssists: Nazem Kadri, Brad Boyes · Snap, 0.04 xG3–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 7:33TORJake Gardiner: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P2 7:23TORNazem Kadri: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 8:21DETMike Green: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 12:24DETJonathan Ericsson: Holding2 min
  5. P2 17:33TORTJ Brennan: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 6:21DETJonathan Ericsson: Cross checking2 min
  7. P3 6:21TORPA Parenteau: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 12:24DETGustav Nyquist: Tripping2 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
47% to win54% to win
← DET attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kadri won the faceoff against Zetterberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETTOR
26Shots on goal34
3.1Expected goals2.7
53Shot attempts83
34Faceoffs won28
3Power plays3
8Penalty minutes8
17Hits14
30Blocked shots11
5Giveaways7
8Takeaways12

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 – Abdelkader – Larkin6:40

    xG 0.43–0.15 (74%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  2. Glendening – Athanasiou – Mantha2:48

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 1–0

  3. Richards – Datsyuk – Helm9:55

    xG 0.39–0.28 (58%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  4. Nyquist – Tatar – Sheahan8:19

    xG 0.42–0.66 (39%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestQuincey – DeKeyser15:09

    xG 0.83–0.33 (71%)attempts 19–13goals 0–1

  2. Ericsson – DeKeyser2:57

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Kronwall – Marchenko13:16

    xG 0.35–0.68 (34%)attempts 7–23goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestLaich – Froese – Gauthier8:12

    xG 0.69–0.26 (72%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  2. Parenteau – Greening – Nylander9:17

    xG 0.31–0.08 (80%)attempts 9–4goals 1–1

  3. Bozak – Lindberg – Kapanen9:30

    xG 0.10–0.16 (38%)attempts 10–7goals 0–1

  4. Boyes – Grabner – Kadri10:36

    xG 0.55–0.95 (37%)attempts 17–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMarincin – Rielly13:28

    xG 0.55–0.27 (67%)attempts 21–9goals 1–1

  2. Brennan – Campbell10:02

    xG 0.65–0.75 (47%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0

  3. Gardiner – Corrado13:59

    xG 0.20–0.54 (27%)attempts 19–15goals 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 2.7 xGDET 3.1 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 35/100 · #825 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.19 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 57% 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).