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Sun, Jan 1, 2017·Exhibition Stadium, TorontoOutdoor game

Detroit Red Wings 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 5 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 53% of the time.

TOR winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DET091931702437
TOR010074714528

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 5:33DETAnthony ManthaAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Tomas Tatar · Snap, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P3 1:23TORLeo KomarovAssists: Jake Gardiner, William Nylander · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–1
  3. P3 8:23TORMitch MarnerAssists: Morgan Rielly, James van Riemsdyk · Snap, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P3 9:34TORConnor BrownAssists: Zach Hyman, Connor Carrick · Wrist, 0.34 xG1–3
  5. P3 12:05TORAuston MatthewsAssists: Connor Brown, Zach Hyman · Snap, 0.12 xG1–4
  6. P3 13:54DETJonathan EricssonAssists: Anthony Mantha, Xavier Ouellet · Snap, 0.03 xG2–4
  7. P3 18:14DETDylan LarkinAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Tomas Tatar · Wrist, 0.38 xG3–4
  8. P3 19:58DETAnthony ManthaAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Thomas Vanek · Snap, 0.20 xG4–4
  9. OT 3:40TORAuston MatthewsGWGAssists: Jake Gardiner, Connor Brown · Snap, 0.48 xG4–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 0:49DETBrendan Smith: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 1:26TORWilliam Nylander: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P2 5:51TORConnor Brown: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 10:15DETNick Jensen: Holding2 min
  5. P2 11:35TORMitch Marner: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P3 3:25TORMatt Martin: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 3:25DETSteve Ott: 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
44% to win56% to win
← DET attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zetterberg won the faceoff against Matthews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETTOR
37Shots on goal28
4.3Expected goals4.0
62Shot attempts60
38Faceoffs won37
3Power plays2
9Penalty minutes11
46Hits31
13Blocked shots15
5Giveaways11
6Takeaways10

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. bestSheahan – Glendening – Larkin7:00

    xG 0.34–0.04 (89%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  2. Nielsen – Vanek – Nyquist11:08

    xG 0.96–0.77 (55%)attempts 15–14goals 0–1

  3. Zetterberg – Tatar – Mantha10:38

    xG 0.59–0.41 (59%)attempts 10–11goals 2–2

  4. Ott – Miller – Athanasiou6:40

    xG 0.06–0.29 (16%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmith – DeKeyser4:11

    xG 0.33–0.09 (79%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Kronwall – Smith11:32

    xG 0.59–0.35 (63%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  3. Kronwall – DeKeyser2:03

    xG 0.03–0.02 (64%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. Hyman – Brown – Matthews11:33

    xG 0.68–0.65 (51%)attempts 12–13goals 2–2

  2. van Riemsdyk – Bozak – Marner11:07

    xG 0.48–0.46 (51%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  3. Martin – Gauthier – Soshnikov6:26

    xG 0.10–0.15 (40%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Komarov – Kadri – Nylander12:13

    xG 0.91–0.98 (48%)attempts 17–13goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGardiner – Carrick17:02

    xG 1.24–0.55 (69%)attempts 21–11goals 1–0

  2. Rielly – Zaitsev16:02

    xG 0.61–0.45 (58%)attempts 17–15goals 2–2

  3. Polak – Hunwick10:51

    xG 0.03–0.94 (3%)attempts 2–14goals 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 4.0 xGDET 4.3 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 96/100 · #29 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.14 · 9 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +47 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 53% 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).