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Tue, Mar 7, 2017·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Detroit Red Wings 2, Toronto Maple Leafs 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 54% of the time.

TOR winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET081719224
TOR21111007328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:07TORAlexey MarchenkoAssists: Tyler Bozak, Mitch Marner · Snap, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 6:38TORJames van RiemsdykPPAssists: Tyler Bozak, Mitch Marner · Snap, 0.36 xG0–2
  3. P2 5:49TORNazem KadriGWGAssists: William Nylander, Matt Hunwick · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–3
  4. P2 19:22DETGustav NyquistAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Tomas Tatar · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–3
  5. P3 0:36DETGustav NyquistAssists: Mike Green, Henrik Zetterberg · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 5:58DETNiklas Kronwall: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 8:01DETMike Green: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 15:26TORJames van Riemsdyk: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 2:10TORJames van Riemsdyk: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 9:55DETNick Jensen: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  6. P3 19:55DETHenrik Zetterberg: Delaying game face off violation2 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
24Shots on goal28
2.6Expected goals2.3
48Shot attempts47
28Faceoffs won31
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
38Hits30
9Blocked shots11
9Giveaways13
5Takeaways13

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 – Nyquist – Tatar13:43

    xG 0.72–0.45 (62%)attempts 13–10goals 2–0

  2. Nielsen – Athanasiou – Mantha4:42

    xG 0.16–0.12 (57%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Miller – Sheahan – Glendening3:58

    xG 0.02–0.08 (16%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Abdelkader – Mantha – Larkin4:16

    xG 0.06–0.13 (33%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Jensen13:10

    xG 0.46–0.28 (62%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Green – Russo2:08

    xG 0.14–0.02 (87%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Russo – Ouellet12:06

    xG 0.26–0.23 (53%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestvan Riemsdyk – Bozak – Marner10:47

    xG 0.62–0.22 (74%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

  2. Hyman – Brown – Matthews7:51

    xG 0.44–0.31 (59%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

  3. Komarov – Kadri – Nylander6:19

    xG 0.26–0.32 (45%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  4. Hyman – Nylander – Matthews3:29

    xG 0.02–0.09 (19%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGardiner – Marchenko14:38

    xG 0.71–0.50 (59%)attempts 12–13goals 1–0

  2. Polak – Hunwick12:35

    xG 0.33–0.19 (64%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

  3. Rielly – Zaitsev17:07

    xG 0.54–0.76 (42%)attempts 13–14goals 0–2

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 2.3 xGDET 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 60/100 · #445 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.76 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +13 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 54% 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).