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Wed, Oct 18, 2017·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Detroit Red Wings 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 59% of the time.

TOR winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET11127015333
TOR4511318626

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:56TORNazem KadriAssists: Ron Hainsey · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 6:39TORZach HymanAssists: Morgan Rielly, William Nylander · Tip-in, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P1 12:10DETHenrik ZetterbergAssists: Nick Jensen · Wrap-around, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P1 15:46TORAuston MatthewsAssists: Zach Hyman · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–3
  5. P1 16:26TORConnor BrownGWGAssists: James van Riemsdyk, Andreas Borgman · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–4
  6. P2 7:02DETTomas TatarAssists: Dylan Larkin, Nick Jensen · Snap, 0.26 xG2–4
  7. P2 8:36DETJonathan EricssonAssists: Nick Jensen, Dylan Larkin · Slap, 0.01 xG3–4
  8. P2 12:57TORMorgan RiellyPPAssists: Tyler Bozak, Nazem Kadri · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–5
  9. P3 16:52TORWilliam NylanderENAssists: Auston Matthews, Jake Gardiner · Wrist, 0.64 xG3–6
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 9:09TORWilliam Nylander: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 17:09TORMitch Marner: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P2 5:17DETJonathan Ericsson: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 5:17TORZach Hyman: Holding the stick2 min
  5. P2 12:39DETNiklas Kronwall: Slashing2 min · PPG
  6. P2 15:28TORJames van Riemsdyk: Interference2 min
  7. P2 16:22DETJustin Abdelkader: Slashing2 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 20:00Kadri won the faceoff against Zetterberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETTOR
33Shots on goal26
2.4Expected goals2.8
56Shot attempts38
24Faceoffs won36
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
30Hits21
4Blocked shots12
7Giveaways14
5Takeaways14

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 – Tatar2:56

    xG 0.38–0.03 (93%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. Abdelkader – Tatar – Larkin9:13

    xG 0.20–0.05 (80%)attempts 6–1goals 0–1

  3. Nielsen – Helm – Frk6:04

    xG 0.11–0.02 (82%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  4. Nielsen – Abdelkader – Helm2:35

    xG 0.10–0.10 (49%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJensen – Ouellet9:43

    xG 0.28–0.04 (87%)attempts 8–3goals 1–0

  2. Daley – Ericsson13:59

    xG 0.63–0.51 (55%)attempts 11–8goals 0–2

  3. Kronwall – Green13:19

    xG 0.67–0.67 (50%)attempts 15–11goals 0–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestvan Riemsdyk – Bozak – Brown8:38

    xG 0.36–0.29 (55%)attempts 6–9goals 1–1

  2. Fehr – Martin – Marner5:28

    xG 0.14–0.19 (42%)attempts 2–6goals 0–1

  3. Hyman – Nylander – Matthews12:49

    xG 0.37–0.45 (45%)attempts 6–7goals 2–0

  4. Marleau – Komarov – Kadri12:22

    xG 0.49–0.60 (45%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGardiner – Zaitsev13:42

    xG 0.37–0.23 (62%)attempts 9–7goals 2–1

  2. Gardiner – Rielly2:09

    xG 0.11–0.11 (50%)attempts 1–3goals 1–0

  3. Hainsey – Zaitsev2:08

    xG 0.05–0.07 (42%)attempts 1–3goals 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 2.8 xGDET 2.4 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 81/100 · #255 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.12 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (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, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 59% 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).