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Fri, Dec 15, 2017·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Toronto Maple Leafs 1, Detroit Red Wings 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 51% of the time.

DET winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR1120509126
DET0721319329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:58TORKasperi KapanenAssists: Andreas Borgman, Matt Martin · Deflected, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P2 5:22DETDanny DeKeyserAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Martin Frk · Snap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:22DETTrevor DaleySHGWGAssists: Jonathan Ericsson, Luke Glendening · Snap, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P3 9:39DETTomas TatarPPAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Niklas Kronwall · Tip-in, 0.13 xG1–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 8:03DETTrevor Daley: Interference2 min
  2. P1 13:08TORJames van Riemsdyk: Interference2 min
  3. P2 5:58TORMatt Martin: Interference2 min
  4. P2 10:25DETNiklas Kronwall: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 8:06TORTyler Bozak: Interference2 min · PPG
  6. P3 14:10DETDanny DeKeyser: Holding2 min
  7. P3 19:23TORRon Hainsey: Hooking2 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.

TOR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
46% to win54% to win
← TOR attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Larkin won the faceoff against Marleau
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORDET
26Shots on goal29
2.2Expected goals2.1
59Shot attempts52
28Faceoffs won30
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
17Hits20
6Blocked shots14
11Giveaways13
5Takeaways6

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.

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestMoore – Martin – Kapanen6:23

    xG 0.36–0.18 (67%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  2. van Riemsdyk – Bozak – Brown8:43

    xG 0.41–0.23 (64%)attempts 14–5goals 0–1

  3. Marleau – Kapanen – Marner2:10

    xG 0.05–0.13 (30%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Marleau – Hyman – Marner10:22

    xG 0.14–0.29 (33%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPolak – Rielly2:34

    xG 0.20–0.04 (82%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Gardiner – Zaitsev11:36

    xG 0.53–0.38 (59%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0

  3. Polak – Borgman6:53

    xG 0.21–0.18 (54%)attempts 6–5goals 1–1

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestNielsen – Helm – Glendening8:27

    xG 0.30–0.16 (64%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  2. Tatar – Athanasiou – Larkin2:57

    xG 0.13–0.06 (67%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Athanasiou – Mantha – Larkin3:16

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Tatar – Mantha – Larkin3:52

    xG 0.05–0.17 (21%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDaley – Ericsson13:36

    xG 0.53–0.19 (74%)attempts 17–10goals 0–0

  2. Green – DeKeyser16:07

    xG 0.48–0.38 (56%)attempts 15–11goals 1–0

  3. Kronwall – Witkowski2:07

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 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.

DET 2.1 xGTOR 2.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

DET's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line DET is favoured, below it TOR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 21/100 · #1006 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.08 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 33% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 51% of the time.

DET winsTOR wins

Simulated goal difference (DET − TOR), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).