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Sat, Mar 24, 2018·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Detroit Red Wings 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 55% of the time.

TOR winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET011219111341
TOR1151826429

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:30TORKasperi KapanenAssists: Tyler Bozak, James van Riemsdyk · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:32DETDylan LarkinAssists: Anthony Mantha · Snap, 0.19 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:37DETTyler BertuzziAssists: Danny DeKeyser, Henrik Zetterberg · Snap, 0.14 xG2–1
  4. P2 14:19TORConnor BrownAssists: Travis Dermott, Morgan Rielly · Tip-in, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P3 4:58DETFrans NielsenAssists: Luke Witkowski, Niklas Kronwall · Wrist, 0.00 xG3–2
  6. P3 7:27TORWilliam NylanderAssists: Auston Matthews · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–3
  7. P3 12:34TORNazem KadriGWGAssists: Patrick Marleau, Mitch Marner · Wrist, 0.16 xG3–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 3:50DETDarren Helm: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 3:50TORZach Hyman: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 6:14TORConnor Brown: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 8:02DETTyler Bertuzzi: Interference2 min
  5. P1 9:26DETDarren Helm: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P2 17:24DETHenrik Zetterberg: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 9:47DETTrevor Daley: Holding2 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 20:00Zetterberg won the faceoff against Kadri
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETTOR
41Shots on goal29
3.9Expected goals4.1
65Shot attempts65
33Faceoffs won37
1Power plays4
13Penalty minutes7
19Hits13
19Blocked shots11
11Giveaways19
2Takeaways9

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 – Bertuzzi12:56

    xG 0.69–0.38 (65%)attempts 15–9goals 1–2

  2. Nielsen – Abdelkader – Athanasiou10:22

    xG 0.33–0.28 (54%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  3. Helm – Mantha – Larkin10:45

    xG 0.69–0.74 (48%)attempts 10–14goals 1–1

  4. Glendening – Frk – Svechnikov5:08

    xG 0.12–0.36 (25%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJensen – DeKeyser12:49

    xG 1.08–0.61 (64%)attempts 19–9goals 1–1

  2. Daley – Ericsson14:17

    xG 0.91–0.43 (68%)attempts 15–12goals 1–1

  3. Kronwall – Jensen2:18

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestPlekanec – Johnsson – Kapanen8:01

    xG 0.63–0.38 (62%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  2. Hyman – Nylander – Matthews12:53

    xG 0.84–1.01 (46%)attempts 18–13goals 1–1

  3. van Riemsdyk – Bozak – Brown10:52

    xG 0.20–0.56 (26%)attempts 5–16goals 1–1

  4. Marleau – Kadri – Marner11:27

    xG 0.27–0.89 (24%)attempts 5–18goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Polak – Dermott10:47

    xG 0.36–0.48 (43%)attempts 8–16goals 0–2

  2. Gardiner – Zaitsev16:32

    xG 0.61–0.94 (39%)attempts 16–18goals 0–0

  3. Hainsey – Rielly13:36

    xG 0.42–1.24 (26%)attempts 9–17goals 0–1

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 4.1 xGDET 3.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 88/100 · #158 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.35 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 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 55% 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).