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Thu, Dec 6, 2018·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

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

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 56% of the time.

TOR winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DET3111120712532
TOR1100531501431

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:50TORKasperi KapanenAssists: Jake Gardiner, Andreas Johnsson · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 5:23DETJonathan EricssonAssists: Thomas Vanek · Slap, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P1 6:28DETLuke GlendeningAssists: Niklas Kronwall, Jacob de la Rose · Snap, 0.13 xG2–1
  4. P1 19:46DETGustav NyquistAssists: Dylan Larkin, Mike Green · Snap, 0.06 xG3–1
  5. P2 11:07DETMike GreenAssists: Martin Frk, Gustav Nyquist · Wrist, 0.01 xG4–1
  6. P3 2:38TORJohn TavaresAssists: Morgan Rielly, Jake Gardiner · Wrist, 0.06 xG4–2
  7. P3 8:50TORZach HymanAssists: Igor Ozhiganov, Mitch Marner · Wrist, 0.11 xG4–3
  8. P3 11:36TORAndreas JohnssonAssists: Auston Matthews, Kasperi Kapanen · Wrist, 0.10 xG4–4
  9. OT 2:48DETDylan LarkinGWGAssists: Gustav Nyquist · Backhand, 0.19 xG5–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 7:17DETJustin Abdelkader: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 16:39DETNick Jensen: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 8:56TORMitch Marner: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 12:33DETNiklas Kronwall: Boarding2 min
  5. P2 15:36TORPar Lindholm: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 19:19DETNiklas Kronwall: 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 20:00Glendening won the faceoff against Tavares
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETTOR
32Shots on goal31
3.4Expected goals3.1
60Shot attempts82
27Faceoffs won38
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
21Hits14
30Blocked shots12
10Giveaways13
6Takeaways11

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. bestAbdelkader – Nyquist – Larkin11:35

    xG 1.19–0.32 (79%)attempts 18–17goals 0–1

  2. Megan – Frk – Ehn4:31

    xG 0.37–0.10 (79%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Nielsen – Vanek – Athanasiou8:10

    xG 0.56–0.55 (51%)attempts 10–11goals 1–2

  4. Glendening – de la Rose – Rasmussen7:49

    xG 0.18–0.67 (21%)attempts 2–14goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreen – Cholowski5:32

    xG 0.44–0.10 (81%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  2. Ericsson – Jensen17:16

    xG 0.86–0.65 (57%)attempts 15–19goals 0–1

  3. Witkowski – Cholowski5:35

    xG 0.35–0.23 (60%)attempts 6–6goals 0–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestTavares – Hyman – Marner11:21

    xG 1.00–0.56 (64%)attempts 20–12goals 2–1

  2. Kadri – Johnsson – Kapanen4:47

    xG 0.43–0.18 (70%)attempts 11–4goals 1–1

  3. Johnsson – Kapanen – Matthews5:39

    xG 0.12–0.11 (52%)attempts 9–3goals 1–0

  4. Brown – Kapanen – Lindholm2:26

    xG 0.08–0.17 (31%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDermott – Zaitsev2:26

    xG 0.21–0.09 (69%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Gardiner – Zaitsev13:29

    xG 0.85–0.75 (53%)attempts 23–12goals 1–1

  3. Gardiner – Rielly2:32

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

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 3.1 xGDET 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 94/100 · #78 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.94 · 9 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +33 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 56% 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).