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Sat, Oct 12, 2019·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Toronto Maple Leafs 5, Detroit Red Wings 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 75% of the time.

DET winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR113111317541
DET1908110227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:44DETJacob de la RoseAssists: Patrik Nemeth, Justin Abdelkader · Backhand, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:57TORNicholas ShoreAssists: Dmytro Timashov · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P2 19:30TORIlya MikheyevAssists: Kasperi Kapanen · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P3 9:11TORAlexander KerfootGWGAssists: Ilya Mikheyev, Rasmus Sandin · Backhand, 0.29 xG3–1
  5. P3 9:35DETDarren HelmAssists: Justin Abdelkader, Jacob de la Rose · Snap, 0.16 xG3–2
  6. P3 13:34TORJake MuzzinAssists: Dmytro Timashov · Snap, 0.08 xG4–2
  7. P3 17:47TORTrevor MooreENAssists: John Tavares · Wrist, 0.55 xG5–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 12:36DETAndreas Athanasiou: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P1 15:48DETValtteri Filppula: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 0:50TORTyson Barrie: Cross checking2 min
  4. P3 14:58DETDanny DeKeyser: Interference2 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
45% to win55% to win
← TOR attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00de la Rose won the faceoff against Matthews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORDET
41Shots on goal27
3.8Expected goals2.3
74Shot attempts46
34Faceoffs won24
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
14Hits21
12Blocked shots24
12Giveaways16
3Takeaways7

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. bestShore – Gauthier – Timashov7:59

    xG 1.19–0.36 (77%)attempts 14–7goals 2–0

  2. Tavares – Kapanen – Marner11:28

    xG 0.58–0.38 (60%)attempts 18–7goals 0–1

  3. Kerfoot – Moore – Mikheyev9:41

    xG 0.42–0.31 (58%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  4. Johnsson – Nylander – Matthews13:51

    xG 0.39–0.43 (47%)attempts 18–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Barrie13:33

    xG 0.49–0.25 (67%)attempts 14–7goals 1–0

  2. Ceci – Sandin2:13

    xG 0.52–0.28 (65%)attempts 5–4goals 1–1

  3. Rielly – Ceci14:32

    xG 0.72–0.49 (59%)attempts 17–15goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestAbdelkader – Helm – de la Rose9:14

    xG 0.52–0.12 (81%)attempts 8–10goals 2–0

  2. Bertuzzi – Mantha – Larkin13:15

    xG 0.65–0.30 (69%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  3. Filppula – Erne – Ehn3:24

    xG 0.10–0.07 (58%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Glendening – Athanasiou – Erne3:03

    xG 0.01–0.19 (6%)attempts 1–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Green – Cholowski5:33

    xG 0.31–0.26 (54%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Green – Nemeth15:34

    xG 0.48–0.44 (52%)attempts 9–21goals 1–0

  3. DeKeyser – Hronek10:04

    xG 0.45–0.54 (45%)attempts 11–13goals 1–1

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.

DET 2.3 xGTOR 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 53/100 · #524 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.22 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 32% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 75% 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).