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Wed, Nov 27, 2019·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Toronto Maple Leafs 6, Detroit Red Wings 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 91% of the time.

DET winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR316326012654
DET0110509025

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:04TORTravis DermottGWGAssists: Ilya Mikheyev, John Tavares · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–0
  2. P1 2:24TORTyson BarrieAssists: Frederik Gauthier, Dmytro Timashov · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–0
  3. P1 9:48TORJohn TavaresAssists: Tyson Barrie, Ilya Mikheyev · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–0
  4. P2 1:03TORWilliam NylanderAssists: Morgan Rielly, Andreas Johnsson · Wrist, 0.09 xG4–0
  5. P2 3:34TORWilliam NylanderAssists: Andreas Johnsson, Morgan Rielly · Deflected, 0.25 xG5–0
  6. P2 7:07TORAndreas JohnssonPPAssists: Jason Spezza, Kasperi Kapanen · Backhand, 0.21 xG6–0
Penalties (1)
  1. P2 5:45DETFilip Hronek: Slashing2 min · PPG

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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
45% to win55% to win
← TOR attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Matthews won the faceoff against Larkin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORDET
54Shots on goal25
5.1Expected goals1.8
78Shot attempts42
31Faceoffs won25
1Power plays0
0Penalty minutes2
14Hits25
5Blocked shots11
10Giveaways9
3Takeaways2

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. bestTavares – Hyman – Mikheyev14:27

    xG 1.50–0.44 (77%)attempts 19–10goals 2–0

  2. Johnsson – Nylander – Matthews13:43

    xG 1.73–0.68 (72%)attempts 22–13goals 2–0

  3. Gauthier – Engvall – Timashov11:57

    xG 0.73–0.14 (83%)attempts 16–5goals 1–0

  4. Spezza – Petan – Kapanen14:13

    xG 0.49–0.32 (61%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRielly – Ceci17:03

    xG 1.92–0.34 (85%)attempts 31–9goals 2–0

  2. Muzzin – Holl16:19

    xG 1.01–0.34 (75%)attempts 18–11goals 0–0

  3. Barrie – Rielly2:11

    xG 0.10–0.00 (97%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. Filppula – Helm – Zadina7:15

    xG 0.19–0.17 (54%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Nielsen – Glendening – Athanasiou7:46

    xG 0.20–0.19 (51%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Filppula – Athanasiou – Zadina4:56

    xG 0.12–0.17 (43%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  4. Nielsen – Helm – Glendening2:50

    xG 0.12–0.29 (29%)attempts 3–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestNemeth – Hronek14:57

    xG 0.72–0.52 (58%)attempts 16–14goals 0–0

  2. Bowey – Cholowski3:20

    xG 0.05–0.02 (71%)attempts 2–2goals 0–1

  3. Ericsson – Hronek4:51

    xG 0.22–0.29 (43%)attempts 4–2goals 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 1.8 xGTOR 5.1 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 3/100 · #1055 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.55 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 91% 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).