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Sat, Dec 21, 2019·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Detroit Red Wings 1, Toronto Maple Leafs 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 55% of the time.

TOR winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET01001317130
TOR0101637423

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 17:10TORZach HymanAssists: Morgan Rielly · Wrist, 0.39 xG0–1
  2. P3 2:18TORAuston MatthewsPPGWGAssists: John Tavares, Mitch Marner · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P3 8:51TORZach HymanAssists: Auston Matthews · Backhand, 0.16 xG0–3
  4. P3 13:39TORAuston MatthewsAssists: Mitch Marner, Zach Hyman · Snap, 0.18 xG0–4
  5. P3 18:16DETTyler BertuzziPPAssists: Andreas Athanasiou, Robby Fabbri · Wrist, 0.43 xG1–4
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 6:52DETAnthony Mantha: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 9:18TORAlexander Kerfoot: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 9:18DETRobby Fabbri: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 19:04TORJake Muzzin: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 1:39DETFilip Zadina: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P3 18:05DETAnthony Mantha: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 18:05TORJake Muzzin: Roughing2 min · PPG
  8. P3 18:05TORJake Muzzin: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  9. P3 18:16TORTravis Dermott: Abusive language10 min
  10. P3 19:26TORJustin Holl: Fighting5 min
  11. P3 19:26DETAndreas Athanasiou: Fighting5 min
  12. P3 19:26DETAndreas Athanasiou: Kneeing2 min
  13. P3 19:26DETAndreas Athanasiou: Roughing2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
45% to win55% to win
← DET attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Larkin won the faceoff against Tavares
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETTOR
30Shots on goal23
3.0Expected goals2.8
52Shot attempts51
21Faceoffs won26
2Power plays3
17Penalty minutes23
26Hits14
12Blocked shots7
9Giveaways12
5Takeaways12

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. bestFilppula – Bertuzzi – Fabbri5:47

    xG 0.59–0.24 (71%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Athanasiou – Bertuzzi – Fabbri3:01

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Helm – Glendening – Athanasiou5:41

    xG 0.49–0.46 (52%)attempts 8–2goals 0–1

  4. Erne – Perlini – Ehn4:03

    xG 0.05–0.04 (59%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNemeth – Bowey2:41

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Green – Nemeth16:28

    xG 0.91–0.86 (51%)attempts 16–13goals 0–1

  3. Lashoff – Bowey13:00

    xG 0.33–0.29 (53%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestHyman – Marner – Matthews4:35

    xG 0.85–0.04 (96%)attempts 5–1goals 3–0

  2. Gauthier – Timashov – Moore7:53

    xG 0.25–0.13 (67%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Tavares – Engvall – Mikheyev5:37

    xG 0.14–0.02 (85%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Tavares – Hyman – Marner6:49

    xG 0.31–0.28 (52%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCeci – Dermott15:02

    xG 0.55–0.27 (68%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  2. Muzzin – Holl13:52

    xG 0.65–0.53 (55%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  3. Barrie – Rielly16:51

    xG 1.08–1.14 (49%)attempts 19–23goals 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 2.8 xGDET 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 13/100 · #954 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.59 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 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).