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Sat, Oct 30, 2021·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Detroit Red Wings 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 73% of the time.

TOR winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET01018313431
TOR11411638538

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:46TORJake MuzzinAssists: TJ Brodie, John Tavares · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P2 8:19DETFilip ZadinaPPAssists: Moritz Seider, Sam Gagner · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P2 19:42TORMichael BuntingPPAssists: Jason Spezza, Nick Ritchie · Tip-in, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P3 0:17TORAlexander KerfootAssists: John Tavares, Jake Muzzin · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–3
  5. P3 1:36DETJoseph VelenoAssists: Michael Rasmussen · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–3
  6. P3 7:47TORJohn TavaresAssists: Alexander Kerfoot, Morgan Rielly · Snap, 0.06 xG2–4
  7. P3 10:11DETVladislav NamestnikovAssists: Joseph Veleno, Jordan Oesterle · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–4
  8. P3 17:55TORMitch MarnerGWGUnassisted · Wrap-around, 0.05 xG3–5
  9. P3 19:31DETFilip HronekAssists: Lucas Raymond, Filip Zadina · Slap, 0.04 xG4–5
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 6:49TORJohn Tavares: Slashing2 min · PPG
  2. P2 18:01DETMichael Rasmussen: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P3 4:28TORTJ Brodie: Holding2 min
  4. P3 19:47DETRobby Fabbri: Hooking2 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
48% to win52% to win
← DET attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Rasmussen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETTOR
31Shots on goal38
1.9Expected goals3.3
54Shot attempts65
16Faceoffs won29
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
21Hits23
15Blocked shots14
12Giveaways14
13Takeaways7

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. bestLarkin – Fabbri – Raymond12:56

    xG 0.70–0.39 (64%)attempts 16–7goals 0–1

  2. Smith – Suter – Zadina2:05

    xG 0.15–0.06 (71%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Namestnikov – Rasmussen – Veleno7:02

    xG 0.25–0.33 (44%)attempts 7–7goals 2–0

  4. Rowney – Suter – Zadina3:10

    xG 0.03–0.21 (12%)attempts 2–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaal – Oesterle13:12

    xG 0.49–0.41 (54%)attempts 9–12goals 1–1

  2. DeKeyser – Seider13:44

    xG 0.36–0.44 (45%)attempts 12–13goals 1–1

  3. Leddy – Hronek16:19

    xG 0.18–1.25 (12%)attempts 11–22goals 0–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestNylander – Bunting – Matthews12:12

    xG 1.25–0.58 (68%)attempts 20–13goals 0–1

  2. Tavares – Kerfoot – Marner12:48

    xG 0.68–0.08 (90%)attempts 15–8goals 4–0

  3. Spezza – Simmonds – Ritchie8:30

    xG 0.45–0.21 (68%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  4. Engvall – Kase – Kampf10:39

    xG 0.36–0.25 (59%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLiljegren – Sandin11:19

    xG 0.76–0.03 (96%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  2. Muzzin – Brodie16:02

    xG 0.85–0.51 (62%)attempts 18–12goals 2–0

  3. Rielly – Dermott14:17

    xG 0.71–0.40 (64%)attempts 19–14goals 1–2

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 3.3 xGDET 1.9 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 78/100 · #332 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.67 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 73% of the time.

TOR winsDET wins

Simulated goal difference (TOR − DET), 10,000 replays

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).