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Sat, Jan 29, 2022·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Toronto Maple Leafs 7, Detroit Red Wings 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 67% of the time.

DET winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR19115513737
DET11531307435

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:15DETDylan LarkinAssists: Vladislav Namestnikov · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:28TORPierre EngvallAssists: Morgan Rielly, Jason Spezza · Deflected, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:16DETVladislav NamestnikovAssists: Dylan Larkin, Moritz Seider · Wrist, 0.22 xG1–2
  4. P2 2:11DETTyler BertuzziAssists: Robby Fabbri, Moritz Seider · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–3
  5. P2 12:07TORMichael BuntingAssists: Justin Holl, David Kampf · Tip-in, 0.03 xG2–3
  6. P2 15:54DETDylan LarkinPPAssists: Robby Fabbri, Lucas Raymond · Snap, 0.13 xG2–4
  7. P3 9:28TORMichael BuntingAssists: Auston Matthews, Justin Holl · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–4
  8. P3 11:58TORMichael BuntingAssists: Mitch Marner, Auston Matthews · Wrist, 0.14 xG4–4
  9. P3 17:09TORRasmus SandinGWGAssists: John Tavares, Alexander Kerfoot · Snap, 0.12 xG5–4
  10. P3 18:46TORMitch MarnerENAssists: Alexander Kerfoot, Morgan Rielly · Snap, 0.77 xG6–4
  11. P3 19:49TORJohn TavaresENAssists: David Kampf · Wrist, 0.65 xG7–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 9:34DETAdam Erne: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 14:44TORJohn Tavares: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  3. P2 0:00DETVladislav Namestnikov: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 0:00TORTravis Dermott: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  5. P3 18:09DETRobby Fabbri: Hooking2 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

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
48% to win52% to win
← TOR attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kampf won the faceoff against Rasmussen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORDET
37Shots on goal35
4.5Expected goals3.5
64Shot attempts54
33Faceoffs won22
2Power plays1
4Penalty minutes6
6Hits10
11Blocked shots14
2Giveaways8
2Takeaways3

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. bestBunting – Marner – Matthews6:50

    xG 0.62–0.06 (91%)attempts 10–2goals 2–0

  2. Spezza – Simmonds – Engvall8:15

    xG 0.60–0.07 (89%)attempts 13–3goals 1–0

  3. Tavares – Kerfoot – Nylander6:20

    xG 0.61–0.39 (61%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  4. Kerfoot – Nylander – Kampf5:06

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHoll – Sandin19:23

    xG 1.28–0.95 (57%)attempts 16–21goals 3–0

  2. Dermott – Liljegren12:49

    xG 0.41–0.64 (39%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  3. Brodie – Rielly18:52

    xG 1.00–1.24 (44%)attempts 24–16goals 1–3

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestBertuzzi – Fabbri – Suter10:09

    xG 1.02–0.60 (63%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  2. Namestnikov – Larkin – Raymond13:02

    xG 0.81–0.90 (47%)attempts 11–15goals 2–1

  3. Gagner – Smith – Veleno5:33

    xG 0.07–0.19 (28%)attempts 1–7goals 0–0

  4. Erne – Rasmussen – Zadina10:27

    xG 0.39–0.59 (40%)attempts 6–10goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaal – Hronek14:17

    xG 0.74–0.56 (57%)attempts 13–13goals 0–1

  2. Leddy – Hronek2:15

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Oesterle – Seider16:21

    xG 1.31–1.27 (51%)attempts 16–21goals 2–1

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 3.5 xGTOR 4.5 xG
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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 95/100 · #67 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.17 · 11 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 5% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +45 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 67% 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).