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Sat, Feb 26, 2022·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Toronto Maple Leafs 10, Detroit Red Wings 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 76% of the time.

DET winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR3154123121039
DET18110515733

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:52TORWilliam NylanderAssists: Justin Holl, Ondrej Kase · Slap, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P1 6:18TORMichael BuntingAssists: Justin Holl, Mitch Marner · Snap, 0.34 xG2–0
  3. P1 10:33DETLucas RaymondAssists: Marc Staal, Filip Hronek · Snap, 0.18 xG2–1
  4. P1 11:06TORDavid KampfAssists: Ilya Mikheyev, Alexander Kerfoot · Tip-in, 0.09 xG3–1
  5. P2 0:33TORMitch MarnerAssists: Auston Matthews, Michael Bunting · Wrist, 0.03 xG4–1
  6. P2 4:13TORMitch MarnerAssists: Auston Matthews, Michael Bunting · Snap, 0.10 xG5–1
  7. P2 9:19TORMitch MarnerAssists: Michael Bunting, Auston Matthews · Wrist, 0.05 xG6–1
  8. P2 13:47DETSam GagnerUnassisted · Deflected, 0.02 xG6–2
  9. P2 18:38TORAuston MatthewsAssists: TJ Brodie, Mitch Marner · Tip-in, 0.09 xG7–2
  10. P3 0:35DETFilip HronekAssists: Marc Staal, Lucas Raymond · Wrist, 0.01 xG7–3
  11. P3 2:09DETCarter RowneyAssists: Filip Hronek, Adam Erne · Tip-in, 0.07 xG7–4
  12. P3 4:42DETJoseph VelenoAssists: Filip Hronek, Danny DeKeyser · Wrist, 0.01 xG7–5
  13. P3 5:21DETMichael RasmussenAssists: Moritz Seider, Joseph Veleno · Tip-in, 0.10 xG7–6
  14. P3 7:04TORIlya MikheyevGWGAssists: Alexander Kerfoot, Ilya Lyubushkin · Snap, 0.20 xG8–6
  15. P3 7:45DETLucas RaymondAssists: Dylan Larkin, Moritz Seider · Wrist, 0.05 xG8–7
  16. P3 10:33TOROndrej KaseSHAssists: David Kampf, Justin Holl · Snap, 0.23 xG9–7
  17. P3 15:41TORMitch MarnerAssists: Michael Bunting · Snap, 0.32 xG10–7
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 14:57TORJohn Tavares: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 6:28TORNick Robertson: Boarding2 min
  3. P3 10:23TORMitch Marner: Tripping2 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
48% to win52% to win
← TOR attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Matthews won the faceoff against Suter
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORDET
39Shots on goal33
3.3Expected goals1.8
61Shot attempts50
33Faceoffs won23
0Power plays3
6Penalty minutes0
9Hits14
7Blocked shots16
3Giveaways4
3Takeaways4

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 – Matthews13:00

    xG 1.53–0.48 (76%)attempts 26–11goals 6–3

  2. Tavares – Nylander – Kase13:52

    xG 0.58–0.24 (70%)attempts 12–11goals 1–1

  3. Spezza – Simmonds – Robertson7:23

    xG 0.16–0.16 (50%)attempts 5–6goals 0–1

  4. Kerfoot – Kampf – Mikheyev11:41

    xG 0.27–0.43 (39%)attempts 9–9goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodie – Holl14:55

    xG 1.04–0.20 (84%)attempts 17–11goals 4–2

  2. Rielly – Liljegren15:55

    xG 1.30–0.89 (59%)attempts 23–20goals 2–5

  3. Sandin – Lyubushkin15:33

    xG 0.52–0.26 (66%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestLarkin – Zadina – Raymond13:19

    xG 0.63–0.43 (59%)attempts 15–9goals 3–2

  2. Gagner – Rowney – Erne9:09

    xG 0.33–0.21 (61%)attempts 8–11goals 1–2

  3. Namestnikov – Rasmussen – Veleno11:35

    xG 0.22–0.61 (27%)attempts 9–13goals 2–1

  4. Bertuzzi – Fabbri – Suter11:11

    xG 0.19–0.70 (21%)attempts 8–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Staal – Hronek14:42

    xG 0.58–0.91 (39%)attempts 16–13goals 5–4

  2. Leddy – Seider20:59

    xG 0.63–1.19 (35%)attempts 16–28goals 2–2

  3. DeKeyser – Lindstrom15:33

    xG 0.15–0.87 (15%)attempts 10–17goals 0–3

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 3.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 96/100 · #59 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.68 · 14 goals in reach · 4-goal lead cutComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 76% 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).