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Mon, Nov 28, 2022·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Detroit Red Wings 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 62% of the time.

DET winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR2521406425
DET110015119244

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:45DETMoritz SeiderAssists: Dylan Larkin, Dominik Kubalik · Wrist, 0.24 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:24TORAuston MatthewsAssists: Michael Bunting, Mac Hollowell · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P1 9:15TORWilliam NylanderPPAssists: John Tavares, Rasmus Sandin · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–1
  4. P2 0:52TORMitch MarnerGWGAssists: Mark Giordano, Calle Jarnkrok · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–1
  5. P2 8:37TORRasmus SandinAssists: Auston Matthews, Alexander Kerfoot · Wrist, 0.02 xG4–1
  6. P3 12:41DETAdam ErneAssists: Moritz Seider, Ben Chiarot · Tip-in, 0.04 xG4–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 5:51TORRasmus Sandin: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 8:37DETDavid Perron: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 14:45TORDenis Malgin: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P2 15:37DETOskar Sundqvist: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 4:31TORMichael Bunting: 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.

TOR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
49% to win51% to win
← TOR attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Copp
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORDET
25Shots on goal44
2.1Expected goals2.7
33Shot attempts73
28Faceoffs won22
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
18Hits25
23Blocked shots5
7Giveaways6
1Takeaways2

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. bestKerfoot – Engvall – Holmberg7:25

    xG 0.56–0.20 (73%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  2. Tavares – Jarnkrok – Marner11:52

    xG 0.47–0.30 (61%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  3. Nylander – Bunting – Matthews11:43

    xG 0.36–0.79 (31%)attempts 9–19goals 2–1

  4. Malgin – Aston-Reese – Kampf11:18

    xG 0.17–0.75 (18%)attempts 3–20goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Giordano – Holl16:39

    xG 0.36–0.41 (47%)attempts 7–13goals 0–1

  2. Mete – Hollowell12:07

    xG 0.27–0.76 (26%)attempts 6–21goals 0–1

  3. Liljegren – Sandin14:04

    xG 0.21–0.80 (21%)attempts 6–19goals 1–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestPerron – Kubalik – Larkin8:25

    xG 0.91–0.28 (77%)attempts 14–7goals 1–1

  2. Sundqvist – Erne – Rasmussen8:18

    xG 0.32–0.00 (100%)attempts 13–2goals 1–0

  3. Perron – Copp – Bertuzzi3:55

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  4. Suter – Veleno – Berggren9:46

    xG 0.66–0.73 (48%)attempts 14–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMaatta – Hronek13:58

    xG 0.61–0.04 (93%)attempts 16–4goals 0–0

  2. Oesterle – Seider2:01

    xG 0.23–0.02 (91%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Oesterle – Walman16:07

    xG 0.66–0.95 (41%)attempts 19–12goals 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 2.7 xGTOR 2.1 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 43/100 · #838 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.01 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 62% 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).