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Sat, Jan 7, 2023·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Detroit Red Wings 1, Toronto Maple Leafs 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 72% of the time.

TOR winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET1801005123
TOR02212215429

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:57DETJake WalmanAssists: Olli Maatta, Filip Hronek · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P2 0:24TORMitch MarnerPPAssists: Auston Matthews, Morgan Rielly · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 6:37TORJohn TavaresGWGAssists: Calle Jarnkrok, Mark Giordano · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P3 6:19TORPontus HolmbergAssists: Morgan Rielly, TJ Brodie · Tip-in, 0.05 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:21TORJohn TavaresENAssists: Mitch Marner, Justin Holl · Backhand, 0.74 xG1–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 0:54DETMoritz Seider: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 9:48DETJake Walman: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 9:56TORAuston Matthews: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 16:54TORMark Giordano: Holding2 min
  5. P1 18:39DETJonatan Berggren: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 13:05TORMichael Bunting: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 16:51DETBen Chiarot: Cross checking2 min
  8. P3 1:53DETPius Suter: Holding the stick2 min
  9. P3 3:21TORJohn Tavares: 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
49% to win51% to win
← DET attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Copp won the faceoff against Tavares
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETTOR
23Shots on goal29
2.2Expected goals3.5
44Shot attempts55
26Faceoffs won28
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
38Hits21
13Blocked shots9
5Giveaways15
6Takeaways8

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. bestSundqvist – Erne – Suter7:19

    xG 0.40–0.01 (98%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Copp – Rasmussen – Raymond11:04

    xG 0.49–0.46 (52%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  3. Kubalik – Veleno – Soderblom6:19

    xG 0.29–0.39 (42%)attempts 5–6goals 0–1

  4. Perron – Larkin – Berggren9:25

    xG 0.16–0.28 (37%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWalman – Seider11:40

    xG 0.57–0.02 (97%)attempts 13–2goals 0–0

  2. Chiarot – Hronek11:58

    xG 0.45–0.45 (50%)attempts 11–8goals 0–1

  3. Maatta – Oesterle9:40

    xG 0.24–0.75 (24%)attempts 4–12goals 0–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestKerfoot – Engvall – Kampf8:12

    xG 0.64–0.28 (69%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  2. Tavares – Jarnkrok – Marner5:53

    xG 0.33–0.16 (67%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

  3. Hunt – Aston-Reese – Holmberg4:50

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  4. Nylander – Bunting – Matthews10:01

    xG 0.17–0.26 (40%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLiljegren – Sandin12:12

    xG 0.44–0.32 (58%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  2. Giordano – Holl12:32

    xG 0.36–0.33 (52%)attempts 8–8goals 1–1

  3. Brodie – Rielly13:28

    xG 0.33–0.69 (32%)attempts 6–13goals 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 3.5 xGDET 2.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 36/100 · #915 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.21 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 72% 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).