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Sun, Apr 2, 2023·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Detroit Red Wings 5, Toronto Maple Leafs 2

Expected result

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

TOR winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET3100727524
TOR115013117245

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:30DETOlli MaattaUnassisted · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P1 7:33TORCalle JarnkrokPPAssists: Nick Abruzzese, Conor Timmins · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–1
  3. P1 12:45DETJonatan BerggrenAssists: Robert Hagg, Lucas Raymond · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P1 19:21DETDylan LarkinGWGAssists: Dominik Kubalik, Olli Maatta · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–1
  5. P3 6:00TORJohn TavaresPPAssists: Morgan Rielly, Auston Matthews · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–2
  6. P3 10:16DETDylan LarkinAssists: Ben Chiarot, Moritz Seider · Wrist, 0.24 xG4–2
  7. P3 17:48DETDylan LarkinENAssists: Jake Walman · Wrist, 0.38 xG5–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 5:33DETAdam Erne: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 7:56DETMarco Kasper: Penalty shot covering puck in crease0 min
  3. P1 9:06TORWayne Simmonds: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 11:31DETLucas Raymond: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P2 17:11DETJake Walman: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 17:11TORMichael Bunting: Embellishment2 min
  7. P2 19:58TORMichael Bunting: Misconduct10 min
  8. P3 4:53DETDylan Larkin: Holding2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETTOR
24Shots on goal45
3.0Expected goals4.1
48Shot attempts74
21Faceoffs won38
1Power plays3
8Penalty minutes14
23Hits30
17Blocked shots10
6Giveaways11
7Takeaways8

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. bestPerron – Kubalik – Larkin10:49

    xG 0.59–0.14 (80%)attempts 9–8goals 2–0

  2. Luff – Veleno – Berggren9:12

    xG 0.57–0.21 (74%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  3. Chiasson – Erne – Suter7:42

    xG 0.34–0.16 (68%)attempts 8–7goals 1–0

  4. Copp – Raymond – Kasper11:46

    xG 0.58–0.79 (42%)attempts 7–20goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChiarot – Edvinsson16:42

    xG 0.63–0.39 (61%)attempts 14–14goals 0–0

  2. Walman – Seider13:53

    xG 0.29–0.74 (28%)attempts 7–18goals 0–0

  3. Maatta – Hagg10:51

    xG 0.73–1.31 (36%)attempts 12–14goals 2–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestLafferty – Aston-Reese – Kampf9:25

    xG 0.88–0.43 (67%)attempts 15–9goals 0–1

  2. Tavares – Kerfoot – Nylander7:23

    xG 0.14–0.16 (48%)attempts 7–7goals 0–2

  3. Jarnkrok – Bunting – Matthews7:02

    xG 0.37–0.43 (46%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  4. Jarnkrok – Kerfoot – Zohorna2:20

    xG 0.21–0.33 (38%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodie – Holl13:25

    xG 1.59–0.74 (68%)attempts 19–11goals 0–2

  2. Brodie – Rielly2:23

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Timmins – Liljegren11:53

    xG 0.27–0.31 (46%)attempts 12–10goals 0–1

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.

TOR 4.1 xGDET 3.0 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 54/100 · #671 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.30 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50TOR 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 67% 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).