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Sun, Jan 14, 2024·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Detroit Red Wings 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 52% of the time.

TOR winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET0101737424
TOR0721409230

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:32TORPontus HolmbergAssists: Morgan Rielly · Tip-in, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P2 15:39DETDylan LarkinAssists: David Perron · Snap, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 18:18TORMitch MarnerAssists: Tyler Bertuzzi, Jake McCabe · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P3 2:46DETDaniel SprongAssists: Alex DeBrincat · Backhand, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P3 18:20DETAndrew CoppGWGAssists: Michael Rasmussen · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:41DETLucas RaymondENAssists: Ben Chiarot, Dylan Larkin · Wrist, 0.66 xG4–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 3:52DETLucas Raymond: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 8:14DETJeff Petry: Holding2 min
  3. P1 11:35TORTyler Bertuzzi: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 14:51DETDaniel Sprong: Holding2 min
  5. P2 10:59TORMorgan Rielly: 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
46% to win54% to win
← DET attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Larkin won the faceoff against Matthews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETTOR
24Shots on goal30
2.7Expected goals2.7
52Shot attempts67
22Faceoffs won34
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
43Hits28
20Blocked shots14
16Giveaways16
7Takeaways10

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. bestFabbri – Sprong – Veleno3:11

    xG 0.10–0.01 (90%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Copp – Fischer – Rasmussen7:18

    xG 0.14–0.27 (34%)attempts 3–9goals 1–0

  3. Perron – Larkin – Raymond8:55

    xG 0.22–0.35 (39%)attempts 8–7goals 1–1

  4. Compher – DeBrincat – Veleno2:13

    xG 0.05–0.24 (19%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHoll – Maatta10:44

    xG 0.32–0.13 (70%)attempts 7–8goals 2–0

  2. Petry – Chiarot15:54

    xG 0.46–0.55 (45%)attempts 12–24goals 1–2

  3. Gostisbehere – Seider15:22

    xG 0.23–0.78 (22%)attempts 13–18goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestBertuzzi – Domi – Marner10:01

    xG 0.47–0.25 (66%)attempts 14–9goals 1–0

  2. Nylander – Matthews – Holmberg12:09

    xG 0.41–0.19 (68%)attempts 18–7goals 1–0

  3. Tavares – Jarnkrok – Robertson10:10

    xG 0.40–0.23 (64%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

  4. Gregor – Kampf – Knies7:35

    xG 0.13–0.31 (30%)attempts 4–11goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcCabe – Liljegren13:29

    xG 0.65–0.33 (66%)attempts 16–13goals 0–2

  2. Timmins – Benoit9:32

    xG 0.32–0.07 (82%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  3. Brodie – Rielly15:50

    xG 0.58–0.50 (54%)attempts 16–16goals 1–1

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 2.7 xGDET 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 59/100 · #585 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.77 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 21% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +47 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 52% 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).