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Fri, Dec 27, 2024·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Toronto Maple Leafs 5, Detroit Red Wings 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 59% of the time.

DET winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR31121002523
DET0130428225

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:29TORDavid KampfAssists: Steven Lorentz · Snap, 0.26 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:16TORMitch MarnerAssists: John Tavares, Philippe Myers · Slap, 0.15 xG2–0
  3. P1 19:28TORMitch MarnerPPGWGAssists: William Nylander, John Tavares · Slap, 0.07 xG3–0
  4. P2 16:23TORMitch MarnerAssists: Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Max Pacioretty · Tip-in, 0.10 xG4–0
  5. P2 19:58TORNick RobertsonAssists: Max Domi, Bobby McMann · Snap, 0.23 xG5–0
  6. P3 8:17DETLucas RaymondPPAssists: Moritz Seider, Dylan Larkin · Slap, 0.11 xG5–1
  7. P3 12:08DETSimon EdvinssonAssists: Vladimir Tarasenko, J.T. Compher · Wrist, 0.04 xG5–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 9:31TORSimon Benoit: Interference2 min
  2. P1 12:01DETJeff Petry: Interference2 min
  3. P1 16:41DETLucas Raymond: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  4. P3 1:39TORDavid Kampf: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 6:40TORBobby McMann: Cross checking2 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.

TOR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
43% to win57% to win
← TOR attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Larkin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORDET
23Shots on goal25
2.6Expected goals3.1
41Shot attempts64
18Faceoffs won25
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
37Hits34
17Blocked shots9
14Giveaways15
7Takeaways2

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. bestLorentz – Kampf – Dewar8:07

    xG 0.64–0.07 (90%)attempts 7–2goals 1–0

  2. Pacioretty – Tavares – Marner9:30

    xG 0.51–0.12 (81%)attempts 9–4goals 2–1

  3. Domi – Robertson – McMann7:28

    xG 0.40–0.31 (56%)attempts 4–7goals 1–0

  4. Nylander – Holmberg – Knies11:32

    xG 0.06–0.35 (15%)attempts 3–19goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRielly – Myers13:49

    xG 0.54–0.26 (67%)attempts 6–10goals 1–0

  2. Tanev – McCabe14:56

    xG 0.56–0.30 (65%)attempts 7–13goals 1–0

  3. Ekman-Larsson – Rielly3:03

    xG 0.15–0.07 (68%)attempts 4–3goals 1–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestKane – Copp – DeBrincat11:51

    xG 0.53–0.19 (73%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  2. Larkin – Veleno – Raymond3:36

    xG 0.07–0.03 (67%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Compher – Rasmussen – Berggren5:19

    xG 0.07–0.04 (65%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Fischer – Rasmussen – Kasper2:06

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHoll – Gustafsson12:56

    xG 0.42–0.11 (79%)attempts 14–4goals 0–0

  2. Petry – Chiarot4:44

    xG 0.20–0.28 (42%)attempts 4–2goals 0–1

  3. Chiarot – Seider10:57

    xG 0.21–0.48 (31%)attempts 13–6goals 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.

DET 3.1 xGTOR 2.6 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 60/100 · #520 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.67 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 59% of the time.

DET winsTOR wins

Simulated goal difference (DET − TOR), 10,000 replays

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).