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Thu, Apr 17, 2025·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Detroit Red Wings 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 65% of the time.

TOR winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DET1132150600334
TOR18042711420

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:53TORAuston MatthewsAssists: Matthew Knies, Mitch Marner · Wrist, 0.30 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:19DETAustin WatsonAssists: Justin Holl · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:16DETJustin HollAssists: Marco Kasper, Vladimir Tarasenko · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–1
  4. P2 5:50DETAlex DeBrincatPPAssists: Moritz Seider, Patrick Kane · Slap, 0.10 xG3–1
  5. P3 3:43TORPhilippe MyersAssists: Steven Lorentz, Calle Jarnkrok · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:58TORChris TanevAssists: Mitch Marner, Pontus Holmberg · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–3
  7. OT 0:56TORScott LaughtonGWGAssists: Dakota Mermis, Matthew Knies · Wrist, 0.26 xG3–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 5:06TORJohn Tavares: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P2 7:53DETMarco Kasper: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 8:03TORJohn Tavares: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 14:25DETWilliam Lagesson: Interference2 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
43% to win57% to win
← DET attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Laughton won the faceoff against Larkin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETTOR
34Shots on goal20
2.2Expected goals3.0
52Shot attempts48
16Faceoffs won29
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
13Hits17
16Blocked shots11
14Giveaways20
4Takeaways7

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. bestTarasenko – Compher – Rasmussen9:58

    xG 0.51–0.27 (66%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Kane – DeBrincat – Kasper12:19

    xG 0.40–0.27 (60%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  3. Tarasenko – Larkin – Berggren2:27

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Larkin – Rasmussen – Berggren2:19

    xG 0.06–0.08 (44%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHoll – Lagesson13:45

    xG 0.66–0.45 (59%)attempts 14–14goals 2–0

  2. Seider – Edvinsson17:34

    xG 0.65–0.57 (53%)attempts 16–10goals 0–1

  3. Chiarot – Johansson16:54

    xG 0.21–1.21 (15%)attempts 8–13goals 0–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestJarnkrok – Laughton – Lorentz12:15

    xG 0.96–0.42 (70%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  2. Marner – Matthews – Knies9:43

    xG 0.54–0.18 (75%)attempts 5–7goals 1–0

  3. Holmberg – Robertson – McMann10:55

    xG 0.51–0.26 (66%)attempts 11–8goals 0–1

  4. Tavares – Domi – Nylander9:44

    xG 0.08–0.50 (14%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRielly – Myers10:44

    xG 1.10–0.70 (61%)attempts 8–12goals 1–0

  2. Tanev – Benoit13:12

    xG 0.46–0.30 (61%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  3. Mermis – Carlo9:31

    xG 0.37–0.23 (62%)attempts 7–10goals 0–2

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 3.0 xGDET 2.2 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 88/100 · #144 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.20 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 3% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +51 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 65% 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).