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Mon, Oct 13, 2025·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Detroit Red Wings 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 62% of the time.

TOR winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET160425315
TOR013011216240

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:55DETDylan LarkinPPAssists: Alex DeBrincat, Lucas Raymond · Backhand, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P3 4:25DETJames van RiemsdykAssists: Andrew Copp · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–0
  3. P3 7:29TORMatthew KniesAssists: Bobby McMann · Tip-in, 0.13 xG2–1
  4. P3 13:42TORCalle JarnkrokAssists: Auston Matthews, Matthew Knies · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. P3 19:15DETMason AppletonGWGAssists: Ben Chiarot, Emmitt Finnie · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 16:53TORMorgan Rielly: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 18:42TORSimon Benoit: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  3. P2 13:57TORSimon Benoit: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 15:22DETDylan Larkin: Interference2 min
  5. P2 17:31TORMax Domi: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P3 10:39DETDylan Larkin: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 14:59DETDylan Larkin: Embellishment2 min
  8. P3 14:59TOROliver Ekman-Larsson: High sticking2 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
47% to win53% to win
← DET attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Matthews won the faceoff against Larkin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETTOR
15Shots on goal40
2.5Expected goals3.2
39Shot attempts75
24Faceoffs won37
4Power plays2
6Penalty minutes10
18Hits22
20Blocked shots10
16Giveaways22
11Takeaways7

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. van Riemsdyk – Appleton – Rasmussen4:21

    xG 0.12–0.15 (45%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Kane – DeBrincat – Kasper9:17

    xG 0.24–0.37 (39%)attempts 4–12goals 0–0

  3. Larkin – Raymond – Finnie6:12

    xG 0.08–0.22 (26%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

  4. Copp – Compher – Brandsegg-Nygård8:51

    xG 0.06–0.32 (16%)attempts 6–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Bernard-Docker – Johansson9:18

    xG 0.34–0.45 (43%)attempts 5–12goals 0–0

  2. Chiarot – Seider17:19

    xG 0.40–0.59 (40%)attempts 13–20goals 2–0

  3. Edvinsson – Sandin-Pellikka14:36

    xG 0.26–0.84 (24%)attempts 8–14goals 0–2

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestMatthews – Knies – Cowan10:07

    xG 0.76–0.25 (75%)attempts 16–5goals 0–0

  2. Domi – Robertson – McMann7:21

    xG 0.40–0.25 (61%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  3. Jarnkrok – Joshua – Roy7:11

    xG 0.26–0.16 (61%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Tavares – Nylander – Maccelli8:30

    xG 0.34–0.31 (53%)attempts 11–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkman-Larsson – Benoit13:39

    xG 1.19–0.37 (76%)attempts 18–12goals 0–0

  2. Tanev – McCabe13:39

    xG 0.33–0.06 (84%)attempts 11–4goals 1–0

  3. Ekman-Larsson – Rielly2:28

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

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 3.2 xGDET 2.5 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 67/100 · #490 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.63 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +41 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 62% 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).