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2018-10-11 · Little Caesars Arena

5 – 3Final

TOR beat DET 5–3. TOR also won the expected-goals battle 3.7 to 3.1: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Mitch Marner scored at 2:00 of the second, moving TOR’s win probability from 47% to 66%.

Shots on goal
35 – 29
Expected goals
3.7 – 3.1
xG share
TOR 55%
Home-ice start
DET 53%

Win probability

The site’s win-probability model, second by second: score, time left and the manpower on the ice. Dots are goals; hover for the swing.

TOR goalDET goal

Expected goals

Running total of each team’s shot quality (unblocked attempts). Dots are goals.

TORDET

Three stars, by the model

Net goals added in this game versus a league-average player: on-ice goal share, finishing, playmaking, suppression, drawn and taken penalties, faceoffs; goalies by goals saved above expected.

DET
2 G, 0 A · 21:20 TOI
On-ice −0.08 · Finishing +1.38
+1.32
TOR
2 G, 0 A · 19:35 TOI
Finishing +1.36 · Penalties −0.18
+1.22
DET
1 G, 0 A · 22:17 TOI
Finishing +0.87 · Penalties +0.18
+1.07

Rough nights

TOR
59:52 TOI
GSAx −0.71
−0.71
DET
Jimmy Howard
58:37 TOI
GSAx −0.58
−0.58
DET
Libor Sulak
0 G, 0 A · 16:44 TOI
Finishing −0.14 · Penalties −0.36
−0.50

Scoring

Win probability of the scoring team just before and after each goal.

TimeTeamGoalTOR–DETWin prob.
P1 7:18 DETNick Jensen
from Darren Helm, Christoffer Ehn
0–154% → 70%
P1 15:48 TORMorgan Rielly
from Mitch Marner, John Tavares
1–129% → 47%
P2 2:00 TORMitch Marner
from Zach Hyman, John Tavares
2–147% → 66%
P2 7:30 TORAuston MatthewsPP
from Morgan Rielly, Nazem Kadri
3–168% → 83%
P3 10:18 DETNick Jensen
from Luke Glendening, Anthony Mantha
3–24% → 20%
P3 11:11 TORAuston MatthewsPP
from Nazem Kadri, John Tavares
4–282% → 96%
P3 13:56 DETDylan Larkin
from Tyler Bertuzzi, Filip Hronek
4–32% → 15%
P3 19:39 TORRon HainseyEN
from John Tavares, Nikita Zaitsev
5–396% → 100%

Every player

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TOR

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Auston Matthews C19:352+1.22+0.01+1.36+0.03−0.01−0.18+0.02
Morgan Rielly D22:0511+1.06+0.22+0.83+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Mitch Marner R18:3611+0.70+0.20+0.44+0.05+0.01+0.00+0.00
Par Lindholm C16:35+0.15+0.01−0.27−0.01+0.03+0.36+0.03
Travis Dermott D12:41+0.04+0.08−0.03−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Martin Marincin D14:06+0.02+0.03+0.01−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Frederik Gauthier C6:27−0.00+0.02−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01
Tyler Ennis R8:17−0.01−0.01−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ron Hainsey D22:011−0.01+0.19−0.02+0.01−0.00−0.18+0.00
Zach Hyman L16:141−0.01+0.06−0.25+0.01−0.01+0.18+0.00
Connor Brown R14:39−0.09+0.03−0.11−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Josh Leivo L7:24−0.13−0.01−0.12−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.01
Jake Gardiner D19:42−0.18−0.17+0.01−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
John Tavares C18:354−0.20+0.16−0.37+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Kasperi Kapanen R17:49−0.23−0.10−0.29−0.01−0.00+0.18+0.00
Nikita Zaitsev D24:171−0.23−0.12−0.12−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Patrick Marleau C17:00−0.24−0.11−0.10−0.00−0.02+0.00−0.01
Nazem Kadri C16:052−0.35+0.14−0.31+0.01+0.00−0.18−0.02
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Frederik Andersen G59:52−0.71

DET

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Nick Jensen D21:202+1.32−0.08+1.38+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Dylan Larkin C22:171+1.07−0.00+0.87+0.03−0.02+0.18+0.01
Gustav Nyquist R17:01+0.18+0.00−0.03+0.02−0.01+0.18+0.01
Tyler Bertuzzi L16:511+0.08−0.10−0.00+0.01−0.01+0.18−0.01
Thomas Vanek L17:58+0.06+0.03−0.00+0.03−0.00+0.00+0.00
Christoffer Ehn C9:471−0.01+0.01−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01
Joe Hicketts D15:10−0.01+0.04−0.05−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Filip Hronek D18:441−0.11−0.10+0.00−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
Darren Helm C9:551−0.13−0.12−0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.01
Michael Rasmussen C10:24−0.15−0.13−0.00−0.00−0.00+0.00−0.01
Justin Abdelkader L13:34−0.16−0.16−0.00−0.00+0.01+0.00−0.01
Danny DeKeyser D18:25−0.26+0.08+0.01−0.00+0.01−0.36+0.00
Andreas Athanasiou C16:16−0.30+0.13−0.40−0.00−0.02+0.00−0.01
Anthony Mantha R17:511−0.30+0.08−0.40+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Niklas Kronwall D22:16−0.30−0.20−0.06−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Luke Glendening C12:421−0.32−0.05−0.24−0.04+0.01+0.00+0.00
Frans Nielsen C16:31−0.37−0.08−0.32−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.02
Libor Sulak D16:44−0.50+0.01−0.14−0.01−0.01−0.36+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jimmy Howard G58:37−0.58

Net goals for one game are noisy: a single goal against on the ice or a lucky finish moves them a lot. See the card guide and Net Goals 101 for how they are built.