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Tue, Jan 19, 2010·Verizon Center, Washington

Detroit Red Wings 2, Washington Capitals 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 73% of the time.

WSH winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET015116115246
WSH0311129323

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:17DETDaniel ClearyAssists: Valtteri Filppula · Backhand, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P2 18:05WSHMatt BradleyAssists: Boyd Gordon, Mike Green · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P3 11:07DETBrian RafalskiAssists: Valtteri Filppula · Slap, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P3 13:15WSHNicklas BackstromPPAssists: Alex Ovechkin, Jose Theodore · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. P3 14:01WSHDavid SteckelGWGAssists: Alexander Semin, Karl Alzner · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 4:14WSHMike Knuble: Holding the stick2 min
  2. P1 11:47WSHJeff Schultz: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P1 15:50DETBrett Lebda: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 5:36DETDaniel Cleary: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 10:02WSHMike Green: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 4:30DETNicklas Lidstrom: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 8:34WSHTomas Fleischmann: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 12:40DETTodd Bertuzzi: Tripping2 min · PPG
  9. P3 15:07WSHMike Knuble: Tripping2 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 SOG0WSH
43% to win57% to win
← DET attackWSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backstrom won the faceoff against Zetterberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETWSH
46Shots on goal23
4.3Expected goals2.7
83Shot attempts54
25Faceoffs won25
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
17Hits30
16Blocked shots25
9Giveaways14
7Takeaways9

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.

WSH 2.7 xGDET 4.3 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHDET

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

WSH's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line WSH is favoured, below it DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 78/100 · #237 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.09 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 17% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +34 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 73% of the time.

WSH winsDET wins

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

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