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Wed, Mar 3, 2010·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Vancouver Canucks 6, Detroit Red Wings 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 53% of the time.

DET winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN21431118633
DET11219110331

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:34VANRyan KeslerAssists: Mason Raymond, Aaron Rome · Snap, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:50DETJason WilliamsAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Todd Bertuzzi · Slap, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P1 16:20VANAlexandre BurrowsAssists: Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin · Tip-in, 0.12 xG2–1
  4. P2 1:47DETHenrik ZetterbergAssists: Andreas Lilja · Snap, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P2 7:11VANKyle WellwoodAssists: Aaron Rome · Snap, 0.09 xG3–2
  6. P2 11:33VANSami SaloGWGAssists: Pavol Demitra, Henrik Sedin · Wrist, 0.01 xG4–2
  7. P2 17:30VANMikael SamuelssonAssists: Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin · Wrist, 0.02 xG5–2
  8. P3 6:35VANRyan KeslerPPAssists: Daniel Sedin, Christian Ehrhoff · Tip-in, 0.21 xG6–2
  9. P3 15:13DETJohan FranzenPPAssists: Pavel Datsyuk, Brian Rafalski · Snap, 0.25 xG6–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 5:24DETDrew Miller: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P2 3:30DETPavel Datsyuk: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 3:30VANAlexandre Burrows: Holding2 min
  4. P2 11:27DETNiklas Kronwall: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 14:36VANTanner Glass: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 5:31DETNiklas Kronwall: Elbowing2 min · PPG
  7. P3 14:35VANRick Rypien: Tripping2 min · PPG
  8. P3 19:30DETAndreas Lilja: Holding2 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANDET
33Shots on goal31
2.1Expected goals2.0
42Shot attempts63
33Faceoffs won27
4Power plays2
6Penalty minutes10
27Hits24
12Blocked shots3
12Giveaways11
8Takeaways3

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 2.0 xGVAN 2.1 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 67/100 · #398 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.34 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 53% of the time.

DET winsVAN wins

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

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