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Fri, Mar 5, 2010·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Nashville Predators 2, Detroit Red Wings 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 80% of the time.

DET winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NSH0511413222
DET21121219532

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:44DETPavel DatsyukUnassisted · Backhand, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:00DETTomas HolmstromPPAssists: Nicklas Lidstrom, Pavel Datsyuk · Tip-in, 0.15 xG0–2
  3. P2 3:35DETDarren HelmGWGAssists: Patrick Eaves · Snap, 0.10 xG0–3
  4. P2 9:10DETDarren HelmSHAssists: Niklas Kronwall · Backhand, 0.07 xG0–4
  5. P2 10:54NSHJ-P DumontAssists: Steve Sullivan · Snap, 0.09 xG1–4
  6. P3 3:15NSHJoel WardAssists: Dan Hamhuis · Slap, 0.11 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:56DETHenrik ZetterbergENAssists: Valtteri Filppula, Daniel Cleary · Snap, 0.59 xG2–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 1:19DETTodd Bertuzzi: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 12:58NSHCal O'Reilly: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P2 0:19NSHPatric Hornqvist: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 7:14DETJason Williams: Holding2 min
  5. P3 5:28DETJohan Franzen: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 10:43DETBrian Rafalski: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 13:27NSHFrancis Bouillon: 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.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHDET
22Shots on goal32
1.6Expected goals3.4
50Shot attempts57
13Faceoffs won32
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
18Hits32
12Blocked shots16
12Giveaways16
2Takeaways5

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 3.4 xGNSH 1.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETNSH

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 NSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 62/100 · #456 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.71 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 80% of the time.

DET winsNSH wins

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

-7
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-5
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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