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Sat, Oct 30, 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 71% of the time.

DET winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NSH081819225
DET2121828528

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:11DETPavel DatsyukAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Ruslan Salei · Snap, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:24DETBrad StuartAssists: Johan Franzen, Nicklas Lidstrom · Tip-in, 0.27 xG0–2
  3. P2 7:49NSHJoel WardAssists: Cody Franson, Cal O'Reilly · Snap, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P2 18:42DETPavel DatsyukGWGAssists: Daniel Cleary, Ruslan Salei · Snap, 0.14 xG1–3
  5. P3 4:18DETTomas HolmstromPPAssists: Nicklas Lidstrom, Pavel Datsyuk · Tip-in, 0.21 xG1–4
  6. P3 6:26DETPatrick EavesAssists: Darren Helm, Drew Miller · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–5
  7. P3 9:39NSHKevin KleinAssists: Shea Weber, Steve Sullivan · Slap, 0.03 xG2–5
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 4:49DETJohan Franzen: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 14:43NSHJoel Ward: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 1:05NSHDavid Legwand: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 5:48DETDoug Janik: Holding2 min
  5. P2 10:07DETPavel Datsyuk: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 13:53NSHNick Spaling: Holding2 min
  7. P2 15:56NSHDavid Legwand: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 3:29NSHJ-P Dumont: Tripping2 min · PPG
  9. P3 11:31DETRuslan Salei: Interference2 min
  10. P3 17:30DETTodd Bertuzzi: 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.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
47% to win53% to win
← NSH attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Legwand won the faceoff against Modano
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHDET
25Shots on goal28
1.6Expected goals2.7
51Shot attempts50
28Faceoffs won34
5Power plays5
10Penalty minutes10
16Hits25
13Blocked shots15
8Giveaways8
4Takeaways4

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.

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestLegwand – Ward – Wilson3:03

    xG 0.22–0.13 (63%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Dumont – Erat – Spaling2:16

    xG 0.03–0.03 (57%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Sullivan – O'Reilly – Hornqvist5:05

    xG 0.08–0.09 (47%)attempts 9–3goals 0–1

  4. Smithson – Kostitsyn – Klasen2:04

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeber – Sulzer7:38

    xG 0.47–0.17 (73%)attempts 11–7goals 0–1

  2. Klein – O'Brien10:12

    xG 0.22–0.19 (53%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  3. Weber – Franson2:42

    xG 0.02–0.04 (33%)attempts 1–1goals 0–1

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestBertuzzi – Filppula – Franzen8:30

    xG 1.18–0.10 (92%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  2. Eaves – Miller – Helm6:55

    xG 0.13–0.15 (47%)attempts 8–2goals 1–1

  3. Modano – Cleary – Abdelkader9:53

    xG 0.19–0.25 (43%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

  4. Holmstrom – Datsyuk – Zetterberg9:31

    xG 0.18–0.47 (28%)attempts 7–13goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLidstrom – Stuart11:23

    xG 1.34–0.44 (75%)attempts 13–13goals 1–1

  2. Lidstrom – Salei2:11

    xG 0.19–0.08 (69%)attempts 2–4goals 1–0

  3. Salei – Kindl10:59

    xG 0.17–0.12 (58%)attempts 9–9goals 2–0

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.

DET 2.7 xGNSH 1.6 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 43/100 · #670 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.01 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 71% of the time.

DET winsNSH wins

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

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