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Sat, Nov 13, 2010·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Colorado Avalanche 1, Detroit Red Wings 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 68% of the time.

DET winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL060719122
DET11221102325

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:58DETTodd BertuzziPPAssists: Johan Franzen, Niklas Kronwall · Snap, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 0:30DETJiri HudlerGWGAssists: Nicklas Lidstrom, Darren Helm · Wrist, 0.26 xG0–2
  3. P2 5:52DETDaniel ClearyAssists: Todd Bertuzzi · Backhand, 0.06 xG0–3
  4. P3 5:28COLJohn-Michael LilesPPAssists: Paul Stastny, Matt Duchene · Snap, 0.14 xG1–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 3:14COLPaul Stastny: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 6:30DETBrad Stuart: Holding2 min
  3. P1 12:30COLDaniel Winnik: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P1 18:23DETJiri Hudler: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 2:59COLPhilippe Dupuis: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 9:45COLPaul Stastny: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 13:43DETJohan Franzen: Holding2 min
  8. P3 3:45DETPatrick Eaves: Holding2 min · PPG
  9. P3 5:08DETTodd Bertuzzi: Too many men on the ice2 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.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLDET
22Shots on goal25
2.1Expected goals3.1
47Shot attempts45
26Faceoffs won24
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
29Hits23
7Blocked shots11
5Giveaways14
3Takeaways9

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.

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. Hejduk – Jones – Duchene8:20

    xG 0.20–0.18 (52%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  2. Mauldin – Dupuis – McLeod4:51

    xG 0.05–0.05 (50%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Yip – Winnik – O'Reilly7:13

    xG 0.07–0.32 (18%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  4. Porter – Stastny – Stewart8:00

    xG 0.12–0.62 (17%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHannan – Holos11:03

    xG 0.37–0.26 (59%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  2. Foote – Shattenkirk8:29

    xG 0.12–0.17 (41%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Liles – O'Byrne10:13

    xG 0.10–0.40 (21%)attempts 6–9goals 0–1

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestHolmstrom – Datsyuk – Zetterberg8:50

    xG 0.70–0.01 (98%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  2. Modano – Bertuzzi – Cleary6:12

    xG 0.24–0.02 (91%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Filppula – Hudler – Franzen8:56

    xG 0.32–0.20 (62%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  4. Eaves – Abdelkader – Helm5:29

    xG 0.05–0.07 (41%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLidstrom – Stuart10:20

    xG 1.21–0.22 (85%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  2. Salei – Kronwall12:04

    xG 0.38–0.32 (55%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  3. Rafalski – Ericsson13:54

    xG 0.19–0.29 (40%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

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 3.1 xGCOL 2.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETCOL

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 COL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 16/100 · #989 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.76 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 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 68% of the time.

DET winsCOL wins

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

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