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Fri, Nov 19, 2010·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Minnesota Wild 4, Detroit Red Wings 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 72% of the time.

DET winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
MIN181311214427
DET0911821205344

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:16MINBrent BurnsAssists: Martin Havlat, Casey Wellman · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P2 1:25MINCal ClutterbuckAssists: Nick Schultz, Greg Zanon · Snap, 0.01 xG2–0
  3. P2 19:26DETDarren HelmAssists: Justin Abdelkader, Patrick Eaves · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P3 2:17DETJohan FranzenPPAssists: Pavel Datsyuk, Tomas Holmstrom · Snap, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P3 4:55DETPatrick EavesAssists: Brian Rafalski, Justin Abdelkader · Wrap-around, 0.10 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:37MINMikko KoivuAssists: Nick Schultz, Andrew Brunette · Wrist, 0.22 xG3–3
  7. OT 4:18MINJohn MaddenGWGAssists: Martin Havlat, Marek Zidlicky · Backhand, 0.23 xG4–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 6:13DETHenrik Zetterberg: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 16:57DETJustin Abdelkader: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 9:02MINCasey Wellman: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 9:37MINEric Nystrom: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 12:58MINMatt Cullen: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 1:35MINMatt Cullen: Hooking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 8:33DETNicklas Lidstrom: 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.

MIN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINDET
27Shots on goal44
1.9Expected goals3.3
45Shot attempts76
33Faceoffs won28
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
26Hits34
12Blocked shots11
7Giveaways8
3Takeaways6

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.

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. Brunette – Miettinen – Koivu10:59

    xG 0.46–0.44 (51%)attempts 12–9goals 1–1

  2. Brodziak – Earl – Staubitz2:21

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  3. Cullen – Clutterbuck – Wellman7:17

    xG 0.14–0.45 (24%)attempts 3–15goals 1–0

  4. Madden – Havlat – Nystrom8:36

    xG 0.01–0.48 (3%)attempts 5–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Schultz – Zanon2:37

    xG 0.10–0.13 (43%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  2. Schultz – Scandella10:07

    xG 0.05–0.28 (16%)attempts 5–8goals 1–1

  3. Burns – Barker15:25

    xG 0.24–0.56 (30%)attempts 7–20goals 1–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestEaves – Abdelkader – Helm4:33

    xG 0.34–0.05 (86%)attempts 6–3goals 2–0

  2. Holmstrom – Datsyuk – Zetterberg5:36

    xG 0.22–0.00 (99%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Holmstrom – Eaves – Helm2:46

    xG 0.17–0.05 (78%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Filppula – Hudler – Abdelkader3:55

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRafalski – Ericsson12:41

    xG 0.59–0.02 (97%)attempts 11–6goals 1–1

  2. Salei – Kronwall15:15

    xG 0.55–0.13 (80%)attempts 22–4goals 0–0

  3. Lidstrom – Stuart16:11

    xG 0.54–0.85 (39%)attempts 16–18goals 1–2

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 3.3 xGMIN 1.9 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETMIN

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 MIN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 93/100 · #74 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.41 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 6% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +46 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 72% of the time.

DET winsMIN wins

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

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