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Wed, Nov 24, 2010·Philips Arena, Atlanta

Detroit Red Wings 1, Atlanta Thrashers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Atlanta Thrashers win this game 68% of the time.

ATL winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET110011012133
ATL21121918538

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:39ATLChris ThorburnAssists: Eric Boulton, Jim Slater · Snap, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:59ATLAndrew LaddSHGWGAssists: Rich Peverley · Wrist, 0.20 xG0–2
  3. P1 12:18DETTodd BertuzziPPAssists: Mike Modano, Niklas Kronwall · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P2 1:50ATLAnthony StewartPPAssists: Bryan Little, Johnny Oduya · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–3
  5. P2 16:25ATLBryan LittleAssists: Evander Kane · Snap, 0.08 xG1–4
  6. P3 14:19ATLDustin ByfuglienPPAssists: Toby Enstrom, Andrew Ladd · Slap, 0.05 xG1–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 11:37ATLRon Hainsey: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 15:20ATLJim Slater: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 19:52DETTomas Holmstrom: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P3 2:57ATLRich Peverley: Interference2 min
  5. P3 13:22ATLZach Bogosian: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 13:22DETDaniel Cleary: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 13:25DETPavel Datsyuk: 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ATL
47% to win53% to win
← DET attackATL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Peverley won the faceoff against Datsyuk
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETATL
33Shots on goal38
2.1Expected goals3.1
56Shot attempts60
33Faceoffs won28
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
11Hits18
14Blocked shots13
6Giveaways9
7Takeaways20

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. Holmstrom – Datsyuk – Zetterberg11:32

    xG 0.21–0.22 (48%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  2. Modano – Bertuzzi – Cleary12:43

    xG 0.62–0.69 (47%)attempts 13–14goals 0–1

  3. Eaves – Miller – Helm12:10

    xG 0.15–0.24 (38%)attempts 12–5goals 0–1

  4. Filppula – Franzen – Abdelkader10:18

    xG 0.38–0.79 (32%)attempts 12–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSalei – Kronwall14:13

    xG 0.69–0.37 (65%)attempts 15–10goals 0–1

  2. Lidstrom – Rafalski2:05

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Rafalski – Ericsson14:06

    xG 0.15–0.65 (18%)attempts 12–17goals 0–1

Atlanta Thrashers

Forward lines

  1. bestLadd – Peverley – Bergfors13:20

    xG 0.70–0.25 (74%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  2. Stewart – Little – Kane10:19

    xG 0.57–0.19 (75%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

  3. Boulton – Thorburn – Slater9:16

    xG 0.58–0.48 (55%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

  4. Antropov – Eager – Burmistrov12:47

    xG 0.28–0.44 (38%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEnstrom – Byfuglien16:53

    xG 0.84–0.33 (72%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  2. Sopel – Hainsey15:50

    xG 0.79–0.63 (56%)attempts 15–17goals 1–0

  3. Oduya – Bogosian14:09

    xG 0.43–0.41 (51%)attempts 11–12goals 1–0

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.

ATL 3.1 xGDET 2.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ATLDET

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

ATL's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line ATL is favoured, below it DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 26/100 · #863 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.82 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50ATL 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, Atlanta Thrashers win this game 68% of the time.

ATL winsDET wins

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

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