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Sat, Dec 11, 2010·Prudential Center, Newark

Detroit Red Wings 4, New Jersey Devils 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 61% of the time.

NJD winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET2111814423
NJD01301219134

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:28DETTomas HolmstromAssists: Pavel Datsyuk, Brad Stuart · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–0
  2. P1 1:42DETDaniel ClearyGWGAssists: Todd Bertuzzi, Justin Abdelkader · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–0
  3. P2 11:37DETHenrik ZetterbergAssists: Tomas Holmstrom, Pavel Datsyuk · Wrist, 0.23 xG3–0
  4. P3 0:39NJDPatrik EliasPPAssists: Travis Zajac, Ilya Kovalchuk · Slap, 0.03 xG3–1
  5. P3 10:12DETPavel DatsyukAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Jonathan Ericsson · Backhand, 0.16 xG4–1
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 3:24DETDrew Miller: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 4:33NJDJason Arnott: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 7:37DETPatrick Eaves: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 6:05DETJonathan Ericsson: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 6:05NJDDavid Clarkson: Fighting5 min
  6. P3 0:18DETNiklas Kronwall: Boarding2 min · PPG
  7. P3 1:13NJDAnton Volchenkov: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 7:43DETJonathan Ericsson: Interference2 min
  9. P3 13:59NJDColin White: Slashing2 min
  10. P3 16:23DETHenrik Zetterberg: Hooking2 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 SOG0NJD
47% to win53% to win
← DET attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Datsyuk won the faceoff against Zajac
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETNJD
23Shots on goal34
3.3Expected goals2.6
41Shot attempts50
23Faceoffs won28
3Power plays5
15Penalty minutes11
3Hits7
9Blocked shots8
3Giveaways12
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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestBertuzzi – Filppula – Franzen9:38

    xG 0.77–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  2. Holmstrom – Datsyuk – Zetterberg10:40

    xG 0.67–0.09 (88%)attempts 9–5goals 3–0

  3. Draper – Eaves – Helm9:02

    xG 0.78–0.24 (77%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  4. Cleary – Miller – Abdelkader4:02

    xG 0.22–0.09 (71%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSalei – Kronwall15:22

    xG 0.91–0.17 (84%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  2. Rafalski – Ericsson10:44

    xG 0.65–0.26 (71%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

  3. Lidstrom – Stuart10:32

    xG 0.38–0.30 (56%)attempts 6–12goals 1–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. Langenbrunner – Elias – Zajac8:50

    xG 0.11–0.27 (30%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  2. Mair – Pelley – Vasyunov5:19

    xG 0.01–0.41 (3%)attempts 2–5goals 0–1

  3. Arnott – Zubrus – Kovalchuk12:45

    xG 0.18–0.66 (21%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  4. Rolston – Clarkson – Tedenby8:42

    xG 0.26–0.83 (23%)attempts 7–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Volchenkov – Greene5:03

    xG 0.05–0.02 (68%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  2. White – Tallinder17:06

    xG 0.37–0.50 (42%)attempts 16–9goals 0–1

  3. Fayne – Greene11:54

    xG 0.21–0.90 (19%)attempts 7–10goals 0–1

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.

NJD 2.6 xGDET 3.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDDET

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 22/100 · #896 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.66 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 61% of the time.

NJD winsDET wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).