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Sat, Jan 8, 2011·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Detroit Red Wings 2, Vancouver Canucks 1 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 60% of the time.

VAN winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
DET0708117011233
VAN01119013020135

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 12:09VANDaniel SedinPPAssists: Ryan Kesler, Henrik Sedin · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P3 0:42DETJohan FranzenPPAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Brian Rafalski · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. VAN Jeff Tambellini stopped
  2. 2. DET Jiri Hudler scored
  3. 3. VAN Ryan Kesler stopped
  4. 4. DET Todd Bertuzzi stopped
  5. 5. VAN Daniel Sedin stopped
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 11:30DETHenrik Zetterberg: Holding2 min
  2. P1 18:43VANDaniel Sedin: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 7:18DETJustin Abdelkader: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 9:31VANJeff Tambellini: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  5. P2 10:24DETTomas Holmstrom: Interference2 min · PPG
  6. P2 13:46VANAlexandre Burrows: Interference2 min
  7. P2 16:50DETJonathan Ericsson: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 17:55VANAlexander Edler: Slashing2 min
  9. P2 19:53VANKevin Bieksa: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  10. P3 13:23DETDarren Helm: 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VAN
47% to win53% to win
← DET attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zetterberg won the faceoff against Malhotra
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETVAN
33Shots on goal35
2.1Expected goals2.7
57Shot attempts82
34Faceoffs won40
5Power plays5
10Penalty minutes10
16Hits24
21Blocked shots16
2Giveaways7
4Takeaways11

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. Draper – Helm – Tatar7:05

    xG 0.24–0.20 (55%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  2. Bertuzzi – Holmstrom – Zetterberg7:39

    xG 0.22–0.22 (50%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  3. Miller – Abdelkader – Mursak5:43

    xG 0.05–0.16 (25%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  4. Hudler – Eaves – Franzen7:13

    xG 0.38–0.63 (38%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLidstrom – Kronwall9:49

    xG 0.46–0.26 (64%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  2. Rafalski – Ericsson9:23

    xG 0.39–0.28 (59%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  3. Salei – Kronwall3:56

    xG 0.07–0.06 (53%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSedin – Sedin – Burrows11:55

    xG 0.69–0.45 (61%)attempts 19–12goals 0–0

  2. Bolduc – Glass – Hansen5:26

    xG 0.16–0.05 (75%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Kesler – Tambellini – Raymond6:43

    xG 0.42–0.37 (53%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  4. Kesler – Hansen – Raymond2:35

    xG 0.06–0.08 (42%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEhrhoff – Edler13:35

    xG 0.94–0.73 (56%)attempts 22–17goals 0–0

  2. Alberts – Ballard11:34

    xG 0.29–0.26 (53%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  3. Hamhuis – Bieksa14:08

    xG 0.30–0.36 (45%)attempts 17–14goals 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.

VAN 2.7 xGDET 2.1 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANDET

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 40/100 · #700 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.37 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +25 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 60% of the time.

VAN winsDET wins

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

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