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Fri, Feb 11, 2011·TD Garden, Boston

Detroit Red Wings 6, Boston Bruins 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 80% of the time.

BOS winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET21237115634
BOS1701108126

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:10DETTodd BertuzziAssists: Johan Franzen, Henrik Zetterberg · Snap, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P1 3:10DETDaniel ClearyGWGAssists: Jiri Hudler, Niklas Kronwall · Snap, 0.29 xG2–0
  3. P1 17:53BOSDavid KrejciPPAssists: Milan Lucic, Zdeno Chara · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–1
  4. P2 1:09DETJiri HudlerAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Brian Rafalski · Snap, 0.12 xG3–1
  5. P2 16:14DETHenrik ZetterbergPPAssists: Tomas Holmstrom, Daniel Cleary · Backhand, 0.14 xG4–1
  6. P2 16:38DETTodd BertuzziAssists: Pavel Datsyuk · Wrist, 0.05 xG5–1
  7. P3 13:51DETTomas HolmstromPPAssists: Jiri Hudler, Pavel Datsyuk · Snap, 0.53 xG6–1
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 15:29BOSAdam McQuaid: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 16:24DETBrian Rafalski: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 8:02BOSPatrice Bergeron: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 13:55DETJakub Kindl: Holding2 min
  5. P2 15:22BOSMark Recchi: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 18:23BOSNathan Horton: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 12:18BOSBrad Marchand: Roughing2 min · PPG
  8. P3 13:09BOSZdeno Chara: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 19:03DETJakub Kindl: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 19:43BOSMilan Lucic: High sticking2 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 SOG0BOS
47% to win53% to win
← DET attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bergeron won the faceoff against Cleary
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETBOS
34Shots on goal26
3.5Expected goals1.8
57Shot attempts46
28Faceoffs won36
6Power plays3
6Penalty minutes14
9Hits24
13Blocked shots12
4Giveaways8
3Takeaways2

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. bestCleary – Datsyuk – Hudler11:21

    xG 0.91–0.31 (75%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  2. Draper – Eaves – Helm8:20

    xG 0.31–0.17 (65%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. Bertuzzi – Zetterberg – Franzen10:12

    xG 0.27–0.29 (48%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

  4. Holmstrom – Miller – Abdelkader8:37

    xG 0.20–0.31 (39%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRafalski – Ericsson13:08

    xG 0.47–0.15 (76%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  2. Salei – Kindl13:40

    xG 0.44–0.14 (76%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

  3. Salei – Ericsson2:14

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. Ryder – Wheeler – Hamill7:49

    xG 0.34–0.34 (50%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  2. Thornton – Campbell – Caron8:09

    xG 0.09–0.11 (44%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Recchi – Bergeron – Marchand12:06

    xG 0.52–0.65 (44%)attempts 13–8goals 0–3

  4. Horton – Krejci – Lucic10:46

    xG 0.18–0.46 (29%)attempts 9–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Kampfer12:31

    xG 0.32–0.17 (66%)attempts 9–8goals 0–1

  2. Seidenberg – Boychuk5:44

    xG 0.18–0.12 (60%)attempts 6–1goals 0–1

  3. Ference – McQuaid3:36

    xG 0.02–0.12 (16%)attempts 1–2goals 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.

BOS 1.8 xGDET 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSDET

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 26/100 · #862 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.84 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50BOS 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 80% of the time.

BOS winsDET wins

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

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