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Fri, Feb 18, 2011·BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise

Detroit Red Wings 4, Florida Panthers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 51% of the time.

FLA winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET21111217430
FLA11517110332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:21DETTodd BertuzziAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Brian Rafalski · Snap, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P1 6:29DETDaniel ClearyAssists: Pavel Datsyuk, Jiri Hudler · Tip-in, 0.22 xG2–0
  3. P1 16:53FLARadek DvorakAssists: Mike Weaver, Marty Reasoner · Snap, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P2 3:29DETPavel DatsyukUnassisted · Snap, 0.18 xG3–1
  5. P2 19:43FLADennis WidemanPPAssists: Stephen Weiss · Slap, 0.04 xG3–2
  6. P3 9:36FLAStephen WeissAssists: David Booth, Jack Skille · Slap, 0.06 xG3–3
  7. P3 12:28DETTodd BertuzziGWGAssists: Johan Franzen, Henrik Zetterberg · Slap, 0.03 xG4–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 1:45FLABryan McCabe: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 9:37DETJonathan Ericsson: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 12:04DETJonathan Ericsson: Holding2 min
  4. P2 11:09FLABryan Allen: Kneeing2 min
  5. P2 19:38DETRuslan Salei: Slashing2 min · PPG
  6. P3 6:25DETJustin Abdelkader: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 17:25FLACory Stillman: 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 SOG0FLA
47% to win53% to win
← DET attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Reasoner won the faceoff against Hudler
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETFLA
30Shots on goal32
2.1Expected goals2.1
42Shot attempts58
30Faceoffs won38
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
24Hits27
11Blocked shots9
6Giveaways6
7Takeaways10

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 – Hudler9:56

    xG 0.28–0.19 (59%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  2. Holmstrom – Miller – Abdelkader5:50

    xG 0.26–0.24 (52%)attempts 4–6goals 0–1

  3. Draper – Eaves – Helm8:11

    xG 0.13–0.21 (39%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  4. Bertuzzi – Zetterberg – Franzen12:38

    xG 0.32–0.48 (40%)attempts 8–13goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLidstrom – Stuart12:37

    xG 0.73–0.44 (62%)attempts 9–12goals 2–1

  2. Salei – Kronwall10:48

    xG 0.38–0.33 (54%)attempts 7–9goals 0–1

  3. Salei – Ericsson2:29

    xG 0.03–0.03 (53%)attempts 1–2goals 1–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestWeiss – Booth – Skille10:23

    xG 0.54–0.20 (73%)attempts 12–6goals 1–1

  2. Dvorak – Reasoner – Higgins12:12

    xG 0.46–0.27 (63%)attempts 17–7goals 1–0

  3. Stillman – Olesz – Santorelli9:32

    xG 0.18–0.17 (52%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

  4. Bernier – McArdle – Timmins5:16

    xG 0.02–0.22 (9%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWideman – Ellerby11:08

    xG 0.77–0.26 (74%)attempts 19–5goals 0–2

  2. McCabe – Ellerby2:16

    xG 0.04–0.09 (29%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. McCabe – Allen9:36

    xG 0.11–0.33 (25%)attempts 3–7goals 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.

FLA 2.1 xGDET 2.1 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLADET

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 78/100 · #237 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.85 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +36 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 51% of the time.

FLA winsDET wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).