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Sun, Feb 20, 2011·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Detroit Red Wings 2, Minnesota Wild 1 (SO)

Expected result

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

MIN winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
DET01308114042239
MIN0805111020126

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 1:10DETNicklas LidstromAssists: Jiri Hudler, Brad Stuart · Slap, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P3 4:50MINMartin HavlatAssists: Brent Burns · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. DET Pavel Datsyuk scored
  2. 2. MIN Pierre-Marc Bouchard stopped
  3. 3. DET Jiri Hudler stopped
  4. 4. MIN Matt Cullen stopped
  5. 5. DET Todd Bertuzzi scored
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 7:50DETJohan Franzen: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 8:35MINJohn Madden: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 12:19MINCody Almond: Holding2 min
  4. P2 17:15DETNiklas Kronwall: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 5:30DETJohan Franzen: Interference goalkeeper2 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 SOG0MIN
47% to win53% to win
← DET attackMIN attack →
  1. Press play, or drag along the timeline.
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETMIN
39Shots on goal26
2.7Expected goals2.1
71Shot attempts43
34Faceoffs won29
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
17Hits19
7Blocked shots14
5Giveaways16
4Takeaways7

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 – Hudler12:20

    xG 0.95–0.14 (87%)attempts 19–5goals 1–1

  2. Holmstrom – Miller – Abdelkader5:58

    xG 0.16–0.08 (67%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Draper – Eaves – Helm10:36

    xG 0.23–0.25 (48%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  4. Bertuzzi – Zetterberg – Franzen13:41

    xG 0.23–0.50 (31%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSalei – Kronwall14:13

    xG 0.81–0.24 (77%)attempts 20–8goals 0–0

  2. Lidstrom – Stuart15:02

    xG 0.48–0.35 (58%)attempts 19–8goals 1–1

  3. Rafalski – Ericsson13:43

    xG 0.33–0.37 (48%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestCullen – Havlat – Bouchard10:51

    xG 0.48–0.21 (69%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  2. Brunette – Miettinen – Brodziak14:13

    xG 0.37–0.37 (49%)attempts 11–20goals 0–0

  3. Madden – Kobasew – Nystrom3:03

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  4. Madden – Nystrom – Clutterbuck8:31

    xG 0.03–0.75 (4%)attempts 3–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Schultz – Burns14:51

    xG 0.48–0.44 (52%)attempts 11–15goals 1–1

  2. Barker – Spurgeon2:02

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Zidlicky – Barker9:27

    xG 0.07–0.34 (16%)attempts 6–12goals 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.

MIN 2.1 xGDET 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINDET

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 46/100 · #624 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.47 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +31 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.

MIN winsDET wins

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

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