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Tue, Feb 22, 2011·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

San Jose Sharks 4, Detroit Red Wings 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 62% of the time.

DET winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS118213112443
DET010215113338

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:52SJSJoe ThorntonPPAssists: Joe Pavelski, Dan Boyle · Backhand, 0.46 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:06DETDaniel ClearyAssists: Jiri Hudler, Nicklas Lidstrom · Wrist, 0.44 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:08SJSRyane CloweUnassisted · Backhand, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P2 14:42DETDaniel ClearyAssists: Jiri Hudler, Niklas Kronwall · Backhand, 0.24 xG2–2
  5. P2 18:43SJSDevin SetoguchiAssists: Joe Thornton, Logan Couture · Wrist, 0.39 xG3–2
  6. P3 13:12SJSDevin SetoguchiGWGAssists: Joe Thornton, Logan Couture · Slap, 0.04 xG4–2
  7. P3 18:09DETHenrik ZetterbergPPAssists: Tomas Holmstrom, Johan Franzen · Snap, 0.03 xG4–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 9:46DETJonathan Ericsson: High sticking double minor4 min
  2. P1 11:28DETNicklas Lidstrom: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 14:19SJSRyane Clowe: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 19:40DETJiri Hudler: Holding2 min · PPG
  5. P3 17:43SJSDany Heatley: Interference2 min · PPG

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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
47% to win53% to win
← SJS attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hudler won the faceoff against Couture
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSDET
43Shots on goal38
3.8Expected goals3.1
61Shot attempts54
33Faceoffs won31
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
17Hits28
10Blocked shots7
3Giveaways8
10Takeaways3

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.

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestThornton – Setoguchi – Couture7:50

    xG 0.83–0.03 (97%)attempts 11–3goals 2–0

  2. Thornton – Marleau – Setoguchi5:50

    xG 0.39–0.19 (68%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Eager – Pavelski – Mitchell2:41

    xG 0.15–0.09 (64%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  4. Mayers – Wellwood – McCarthy2:18

    xG 0.02–0.02 (58%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Demers12:47

    xG 0.52–0.21 (71%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  2. White – Vlasic2:23

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 1–0

  3. Wallin – White14:34

    xG 1.02–1.06 (49%)attempts 19–13goals 2–1

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestCleary – Datsyuk – Hudler14:45

    xG 1.84–0.30 (86%)attempts 22–9goals 2–0

  2. Draper – Miller – Helm2:30

    xG 0.11–0.03 (79%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Draper – Eaves – Helm3:36

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  4. Holmstrom – Miller – Abdelkader4:38

    xG 0.15–0.19 (44%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRafalski – Kronwall6:14

    xG 0.73–0.20 (79%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

  2. Rafalski – Ericsson9:03

    xG 0.77–0.27 (74%)attempts 11–4goals 0–1

  3. Salei – Ericsson4:55

    xG 0.22–0.10 (68%)attempts 6–2goals 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.

DET 3.1 xGSJS 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETSJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 65/100 · #412 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.76 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 62% of the time.

DET winsSJS wins

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

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