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Thu, Mar 3, 2011·HP Pavilion at San Jose, San Jose

Detroit Red Wings 1, San Jose Sharks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 65% of the time.

SJS winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET11001205127
SJS1151518328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:51SJSDany HeatleyAssists: Ian White, Patrick Marleau · Wrist, 0.38 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:19DETTomas HolmstromPPAssists: Mike Modano, Nicklas Lidstrom · Tip-in, 0.19 xG1–1
  3. P2 3:54SJSDany HeatleyPPGWGAssists: Joe Pavelski, Joe Thornton · Deflected, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P3 15:48SJSPatrick MarleauUnassisted · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–3
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 5:58DETKris Draper: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 10:10SJSLogan Couture: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 16:59SJSJustin Braun: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  4. P1 18:07SJSMarc-Edouard Vlasic: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 18:07DETJohan Franzen: Roughing2 min
  6. P1 0:00DETNiklas Kronwall: Slashing2 min
  7. P1 0:00SJSJoe Thornton: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 3:14DETTomas Holmstrom: Hooking2 min · PPG
  9. P2 12:43SJSTorrey Mitchell: Holding2 min
  10. P3 13:07DETJakub Kindl: Hooking2 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 SOG0SJS
47% to win53% to win
← DET attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Datsyuk won the faceoff against Thornton
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETSJS
27Shots on goal28
2.7Expected goals3.6
60Shot attempts61
25Faceoffs won37
3Power plays3
10Penalty minutes10
18Hits24
16Blocked shots21
9Giveaways12
10Takeaways11

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. bestDraper – Abdelkader – Helm2:41

    xG 0.48–0.12 (80%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Draper – Hudler – Helm2:24

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Modano – Holmstrom – Filppula3:48

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Modano – Holmstrom – Abdelkader4:36

    xG 0.13–0.23 (36%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSalei – Kronwall2:18

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Salei – Kindl8:30

    xG 0.26–0.22 (55%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Kronwall – Ericsson10:41

    xG 0.15–0.47 (24%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestMarleau – Heatley – Clowe6:00

    xG 1.16–0.02 (99%)attempts 12–5goals 1–0

  2. Heatley – Clowe – Couture5:22

    xG 0.31–0.03 (91%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Thornton – Setoguchi – Couture4:24

    xG 0.23–0.05 (81%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  4. Thornton – Marleau – Setoguchi5:33

    xG 0.30–0.22 (58%)attempts 5–4goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWhite – Vlasic3:10

    xG 0.99–0.16 (86%)attempts 4–6goals 1–0

  2. Vlasic – Demers12:53

    xG 0.43–0.15 (75%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  3. Murray – Braun14:36

    xG 0.61–0.35 (64%)attempts 21–10goals 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.

SJS 3.6 xGDET 2.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSDET

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 19/100 · #956 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.98 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 65% of the time.

SJS winsDET wins

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

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