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Sat, Oct 8, 2011·Pepsi Center, Denver

Detroit Red Wings 3, Colorado Avalanche 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 69% of the time.

COL winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET010114215339
COL0110909029

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 17:41DETJohan FranzenGWGAssists: Jiri Hudler · Snap, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P3 11:58DETHenrik ZetterbergAssists: Pavel Datsyuk, Daniel Cleary · Slap, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P3 17:40DETPavel DatsyukENAssists: Daniel Cleary, Ty Conklin · Wrist, 0.69 xG3–0
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 9:25COLKyle Quincey: Interference2 min
  2. P1 14:55COLRyan Wilson: Interference2 min
  3. P1 15:49DETJohan Franzen: Interference2 min
  4. P1 19:00COLShane O'Brien: Interference2 min
  5. P2 12:44DETDaniel Cleary: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 13:48COLPaul Stastny: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 14:51DETTodd Bertuzzi: Too many men on the ice2 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 SOG0COL
45% to win55% to win
← DET attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Duchene won the faceoff against Helm
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETCOL
39Shots on goal29
3.8Expected goals2.6
56Shot attempts59
21Faceoffs won34
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
15Hits19
19Blocked shots6
3Giveaways6
10Takeaways8

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 – Zetterberg8:17

    xG 1.62–0.21 (89%)attempts 16–5goals 1–0

  2. Eaves – Miller – Emmerton7:03

    xG 0.20–0.15 (57%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Cleary – Datsyuk – Hudler2:06

    xG 0.04–0.03 (57%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Filppula – Hudler – Franzen5:24

    xG 0.12–0.24 (34%)attempts 4–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEricsson – Kindl7:56

    xG 0.65–0.35 (65%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  2. Stuart – Kronwall11:43

    xG 0.62–0.37 (63%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  3. Lidstrom – White14:54

    xG 0.51–0.57 (47%)attempts 9–16goals 1–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestKobasew – Jones – Stastny10:08

    xG 0.76–0.61 (56%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  2. Hejduk – Mueller – Duchene10:43

    xG 0.35–0.31 (53%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  3. Winnik – O'Reilly – Landeskog10:49

    xG 0.36–0.46 (43%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  4. McClement – McLeod – Galiardi6:47

    xG 0.11–0.44 (20%)attempts 4–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestO'Byrne – Wilson12:49

    xG 0.63–0.16 (80%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  2. Quincey – O'Brien11:10

    xG 0.83–0.81 (51%)attempts 17–11goals 0–1

  3. Hejda – Johnson15:27

    xG 0.63–1.09 (37%)attempts 17–18goals 0–1

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.

COL 2.6 xGDET 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLDET

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 11/100 · #1068 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.90 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 42% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 69% of the time.

COL winsDET wins

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

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