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Sat, Oct 15, 2011·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Detroit Red Wings 3, Minnesota Wild 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 78% of the time.

MIN winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DET01011311315341
MIN15140401214

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:48MINGreg ZanonAssists: Guillaume Latendresse · Slap, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P2 0:16MINCal ClutterbuckAssists: Colton Gillies, Kyle Brodziak · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P2 19:12DETIan WhiteAssists: Johan Franzen, Valtteri Filppula · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P3 3:46DETJiri HudlerAssists: Jakub Kindl, Valtteri Filppula · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. OT 4:11DETJohan FranzenPPGWGAssists: Tomas Holmstrom, Ian White · Wrist, 0.26 xG3–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 11:12MINKyle Brodziak: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 13:06MINNick Schultz: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 13:04DETPatrick Eaves: High sticking2 min
  4. OT 2:34MINMatt Cullen: Tripping2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MIN
45% to win55% to win
← DET attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Helm won the faceoff against Cullen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETMIN
41Shots on goal14
2.2Expected goals0.8
77Shot attempts31
26Faceoffs won31
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
30Hits38
8Blocked shots25
2Giveaways5
4Takeaways17

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 – Zetterberg13:11

    xG 0.57–0.28 (67%)attempts 24–6goals 0–1

  2. Filppula – Hudler – Franzen13:01

    xG 0.31–0.15 (68%)attempts 11–7goals 2–0

  3. Bertuzzi – Abdelkader – Helm13:16

    xG 0.18–0.09 (68%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  4. Holmstrom – Eaves – Emmerton6:35

    xG 0.06–0.02 (69%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEricsson – Kindl9:36

    xG 0.34–0.04 (88%)attempts 15–3goals 1–0

  2. Lidstrom – White13:41

    xG 0.53–0.30 (64%)attempts 20–4goals 0–1

  3. Kronwall – White2:21

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 1–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestCullen – Bouchard – Latendresse12:16

    xG 0.15–0.08 (64%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  2. Staubitz – Powe – Bulmer5:15

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Heatley – Koivu – Setoguchi14:10

    xG 0.24–0.46 (34%)attempts 7–18goals 0–0

  4. Brodziak – Clutterbuck – Gillies8:18

    xG 0.10–0.39 (21%)attempts 2–14goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. Zanon – Stoner16:52

    xG 0.27–0.44 (38%)attempts 11–23goals 1–1

  2. Scandella – Spurgeon15:59

    xG 0.20–0.40 (33%)attempts 5–15goals 0–0

  3. Schultz – Zidlicky17:59

    xG 0.17–0.64 (21%)attempts 6–21goals 1–1

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.

MIN 0.8 xGDET 2.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 63/100 · #418 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.41 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 7% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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 78% 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).