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Thu, Nov 17, 2011·HP Pavilion at San Jose, San Jose

Detroit Red Wings 2, San Jose Sharks 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 80% of the time.

SJS winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET117013112242
SJS1631517528

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:23DETNiklas KronwallPPAssists: Pavel Datsyuk, Nicklas Lidstrom · Slap, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:48SJSJoe PavelskiSHAssists: Joe Thornton, Marc-Edouard Vlasic · Snap, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:54SJSJoe ThorntonAssists: Logan Couture, Marc-Edouard Vlasic · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P2 12:48SJSMarc-Edouard VlasicGWGAssists: Andrew Desjardins, Brad Winchester · Wrap-around, 0.16 xG1–3
  5. P2 18:18SJSTorrey MitchellAssists: Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Jamie McGinn · Snap, 0.38 xG1–4
  6. P3 9:32SJSBrad WinchesterAssists: Andrew Murray · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–5
  7. P3 13:38DETDaniel ClearyPPAssists: Valtteri Filppula, Henrik Zetterberg · Wrist, 0.41 xG2–5
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 16:28SJSJason Demers: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 19:36SJSJason Demers: Interference2 min
  3. P2 14:51DETTomas Holmstrom: Interference2 min
  4. P3 12:04SJSDouglas Murray: Holding2 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 SOG0SJS
45% to win55% to win
← DET attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Marleau won the faceoff against Zetterberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETSJS
42Shots on goal28
3.6Expected goals1.7
84Shot attempts41
21Faceoffs won32
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
15Hits20
7Blocked shots24
9Giveaways17
4Takeaways11

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. bestDatsyuk – Franzen – Abdelkader9:15

    xG 0.78–0.07 (92%)attempts 15–3goals 0–0

  2. Cleary – Zetterberg – Filppula14:13

    xG 0.84–0.71 (54%)attempts 20–17goals 0–2

  3. Holmstrom – Miller – Emmerton8:36

    xG 0.10–0.06 (61%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  4. Hudler – Helm – Brunnstrom8:45

    xG 0.28–0.37 (43%)attempts 17–6goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestLidstrom – Ericsson16:38

    xG 0.65–0.13 (83%)attempts 21–8goals 0–0

  2. Stuart – Kronwall4:14

    xG 0.26–0.01 (95%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  3. Kronwall – Smith11:45

    xG 0.44–0.28 (61%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestHandzus – Mitchell – McGinn10:21

    xG 0.62–0.24 (72%)attempts 7–16goals 1–0

  2. Winchester – Murray – Desjardins8:01

    xG 0.35–0.11 (75%)attempts 5–6goals 2–0

  3. Thornton – Pavelski – Couture14:13

    xG 0.30–0.78 (28%)attempts 11–17goals 1–0

  4. Marleau – Havlat – Clowe13:44

    xG 0.14–0.94 (13%)attempts 9–23goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurns – Vlasic16:26

    xG 0.93–0.59 (61%)attempts 21–16goals 2–0

  2. White – Demers15:01

    xG 0.00–0.50 (1%)attempts 2–20goals 0–0

  3. Boyle – Murray17:47

    xG 0.25–1.05 (19%)attempts 8–31goals 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 1.7 xGDET 3.6 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 42/100 · #689 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.89 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 35% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 80% of the time.

SJS winsDET wins

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

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