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Tue, Dec 6, 2011·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Detroit Red Wings 2, St. Louis Blues 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 56% of the time.

STL winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET01019110229
STL0811325326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 7:42DETJohan FranzenPPAssists: Jiri Hudler, Jimmy Howard · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P2 9:20STLAlexander SteenPPAssists: Jason Arnott · Slap, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P3 0:45STLDavid BackesPPAssists: T.J. Oshie, Jason Arnott · Tip-in, 0.15 xG1–2
  4. P3 2:38STLPatrik BerglundGWGAssists: Chris Stewart, David Perron · Slap, 0.05 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:40DETJiri HudlerPPAssists: Daniel Cleary, Niklas Kronwall · Tip-in, 0.21 xG2–3
Penalties (17)
  1. P1 4:25STLAlexander Steen: Holding2 min
  2. P1 9:02DETDaniel Cleary: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 13:59STLVladimir Sobotka: Holding the stick2 min
  4. P1 16:18DETDrew Miller: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 0:34DETJonathan Ericsson: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 0:44STLKevin Shattenkirk: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 3:01DETNiklas Kronwall: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 6:38STLDavid Backes: Roughing2 min · PPG
  9. P2 9:16DETJakub Kindl: Tripping2 min · PPG
  10. P3 0:11DETNiklas Kronwall: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  11. P3 6:22DETJustin Abdelkader: Charging2 min
  12. P3 9:03STLKris Russell: High sticking2 min
  13. P3 15:09DETJohan Franzen: Slashing2 min
  14. P3 17:17STLDavid Perron: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  15. P3 17:17STLChris Stewart: Roughing2 min
  16. P3 17:17DETJohan Franzen: Roughing2 min
  17. P3 19:58STLAlexander Steen: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 SOG0STL
45% to win55% to win
← DET attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zetterberg won the faceoff against Berglund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETSTL
29Shots on goal26
2.2Expected goals1.9
49Shot attempts49
35Faceoffs won24
7Power plays8
18Penalty minutes16
13Hits21
15Blocked shots10
3Giveaways3
2Takeaways5

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 – Zetterberg – Hudler9:58

    xG 0.32–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 0–0

  2. Bertuzzi – Datsyuk – Franzen9:32

    xG 0.48–0.22 (68%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. Miller – Abdelkader – Helm2:17

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Holmstrom – Miller – Abdelkader3:36

    xG 0.06–0.10 (37%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Ericsson6:21

    xG 0.42–0.06 (87%)attempts 5–5goals 0–1

  2. Stuart – Kindl4:44

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Ericsson – Kindl2:02

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestStewart – Berglund – Perron9:19

    xG 0.35–0.16 (68%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  2. Arnott – Nichol – Porter4:14

    xG 0.10–0.09 (51%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Langenbrunner – Sobotka – D'Agostini8:02

    xG 0.00–0.15 (0%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  4. Steen – Backes – Oshie7:38

    xG 0.16–0.32 (34%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestColaiacovo – Pietrangelo11:54

    xG 0.40–0.15 (73%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  2. Jackman – Polak11:42

    xG 0.31–0.56 (36%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  3. Russell – Shattenkirk12:04

    xG 0.09–0.50 (15%)attempts 7–13goals 1–0

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.

STL 1.9 xGDET 2.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLDET

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 39/100 · #721 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.31 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 32% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 56% of the time.

STL winsDET wins

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

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