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Tue, Jan 10, 2012·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

Detroit Red Wings 1, New York Islanders 5

Expected result

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

NYI winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET0801016124
NYI1173419530

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:07NYIMatt MoulsonPPAssists: PA Parenteau, Mark Streit · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:31NYIJohn TavaresGWGAssists: Kyle Okposo · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P2 11:10NYIKyle OkposoAssists: John Tavares, Matt Moulson · Wrist, 0.20 xG0–3
  4. P2 18:32NYIMichael GrabnerAssists: Matt Martin, Mark Streit · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–4
  5. P3 2:36DETJustin AbdelkaderAssists: Jakub Kindl, Tomas Holmstrom · Tip-in, 0.06 xG1–4
  6. P3 13:57NYIMatt MoulsonAssists: Mark Streit, John Tavares · Tip-in, 0.21 xG1–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 15:34NYIMilan Jurcina: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 17:59DETBrad Stuart: Roughing2 min · PPG
  3. P1 17:59DETBrad Stuart: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  4. P1 19:49NYIAndrew MacDonald: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 5:08NYITravis Hamonic: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 7:35DETNiklas Kronwall: 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 SOG0NYI
45% to win55% to win
← DET attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Zetterberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETNYI
24Shots on goal30
3.2Expected goals2.8
67Shot attempts52
19Faceoffs won31
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
10Hits22
10Blocked shots21
8Giveaways10
13Takeaways20

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestCleary – Filppula – Hudler3:51

    xG 0.25–0.04 (87%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Bertuzzi – Cleary – Filppula3:35

    xG 0.18–0.03 (87%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Holmstrom – Miller – Emmerton2:26

    xG 0.10–0.05 (66%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Bertuzzi – Zetterberg – Franzen3:26

    xG 0.08–0.09 (48%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStuart – Kronwall5:29

    xG 0.32–0.16 (67%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  2. Ericsson – Kindl5:16

    xG 0.17–0.03 (83%)attempts 6–1goals 1–0

  3. Kronwall – Ericsson7:06

    xG 0.26–0.19 (58%)attempts 9–3goals 0–1

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestGrabner – Bailey – Martin9:53

    xG 1.00–0.17 (86%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  2. Moulson – Okposo – Tavares12:53

    xG 0.77–0.68 (53%)attempts 16–15goals 3–0

  3. Pandolfo – Wallace – Niederreiter6:59

    xG 0.27–0.20 (57%)attempts 5–10goals 0–1

  4. Rolston – Parenteau – Nielsen11:46

    xG 0.22–0.16 (58%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMacDonald – Hamonic16:05

    xG 0.86–0.49 (64%)attempts 13–16goals 2–0

  2. Streit – Jurcina13:25

    xG 0.67–0.33 (67%)attempts 22–9goals 1–0

  3. Staios – Eaton13:39

    xG 0.62–0.49 (56%)attempts 8–17goals 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.

NYI 2.8 xGDET 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIDET

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 13/100 · #1038 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.57 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50NYI 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, Detroit Red Wings win this game 56% of the time.

NYI winsDET wins

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

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