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Sat, Feb 4, 2012·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Detroit Red Wings 4, Edmonton Oilers 5 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 52% of the time.

EDM winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
DET113010315011439
EDM3901316042532

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:42EDMSam GagnerPPAssists: Ryan Whitney, Ales Hemsky · Snap, 0.38 xG0–1
  2. P1 5:41EDMJordan EberleAssists: Sam Gagner · Wrist, 0.43 xG0–2
  3. P1 19:23DETValtteri FilppulaSHAssists: Henrik Zetterberg · Deflected, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P1 19:59EDMSam GagnerPPAssists: Ryan Smyth, Ryan Whitney · Tip-in, 0.04 xG1–3
  5. P3 2:18DETTodd BertuzziAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Johan Franzen · Wrist, 0.42 xG2–3
  6. P3 5:49DETDrew MillerAssists: Darren Helm, Daniel Cleary · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–3
  7. P3 16:19DETTodd BertuzziAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Ian White · Snap, 0.04 xG4–3
  8. P3 19:21EDMJordan EberleAssists: Ales Hemsky, Ryan Smyth · Wrist, 0.23 xG4–4

Shootout

  1. 1. EDM Jordan Eberle stopped
  2. 2. DET Pavel Datsyuk stopped
  3. 3. EDM Sam Gagner scored
  4. 4. DET Jiri Hudler stopped
  5. 5. EDM Ales Hemsky stopped
  6. 6. DET Todd Bertuzzi scored
  7. 7. EDM Taylor Hall stopped
  8. 8. DET Henrik Zetterberg stopped
  9. 9. EDM Eric Belanger stopped
  10. 10. DET Valtteri Filppula stopped
  11. 11. EDM Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored
  12. 12. DET Daniel Cleary stopped
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 1:19DETDaniel Cleary: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 8:37EDMCorey Potter: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 8:37EDMCorey Potter: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 9:56EDMLadislav Smid: Boarding2 min
  5. P1 18:05DETTomas Holmstrom: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P1 18:05DETMike Commodore: Fighting5 min
  7. P1 18:05EDMBen Eager: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 2:34EDMRyan Whitney: Hooking2 min
  9. P2 9:09DETTomas Holmstrom: Roughing2 min
  10. P2 9:09EDMBen Eager: Roughing2 min
  11. P2 9:09DETMike Commodore: Roughing2 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 SOG0EDM
45% to win55% to win
← DET attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Datsyuk won the faceoff against Belanger
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETEDM
39Shots on goal32
3.1Expected goals3.0
72Shot attempts53
40Faceoffs won34
4Power plays3
13Penalty minutes15
10Hits14
7Blocked shots22
11Giveaways21
6Takeaways9

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. bestBertuzzi – Zetterberg – Franzen4:25

    xG 0.82–0.08 (91%)attempts 8–3goals 2–0

  2. Holmstrom – Abdelkader – Emmerton5:18

    xG 0.37–0.08 (83%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Bertuzzi – Datsyuk – Franzen9:23

    xG 0.22–0.20 (53%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  4. Datsyuk – Filppula – Hudler5:56

    xG 0.07–0.07 (49%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLidstrom – White17:54

    xG 1.11–0.37 (75%)attempts 23–12goals 1–0

  2. Commodore – Ericsson7:50

    xG 0.38–0.17 (69%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  3. Stuart – Kronwall10:58

    xG 0.43–0.33 (56%)attempts 13–11goals 1–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestGagner – Eberle – Hall10:41

    xG 0.88–0.59 (60%)attempts 13–15goals 1–2

  2. Smyth – Belanger – Jones11:40

    xG 0.21–0.23 (49%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0

  3. Horcoff – Hemsky – Nugent-Hopkins11:57

    xG 0.15–0.21 (42%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  4. Eager – Petrell – Lander4:57

    xG 0.08–0.36 (17%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSutton – Barker10:40

    xG 0.76–0.66 (54%)attempts 10–16goals 1–1

  2. Whitney – Potter14:51

    xG 0.29–0.25 (54%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

  3. Smid – Petry17:14

    xG 0.30–1.02 (23%)attempts 10–17goals 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.

EDM 3.0 xGDET 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMDET

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 96/100 · #35 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.65 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 4% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +50 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 52% of the time.

EDM winsDET wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).