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Thu, Feb 7, 2013·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Detroit Red Wings 5, St. Louis Blues 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 64% of the time.

STL winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET21221512529
STL0918010127

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:14DETDaniel ClearyAssists: Tomas Tatar, Justin Abdelkader · Wrist, 0.34 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:50DETJakub KindlGWGAssists: Cory Emmerton, Drew Miller · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–0
  3. P2 15:45STLAlex PietrangeloPPAssists: Alexander Steen, Kevin Shattenkirk · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P2 17:33DETCory EmmertonAssists: Jordin Tootoo, Drew Miller · Wrist, 0.49 xG3–1
  5. P2 19:04DETDamien BrunnerAssists: Jonathan Ericsson, Henrik Zetterberg · Wrist, 0.20 xG4–1
  6. P3 13:35DETValtteri FilppulaUnassisted · Wrist, 0.08 xG5–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 17:33STLDavid Backes: Holding2 min
  2. P2 13:02DETJustin Abdelkader: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 13:09STLDavid Backes: Boarding2 min
  4. P2 14:10DETTodd Bertuzzi: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  5. P3 12:38DETJohan Franzen: Game misconduct10 min
  6. P3 12:38DETJohan Franzen: Spearing5 min
  7. P3 12:38STLDavid Perron: Boarding2 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
43% to win57% to win
← DET attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backes won the faceoff against Zetterberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETSTL
29Shots on goal27
2.1Expected goals1.5
47Shot attempts55
31Faceoffs won33
1Power plays3
19Penalty minutes6
9Hits20
14Blocked shots7
4Giveaways8
5Takeaways9

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. bestTootoo – Miller – Emmerton7:20

    xG 0.62–0.03 (96%)attempts 7–5goals 2–0

  2. Cleary – Abdelkader – Tatar9:58

    xG 0.60–0.17 (78%)attempts 7–12goals 1–0

  3. Zetterberg – Franzen – Brunner13:39

    xG 0.49–0.39 (55%)attempts 13–14goals 1–0

  4. Bertuzzi – Datsyuk – Filppula11:06

    xG 0.11–0.23 (31%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWhite – Ericsson13:22

    xG 0.73–0.34 (68%)attempts 14–21goals 1–0

  2. Quincey – Kindl11:07

    xG 0.10–0.08 (56%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  3. White – Kindl2:47

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestStewart – Berglund – Perron2:50

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Steen – Backes – Oshie2:21

    xG 0.13–0.05 (72%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. McDonald – Sobotka – Tarasenko2:54

    xG 0.04–0.04 (46%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Nichol – Sobotka – Reaves4:42

    xG 0.00–0.11 (2%)attempts 3–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestJackman – Shattenkirk15:18

    xG 0.46–0.17 (73%)attempts 16–8goals 0–1

  2. Polak – Shattenkirk2:29

    xG 0.05–0.01 (91%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Shattenkirk – Pietrangelo2:10

    xG 0.07–0.04 (63%)attempts 3–1goals 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.

STL 1.5 xGDET 2.1 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 30/100 · #524 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.03 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 64% 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).