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Sun, Feb 17, 2013·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Detroit Red Wings 2, Minnesota Wild 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 71% of the time.

MIN winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET11411007231
MIN0831105324

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:48DETDamien BrunnerAssists: Pavel Datsyuk, Henrik Zetterberg · Deflected, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P2 0:20DETPavel DatsyukAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Brian Lashoff · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–0
  3. P2 9:35MINDany HeatleyAssists: Mikko Koivu, Zach Parise · Slap, 0.19 xG2–1
  4. P2 13:13MINJason ZuckerUnassisted · Snap, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P2 13:45MINTorrey MitchellGWGAssists: Mikael Granlund · Backhand, 0.03 xG2–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 2:33DETJoakim Andersson: Holding2 min
  2. P2 15:16MINDevin Setoguchi: High sticking double minor4 min
  3. P3 7:19DETBrian Lashoff: Holding2 min
  4. P3 13:47MINNate Prosser: Tripping2 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 SOG0MIN
43% to win57% to win
← DET attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zetterberg won the faceoff against Koivu
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETMIN
31Shots on goal24
2.7Expected goals1.6
63Shot attempts41
20Faceoffs won29
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
17Hits26
6Blocked shots16
4Giveaways11
4Takeaways7

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. bestAbdelkader – Andersson – Tatar9:05

    xG 0.58–0.07 (90%)attempts 10–5goals 0–1

  2. Datsyuk – Zetterberg – Brunner12:41

    xG 0.43–0.44 (50%)attempts 14–8goals 2–1

  3. Cleary – Samuelsson – Filppula10:00

    xG 0.14–0.27 (34%)attempts 7–7goals 0–1

  4. Tootoo – Miller – Emmerton8:44

    xG 0.12–0.51 (19%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHuskins – Quincey12:55

    xG 0.65–0.29 (69%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  2. White – Ericsson14:23

    xG 0.47–0.38 (55%)attempts 11–13goals 0–1

  3. Kronwall – Lashoff14:31

    xG 0.44–0.52 (46%)attempts 17–9goals 1–2

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestHeatley – Koivu – Parise14:33

    xG 0.60–0.43 (58%)attempts 10–12goals 1–2

  2. Cullen – Setoguchi – Zucker9:31

    xG 0.21–0.10 (69%)attempts 8–3goals 1–0

  3. Rupp – Mitchell – Granlund5:12

    xG 0.08–0.06 (57%)attempts 4–4goals 1–0

  4. Brodziak – Clutterbuck – Larsson11:37

    xG 0.35–0.67 (34%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStoner – Spurgeon3:03

    xG 0.45–0.06 (88%)attempts 7–3goals 1–0

  2. Suter – Brodin8:48

    xG 0.21–0.10 (67%)attempts 3–6goals 1–1

  3. Gilbert – Prosser2:01

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 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.

MIN 1.6 xGDET 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINDET

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 64/100 · #273 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.46 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 16% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 71% of the time.

MIN winsDET wins

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

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