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Tue, Feb 19, 2013·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Detroit Red Wings 3, Nashville Predators 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 52% of the time.

NSH winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DET1110721100329
NSH280121411425

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:01NSHCraig SmithPPAssists: Colin Wilson, Shea Weber · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:41NSHGabriel BourqueAssists: Scott Hannan, Mike Fisher · Tip-in, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P1 15:01DETDaniel ClearySHAssists: Pavel Datsyuk · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P3 11:33DETJordin TootooAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Jakub Kindl · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. P3 12:54NSHRoman JosiUnassisted · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–3
  6. P3 13:30DETPavel DatsyukAssists: Daniel Cleary, Jonas Gustavsson · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–3
  7. OT 0:44NSHShea WeberGWGAssists: Colin Wilson, Sergei Kostitsyn · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 1:39DETJakub Kindl: Interference2 min
  2. P1 4:15DETJakub Kindl: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P1 5:43NSHRich Clune: Boarding2 min
  4. P1 13:04DETJonas Gustavsson: Delaying game2 min
  5. P1 15:48DETJakub Kindl: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 10:42DETValtteri Filppula: Holding2 min
  7. P2 16:26DETDamien Brunner: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 3:35NSHNick Spaling: Holding2 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 SOG0NSH
43% to win57% to win
← DET attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Legwand won the faceoff against Zetterberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETNSH
29Shots on goal25
2.5Expected goals2.6
61Shot attempts47
31Faceoffs won21
2Power plays6
12Penalty minutes4
14Hits11
9Blocked shots15
9Giveaways10
2Takeaways9

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 – Datsyuk – Abdelkader9:14

    xG 0.77–0.09 (89%)attempts 13–2goals 1–0

  2. Tootoo – Miller – Emmerton8:33

    xG 0.35–0.09 (80%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Zetterberg – Filppula – Brunner10:10

    xG 0.39–0.37 (51%)attempts 18–10goals 0–0

  4. Eaves – Andersson – Tatar5:14

    xG 0.15–0.32 (32%)attempts 3–7goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestWhite – Lashoff10:37

    xG 0.50–0.16 (76%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  2. Quincey – Kindl5:22

    xG 0.37–0.09 (81%)attempts 7–2goals 1–0

  3. White – Ericsson2:00

    xG 0.23–0.09 (72%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestClune – Halischuk – Spaling6:50

    xG 0.28–0.08 (77%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Fisher – Hornqvist – Bourque9:17

    xG 0.31–0.32 (49%)attempts 9–10goals 2–0

  3. Legwand – Erat – Wilson9:47

    xG 0.27–0.37 (42%)attempts 8–12goals 0–1

  4. Yip – Kostitsyn – Smith6:26

    xG 0.13–0.60 (18%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Hannan – Ellis7:58

    xG 0.48–0.43 (53%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  2. Weber – Josi14:47

    xG 0.39–0.51 (43%)attempts 12–20goals 1–0

  3. Blum – Ellis2:18

    xG 0.01–0.16 (6%)attempts 1–4goals 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.

NSH 2.6 xGDET 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHDET

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 95/100 · #44 of 720 this seasonSwing 2.64 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +38 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 52% of the time.

NSH winsDET wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).