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Sat, Feb 23, 2013·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Nashville Predators 0, Detroit Red Wings 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 63% of the time.

DET winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NSH01201209033
DET192919427

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:11DETDrew MillerGWGAssists: Niklas Kronwall, Patrick Eaves · Wrist, 0.31 xG0–1
  2. P2 2:58DETTomas TatarAssists: Joakim Andersson · Wrist, 0.26 xG0–2
  3. P2 15:33DETDaniel ClearyAssists: Niklas Kronwall, Pavel Datsyuk · Tip-in, 0.17 xG0–3
  4. P3 11:48DETDaniel ClearyPPAssists: Niklas Kronwall, Pavel Datsyuk · Tip-in, 0.17 xG0–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 18:04DETNiklas Kronwall: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 4:51NSHRich Clune: Boarding2 min
  3. P2 11:11DETJonathan Ericsson: Holding2 min
  4. P3 11:11NSHRyan Ellis: Holding2 min · PPG

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.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
43% to win57% to win
← NSH attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Fisher won the faceoff against Zetterberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHDET
33Shots on goal27
2.6Expected goals3.2
57Shot attempts42
24Faceoffs won24
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
15Hits17
8Blocked shots12
7Giveaways6
6Takeaways4

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.

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestClune – Kostitsyn – Smith12:27

    xG 0.78–0.18 (81%)attempts 18–4goals 0–0

  2. Fisher – Hornqvist – Bourque10:38

    xG 0.57–0.23 (71%)attempts 15–5goals 0–0

  3. Legwand – Erat – Wilson11:34

    xG 0.58–0.41 (58%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBlum – Ellis5:07

    xG 0.37–0.04 (91%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Weber – Josi19:06

    xG 0.81–0.65 (55%)attempts 18–12goals 0–0

  3. Hannan – Klein11:29

    xG 0.46–0.34 (57%)attempts 10–8goals 0–1

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestEaves – Andersson – Tatar9:35

    xG 0.90–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–0goals 1–0

  2. Cleary – Datsyuk – Abdelkader11:55

    xG 0.54–0.54 (50%)attempts 10–12goals 1–0

  3. Zetterberg – Filppula – Brunner12:11

    xG 0.34–0.40 (46%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0

  4. Tootoo – Miller – Emmerton9:32

    xG 0.21–0.77 (21%)attempts 4–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWhite – Lashoff18:59

    xG 1.10–0.50 (69%)attempts 12–13goals 1–0

  2. Kronwall – Ericsson13:59

    xG 1.00–0.77 (56%)attempts 16–14goals 2–0

  3. Huskins – Kindl14:18

    xG 0.09–0.76 (10%)attempts 3–14goals 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.

DET 3.2 xGNSH 2.6 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETNSH

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 3/100 · #706 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.57 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 63% of the time.

DET winsNSH wins

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

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