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Sun, Feb 24, 2013·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Vancouver Canucks 3, Detroit Red Wings 8

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 83% of the time.

DET winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN3703011321
DET26312310828

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:45VANDaniel SedinAssists: Henrik Sedin · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:08DETJordin TootooUnassisted · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P1 12:37DETNiklas KronwallAssists: Pavel Datsyuk, Daniel Cleary · Slap, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P1 16:18VANDaniel SedinAssists: Henrik Sedin, Alexandre Burrows · Backhand, 0.11 xG2–2
  5. P1 18:26VANChris HigginsUnassisted · Backhand, 0.10 xG3–2
  6. P2 2:57DETDaniel ClearyPPAssists: Damien Brunner, Henrik Zetterberg · Wrist, 0.49 xG3–3
  7. P2 15:10DETHenrik ZetterbergPPGWGAssists: Pavel Datsyuk, Niklas Kronwall · Snap, 0.19 xG3–4
  8. P2 19:18DETDamien BrunnerPPAssists: Niklas Kronwall, Henrik Zetterberg · Wrist, 0.32 xG3–5
  9. P3 9:36DETDamien BrunnerAssists: Valtteri Filppula, Jonathan Ericsson · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–6
  10. P3 16:39DETJoakim AnderssonAssists: Tomas Tatar, Jakub Kindl · Slap, 0.02 xG3–7
  11. P3 17:31DETJoakim AnderssonAssists: Damien Brunner, Jonathan Ericsson · Slap, 0.09 xG3–8
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 6:44VANRyan Kesler: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 8:31VANChris Tanev: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P2 1:45VANZack Kassian: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  4. P2 9:35DETJordin Tootoo: Charging2 min
  5. P2 9:35VANZack Kassian: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 14:20VANDale Weise: Illegal check to head2 min · PPG
  7. P2 15:59DETDamien Brunner: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 18:17VANZack Kassian: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min · PPG
  9. P2 0:00DETJustin Abdelkader: Holding the stick2 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANDET
21Shots on goal28
1.4Expected goals3.3
36Shot attempts48
24Faceoffs won27
2Power plays5
12Penalty minutes6
18Hits21
8Blocked shots10
9Giveaways1
7Takeaways7

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSedin – Sedin – Burrows10:20

    xG 0.28–0.20 (58%)attempts 6–8goals 2–0

  2. Lapierre – Weise – Volpatti7:35

    xG 0.13–0.06 (70%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  3. Raymond – Schroeder – Kassian10:03

    xG 0.33–0.37 (48%)attempts 7–7goals 0–1

  4. Higgins – Kesler – Hansen8:16

    xG 0.24–0.45 (35%)attempts 5–6goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Tanev13:19

    xG 0.57–0.00 (100%)attempts 14–2goals 1–0

  2. Alberts – Ballard12:20

    xG 0.25–0.41 (38%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Edler – Garrison15:15

    xG 0.45–0.80 (36%)attempts 8–14goals 2–1

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestTootoo – Miller – Emmerton8:59

    xG 0.40–0.22 (64%)attempts 4–7goals 0–1

  2. Cleary – Datsyuk – Abdelkader11:51

    xG 0.20–0.20 (51%)attempts 8–10goals 0–1

  3. Eaves – Andersson – Tatar10:42

    xG 0.18–0.18 (50%)attempts 9–3goals 1–0

  4. Zetterberg – Filppula – Brunner9:34

    xG 0.40–0.47 (46%)attempts 5–8goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Ericsson13:11

    xG 0.62–0.26 (70%)attempts 14–7goals 2–1

  2. Huskins – Kindl14:24

    xG 0.48–0.23 (68%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Huskins – White2:48

    xG 0.00–0.17 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 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.

DET 3.3 xGVAN 1.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 82/100 · #133 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.87 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 34% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 83% of the time.

DET winsVAN wins

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

-7
-6
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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