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Thu, Feb 28, 2013·HP Pavilion at San Jose, San Jose

Detroit Red Wings 2, San Jose Sharks 1 (SO)

Expected result

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

SJS winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
DET01106114031234
SJS090719010126

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 4:49SJSLogan CoutureAssists: Joe Thornton, Douglas Murray · Slap, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P3 6:21DETPatrick EavesAssists: Niklas Kronwall, Jonathan Ericsson · Deflected, 0.14 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. SJS Michal Handzus stopped
  2. 2. DET Pavel Datsyuk stopped
  3. 3. SJS Patrick Marleau stopped
  4. 4. DET Damien Brunner scored
  5. 5. SJS Ryane Clowe stopped
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 1:25SJSDouglas Murray: Interference2 min
  2. P2 16:54DETJordin Tootoo: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 17:36SJSPatrick Marleau: Interference goalkeeper2 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 SOG0SJS
43% to win57% to win
← DET attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Gomez won the faceoff against Brunner
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETSJS
34Shots on goal26
3.1Expected goals2.3
75Shot attempts60
26Faceoffs won30
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
20Hits23
23Blocked shots25
11Giveaways19
10Takeaways19

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 – Emmerton10:00

    xG 0.53–0.20 (73%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  2. Eaves – Andersson – Tatar9:15

    xG 0.42–0.28 (60%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  3. Cleary – Datsyuk – Abdelkader12:56

    xG 0.24–0.41 (37%)attempts 14–11goals 0–1

  4. Zetterberg – Franzen – Brunner13:48

    xG 0.61–1.08 (36%)attempts 12–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Ericsson18:35

    xG 0.74–0.56 (57%)attempts 13–20goals 1–1

  2. Kindl – Lashoff10:25

    xG 0.33–0.30 (52%)attempts 15–8goals 0–0

  3. Quincey – Smith18:33

    xG 0.49–1.03 (32%)attempts 24–11goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestHandzus – Clowe – Kennedy10:33

    xG 0.61–0.34 (64%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  2. Marleau – Gomez – Pavelski12:02

    xG 0.77–0.59 (56%)attempts 16–10goals 0–0

  3. Thornton – Havlat – Couture15:15

    xG 0.41–0.26 (61%)attempts 12–15goals 1–0

  4. Burish – Sheppard – Galiardi7:20

    xG 0.22–0.40 (36%)attempts 4–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoyle – Irwin20:16

    xG 1.16–0.30 (79%)attempts 16–17goals 0–0

  2. Stuart – Vlasic19:13

    xG 0.67–0.79 (46%)attempts 21–21goals 0–1

  3. Murray – Braun12:46

    xG 0.31–0.82 (27%)attempts 13–19goals 1–0

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.

SJS 2.3 xGDET 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSDET

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 45/100 · #403 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.45 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 16% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +32 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.

SJS winsDET wins

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

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