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Wed, Mar 13, 2013·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Detroit Red Wings 2, Calgary Flames 5

Expected result

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

CGY winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET115112011238
CGY2605311522

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:20DETNiklas KronwallAssists: Pavel Datsyuk · Slap, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P1 5:55CGYAlex TanguayPPAssists: Michael Cammalleri, Dennis Wideman · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P1 9:52CGYJay BouwmeesterAssists: Lee Stempniak, Matt Stajan · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P2 16:39DETValtteri FilppulaPPAssists: Kyle Quincey, Gustav Nyquist · Wrist, 0.27 xG2–2
  5. P3 5:37CGYLee StempniakGWGAssists: Curtis Glencross, Matt Stajan · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–3
  6. P3 9:12CGYCurtis GlencrossUnassisted · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–4
  7. P3 10:00CGYBlake ComeauAssists: Mikael Backlund · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–5
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 5:16DETBrendan Smith: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 13:09CGYCurtis Glencross: Boarding2 min
  3. P2 14:54CGYJiri Hudler: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  4. P3 0:29DETJustin Abdelkader: Interference2 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 SOG0CGY
43% to win57% to win
← DET attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Datsyuk won the faceoff against Backlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETCGY
38Shots on goal22
3.6Expected goals2.3
73Shot attempts38
25Faceoffs won24
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
13Hits18
6Blocked shots18
11Giveaways10
8Takeaways9

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. bestZetterberg – Filppula – Brunner10:35

    xG 1.30–0.66 (66%)attempts 16–8goals 0–1

  2. Datsyuk – Franzen – Abdelkader13:01

    xG 0.60–0.29 (67%)attempts 19–5goals 1–1

  3. Eaves – Miller – Emmerton8:27

    xG 0.46–0.15 (75%)attempts 13–3goals 0–1

  4. Cleary – Andersson – Nyquist8:29

    xG 0.42–0.46 (48%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Ericsson14:28

    xG 1.05–0.58 (65%)attempts 22–10goals 1–0

  2. Kindl – Lashoff13:29

    xG 0.98–0.66 (60%)attempts 22–10goals 0–2

  3. Quincey – Smith12:36

    xG 0.65–0.44 (60%)attempts 10–10goals 0–1

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestIginla – Tanguay – Cammalleri13:16

    xG 0.67–0.58 (53%)attempts 9–15goals 0–0

  2. Cammalleri – Hudler – Comeau2:22

    xG 0.01–0.06 (19%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Begin – McGrattan – Jackman3:27

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  4. Hudler – Comeau – Backlund10:02

    xG 0.33–0.61 (35%)attempts 7–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBouwmeester – Brodie18:04

    xG 0.98–0.89 (52%)attempts 16–18goals 2–0

  2. Butler – Smith10:00

    xG 0.22–0.46 (32%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

  3. Wideman – Giordano16:59

    xG 0.34–1.52 (18%)attempts 4–24goals 2–1

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.

CGY 2.3 xGDET 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYDET

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 59/100 · #305 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.64 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 36% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 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.

CGY winsDET wins

Simulated goal difference (CGY − DET), 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).