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Sat, Mar 16, 2013·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Detroit Red Wings 5, Vancouver Canucks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 78% of the time.

VAN winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET1611139526
VAN11609110235

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:06VANAlexandre BurrowsAssists: Daniel Sedin, Alexander Edler · Snap, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 6:08DETJustin AbdelkaderAssists: Pavel Datsyuk, Johan Franzen · Deflected, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P2 13:57DETHenrik ZetterbergPPAssists: Pavel Datsyuk, Johan Franzen · Snap, 0.22 xG2–1
  4. P3 1:20DETHenrik ZetterbergGWGAssists: Valtteri Filppula, Niklas Kronwall · Slap, 0.05 xG3–1
  5. P3 5:57DETDaniel ClearyAssists: Joakim Andersson, Damien Brunner · Snap, 0.03 xG4–1
  6. P3 14:44DETJustin AbdelkaderAssists: Pavel Datsyuk, Jakub Kindl · Deflected, 0.04 xG5–1
  7. P3 17:22VANAlexandre BurrowsAssists: Alexander Edler, Kevin Bieksa · Backhand, 0.37 xG5–2
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 11:10DETBrian Lashoff: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 5:59DETHenrik Zetterberg: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 7:15VANAlexandre Burrows: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 7:35VANMaxim Lapierre: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 13:17VANHenrik Sedin: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 15:17DETBrendan Smith: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  7. P3 6:46DETJonathan Ericsson: Cross checking2 min
  8. P3 11:21DETNiklas Kronwall: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 12:01DETBrian Lashoff: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  10. P3 19:51DETJordin Tootoo: High sticking2 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 SOG0VAN
43% to win57% to win
← DET attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sedin won the faceoff against Zetterberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETVAN
26Shots on goal35
1.9Expected goals3.6
46Shot attempts58
36Faceoffs won24
3Power plays6
12Penalty minutes6
8Hits13
12Blocked shots12
2Giveaways7
5Takeaways8

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 – Eaves – Andersson8:25

    xG 0.32–0.17 (66%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Datsyuk – Franzen – Abdelkader11:53

    xG 0.66–0.52 (56%)attempts 10–11goals 2–0

  3. Cleary – Andersson – Brunner2:09

    xG 0.03–0.01 (80%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

  4. Zetterberg – Filppula – Miller5:27

    xG 0.10–0.22 (32%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWhite – Kindl12:00

    xG 0.63–0.37 (63%)attempts 14–12goals 3–0

  2. Ericsson – Smith7:26

    xG 0.10–0.23 (30%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Kronwall – Ericsson11:32

    xG 0.51–0.72 (42%)attempts 11–11goals 0–1

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSedin – Sedin – Burrows13:34

    xG 1.24–0.57 (68%)attempts 18–14goals 2–0

  2. Higgins – Hansen – Raymond4:38

    xG 0.39–0.11 (78%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Lapierre – Sestito – Pinizzotto2:40

    xG 0.01–0.01 (53%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Higgins – Booth – Weise4:20

    xG 0.29–0.34 (46%)attempts 3–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBieksa – Edler16:34

    xG 1.09–0.54 (67%)attempts 18–17goals 2–2

  2. Alberts – Tanev13:29

    xG 0.24–0.20 (54%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  3. Hamhuis – Garrison14:34

    xG 0.76–0.76 (50%)attempts 12–12goals 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.

VAN 3.6 xGDET 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANDET

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 44/100 · #408 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.23 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 78% of the time.

VAN winsDET wins

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

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