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Fri, Apr 5, 2013·Pepsi Center, Denver

Detroit Red Wings 3, Colorado Avalanche 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 72% of the time.

COL winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DET212070616331
COL190911601235

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:27DETPavel DatsyukPPAssists: Johan Franzen, Henrik Zetterberg · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:36COLMark OlverAssists: David Van Der Gulik, Aaron Palushaj · Backhand, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P1 11:49DETGustav NyquistUnassisted · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P3 6:29COLPA ParenteauAssists: Jamie McGinn, Matt Duchene · Tip-in, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. OT 4:44DETPavel DatsyukGWGAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Niklas Kronwall · Wrist, 0.46 xG3–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 7:55COLErik Johnson: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 18:44DETJustin Abdelkader: Boarding2 min
  3. P2 14:04COLPA Parenteau: Elbowing2 min
  4. P2 14:18DETJohan Franzen: Interference2 min
  5. P2 17:43COLPatrick Bordeleau: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 8:31DETPavel Datsyuk: Holding the stick2 min
  7. P3 14:16COLTyson Barrie: 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0COL
43% to win57% to win
← DET attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Franzen won the faceoff against Duchene
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETCOL
31Shots on goal35
3.6Expected goals2.2
63Shot attempts67
28Faceoffs won26
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
23Hits30
22Blocked shots20
7Giveaways14
9Takeaways12

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. bestDatsyuk – Zetterberg – Abdelkader13:25

    xG 1.14–0.36 (76%)attempts 21–11goals 0–0

  2. Filppula – Franzen – Nyquist9:48

    xG 0.50–0.28 (64%)attempts 12–9goals 1–0

  3. Cleary – Miller – Andersson9:57

    xG 0.14–0.20 (41%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  4. Tootoo – Eaves – Emmerton7:15

    xG 0.23–0.51 (31%)attempts 4–13goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Ericsson17:23

    xG 1.47–0.42 (78%)attempts 26–17goals 1–0

  2. Quincey – Kindl14:23

    xG 0.44–0.50 (47%)attempts 12–18goals 0–2

  3. White – DeKeyser10:44

    xG 0.09–0.18 (34%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestVan Der Gulik – Palushaj – Olver4:39

    xG 0.38–0.07 (85%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  2. Parenteau – McGinn – Duchene8:22

    xG 0.40–0.50 (44%)attempts 12–9goals 1–1

  3. McLeod – O'Reilly – Landeskog11:50

    xG 0.35–0.61 (36%)attempts 11–18goals 0–0

  4. Mitchell – Bordeleau – Malone8:03

    xG 0.17–0.58 (23%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHunwick – Barrie2:07

    xG 0.22–0.06 (78%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Hunwick – Johnson15:06

    xG 0.73–0.61 (54%)attempts 17–19goals 2–0

  3. Hejda – Barrie2:00

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–2goals 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.

COL 2.2 xGDET 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLDET

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 67/100 · #253 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.90 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +26 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 72% of the time.

COL winsDET wins

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

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