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Sun, Apr 14, 2013·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Detroit Red Wings 3, Nashville Predators 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 89% of the time.

NSH winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET0911627332
NSH0130405022

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 6:23DETHenrik ZetterbergGWGAssists: Danny DeKeyser, Pavel Datsyuk · Wrist, 0.27 xG1–0
  2. P3 17:01DETJohan FranzenAssists: Valtteri Filppula, Daniel Cleary · Backhand, 0.10 xG2–0
  3. P3 18:41DETJustin AbdelkaderENAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Pavel Datsyuk · Wrist, 0.78 xG3–0
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 10:33DETJohan Franzen: Interference2 min
  2. P1 14:40DETCarlo Colaiacovo: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 7:47NSHKevin Klein: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 15:40NSHTaylor Beck: Slashing2 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 SOG0NSH
43% to win57% to win
← DET attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Filppula won the faceoff against Spaling
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETNSH
32Shots on goal22
4.8Expected goals2.0
70Shot attempts41
27Faceoffs won26
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
16Hits24
11Blocked shots22
8Giveaways13
11Takeaways11

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 – Abdelkader12:57

    xG 0.72–0.18 (80%)attempts 22–7goals 1–0

  2. Andersson – Nyquist – Brunner9:07

    xG 0.94–0.56 (63%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  3. Cleary – Filppula – Franzen10:50

    xG 0.15–0.08 (63%)attempts 6–8goals 1–0

  4. Tootoo – Miller – Emmerton8:04

    xG 0.05–0.10 (32%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Ericsson17:30

    xG 1.02–0.10 (91%)attempts 22–7goals 1–0

  2. Kindl – DeKeyser13:59

    xG 0.68–0.36 (65%)attempts 15–14goals 1–0

  3. Kronwall – Colaiacovo2:16

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestKostitsyn – Spaling – Bang4:25

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Butler – Watson – Bang4:07

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Kostitsyn – Spaling – Smith6:44

    xG 0.04–0.04 (48%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  4. Halischuk – Butler – Watson2:43

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Gill – Klein3:19

    xG 0.08–0.07 (53%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Gill – Blum7:06

    xG 0.17–0.21 (45%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

  3. Bartley – Blum2:35

    xG 0.08–0.17 (32%)attempts 1–3goals 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.

NSH 2.0 xGDET 4.8 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHDET

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 11/100 · #650 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.90 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 40% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50NSH 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 89% of the time.

NSH winsDET wins

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

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