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Thu, Apr 25, 2013·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Nashville Predators 2, Detroit Red Wings 5

Expected result

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

DET winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NSH290607222
DET112313113538

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:46NSHMike FisherAssists: Rich Clune, Craig Smith · Snap, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P1 6:53DETValtteri FilppulaAssists: Johan Franzen, Daniel Cleary · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P1 12:30NSHCraig SmithPPAssists: Mike Fisher, Shea Weber · Wrist, 0.50 xG2–1
  4. P2 1:01DETJohan FranzenAssists: Damien Brunner, Pavel Datsyuk · Wrist, 0.26 xG2–2
  5. P2 3:41DETPatrick EavesGWGAssists: Jordin Tootoo · Snap, 0.08 xG2–3
  6. P2 19:13DETPavel DatsyukPPAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Niklas Kronwall · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–4
  7. P3 16:01DETJustin AbdelkaderAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Pavel Datsyuk · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–5
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 3:46DETGustav Nyquist: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 11:14DETJustin Abdelkader: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 13:14DETDaniel Cleary: Interference2 min
  4. P1 14:31NSHCraig Smith: Diving2 min
  5. P1 18:57NSHNick Spaling: Holding2 min
  6. P2 7:36DETGustav Nyquist: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 9:47NSHRich Clune: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 11:12DETGustav Nyquist: Tripping2 min
  9. P2 18:32NSHSergei Kostitsyn: Slashing2 min · PPG

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.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
43% to win57% to win
← NSH attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Datsyuk won the faceoff against Legwand
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHDET
22Shots on goal38
2.8Expected goals3.6
34Shot attempts65
25Faceoffs won32
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
26Hits17
13Blocked shots4
5Giveaways15
4Takeaways5

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.

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestFisher – Clune – Smith7:37

    xG 0.71–0.19 (79%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  2. Kostitsyn – Spaling – Bang4:43

    xG 0.11–0.04 (75%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Spaling – Butler – Bang2:14

    xG 0.10–0.14 (42%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Legwand – Henderson – Halischuk4:18

    xG 0.12–0.21 (37%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeber – Josi18:08

    xG 1.24–0.89 (58%)attempts 13–22goals 1–1

  2. Gill – Blum9:57

    xG 0.11–0.37 (24%)attempts 3–8goals 0–1

  3. Klein – Bartley13:11

    xG 0.18–0.79 (18%)attempts 8–18goals 0–1

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestCleary – Filppula – Franzen10:02

    xG 0.69–0.44 (61%)attempts 16–7goals 1–0

  2. Datsyuk – Zetterberg – Abdelkader10:12

    xG 0.56–0.32 (64%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

  3. Tootoo – Eaves – Emmerton7:53

    xG 0.38–0.15 (71%)attempts 8–2goals 1–0

  4. Andersson – Nyquist – Brunner7:26

    xG 0.19–0.38 (33%)attempts 4–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKindl – DeKeyser10:06

    xG 0.51–0.21 (71%)attempts 13–4goals 2–0

  2. Kronwall – Ericsson14:32

    xG 0.64–0.36 (64%)attempts 15–8goals 0–0

  3. Quincey – Kindl2:51

    xG 0.26–0.16 (62%)attempts 4–1goals 1–1

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.

DET 3.6 xGNSH 2.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETNSH

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 59/100 · #308 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.63 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 35% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50DET 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, Detroit Red Wings win this game 63% of the time.

DET winsNSH wins

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

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