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Wed, Oct 30, 2013·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Detroit Red Wings 2, Vancouver Canucks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 57% of the time.

VAN winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET0122609227
VAN170607120

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:12VANDaniel SedinAssists: Henrik Sedin, Ryan Stanton · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 11:37DETDaniel AlfredssonAssists: Brendan Smith, Kyle Quincey · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P2 18:58DETTomas TatarGWGAssists: Niklas Kronwall, Danny DeKeyser · Snap, 0.10 xG2–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 2:24VANDan Hamhuis: Holding2 min
  2. P1 7:07DETTodd Bertuzzi: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 18:31DETBrendan Smith: Interference2 min
  4. P1 19:25VANHenrik Sedin: Holding2 min
  5. P3 2:03DETBrendan Smith: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 18:42VANDaniel Sedin: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 19:34DETNiklas Kronwall: Holding2 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
48% to win52% to win
← DET attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Datsyuk won the faceoff against Sedin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETVAN
27Shots on goal20
1.9Expected goals1.7
58Shot attempts45
32Faceoffs won25
3Power plays3
8Penalty minutes6
16Hits11
15Blocked shots19
3Giveaways12
5Takeaways6

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. bestAbdelkader – Andersson – Tatar9:36

    xG 0.36–0.07 (84%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  2. Bertuzzi – Datsyuk – Zetterberg14:36

    xG 0.69–0.46 (60%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  3. Alfredsson – Datsyuk – Zetterberg2:43

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Eaves – Miller – Glendening4:19

    xG 0.07–0.09 (42%)attempts 5–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – DeKeyser19:33

    xG 0.72–0.18 (80%)attempts 23–6goals 0–0

  2. Quincey – Smith12:26

    xG 0.67–0.19 (78%)attempts 16–7goals 2–0

  3. Kindl – Lashoff10:06

    xG 0.22–0.24 (47%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestHiggins – Burrows – Santorelli6:59

    xG 0.43–0.27 (62%)attempts 9–5goals 0–2

  2. Sedin – Sedin – Kesler12:05

    xG 0.37–0.27 (58%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  3. Richardson – Kassian – Welsh4:49

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  4. Sedin – Sedin – Burrows3:53

    xG 0.12–0.19 (38%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBieksa – Edler2:36

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Bieksa – Stanton9:37

    xG 0.28–0.22 (56%)attempts 6–8goals 0–1

  3. Edler – Garrison12:12

    xG 0.36–0.35 (51%)attempts 10–10goals 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.

VAN 1.7 xGDET 1.9 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 20/100 · #948 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.04 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 57% of the time.

VAN winsDET wins

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

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