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Fri, Nov 1, 2013·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Detroit Red Wings 4, Calgary Flames 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 60% of the time.

CGY winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET2507210422
CGY0122617325

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:57DETPavel DatsyukAssists: Todd Bertuzzi, Jakub Kindl · Wrist, 0.27 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:15DETHenrik ZetterbergAssists: Todd Bertuzzi, Pavel Datsyuk · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–0
  3. P2 10:15CGYChris ButlerAssists: Jiri Hudler, Derek Smith · Slap, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P2 12:47CGYSean MonahanAssists: Michael Cammalleri, Kris Russell · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P3 1:25DETJoakim AnderssonAssists: Tomas Tatar, Justin Abdelkader · Deflected, 0.12 xG3–2
  6. P3 16:36DETJustin AbdelkaderGWGAssists: Niklas Kronwall, Danny DeKeyser · Wrist, 0.04 xG4–2
  7. P3 19:50CGYCurtis GlencrossAssists: Matt Stajan, Jiri Hudler · Wrist, 0.04 xG4–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 1:27DETJohan Franzen: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 1:39CGYDavid Jones: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 12:27DETJoakim Andersson: Holding2 min
  4. P1 17:57DETNiklas Kronwall: Interference2 min
  5. P2 4:32DETTodd Bertuzzi: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P2 14:08CGYMikael Backlund: Boarding2 min
  7. P3 4:00DETJakub Kindl: Interference2 min
  8. P3 7:35CGYMichael Cammalleri: Hooking2 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 SOG0CGY
48% to win52% to win
← DET attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Datsyuk won the faceoff against Stajan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETCGY
22Shots on goal25
2.7Expected goals2.2
47Shot attempts53
34Faceoffs won26
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
11Hits12
14Blocked shots14
4Giveaways11
5Takeaways9

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. bestBertuzzi – Datsyuk – Zetterberg11:41

    xG 0.79–0.17 (83%)attempts 10–5goals 2–0

  2. Abdelkader – Andersson – Tatar3:00

    xG 0.37–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 2–0

  3. Alfredsson – Cleary – Weiss4:32

    xG 0.10–0.05 (66%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Weiss – Abdelkader – Tatar5:47

    xG 0.04–0.01 (74%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – DeKeyser14:05

    xG 0.59–0.13 (82%)attempts 10–7goals 2–0

  2. Kindl – Lashoff10:35

    xG 0.56–0.26 (68%)attempts 11–10goals 2–0

  3. Quincey – Smith13:05

    xG 0.15–0.70 (18%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestCammalleri – Galiardi – Colborne10:45

    xG 0.36–0.19 (66%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

  2. McGrattan – Backlund – Bouma3:17

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Hudler – Baertschi – Monahan9:56

    xG 0.30–0.44 (40%)attempts 6–13goals 0–1

  4. Stajan – Jones – Glencross10:11

    xG 0.33–0.77 (30%)attempts 9–10goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestWideman – Russell15:09

    xG 0.59–0.31 (65%)attempts 17–9goals 1–1

  2. O'Brien – Smith7:35

    xG 0.14–0.24 (37%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  3. Butler – Brodie15:49

    xG 0.40–0.68 (37%)attempts 10–11goals 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.

CGY 2.2 xGDET 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYDET

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 71/100 · #284 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.41 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50CGY 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 60% of the time.

CGY winsDET wins

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

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