Sun, Nov 24, 2013·First Niagara Center, Buffalo
Detroit Red Wings 3, Buffalo Sabres 1
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 77% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DET | 014 | 18 | 212 | 334 |
| BUF | 16 | 09 | 07 | 122 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 7:47BUFCody HodgsonAssists: Drew Stafford · Backhand, 0.08 xG0–1
- P2 0:30DETDarren HelmAssists: Daniel Alfredsson, Justin Abdelkader · Backhand, 0.07 xG1–1
- P3 11:43DETJohan FranzenPPGWGAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Niklas Kronwall · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–1
- P3 19:11DETDaniel AlfredssonENAssists: Johan Franzen · Wrist, 0.65 xG3–1
Penalties (5)
- P1 11:58BUFCody Hodgson: Holding2 min
- P3 0:47DETKyle Quincey: Hooking2 min
- P3 6:30BUFChristian Ehrhoff: Hooking2 min
- P3 11:13BUFTyler Myers: Cross checking2 min · PPG
- P3 15:13DETStephen Weiss: Tripping2 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Helm won the faceoff against Leino
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach 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
- bestZetterberg – Franzen – Nyquist10:35
xG 0.23–0.08 (74%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0
- Cleary – Samuelsson – Weiss9:13
xG 0.20–0.11 (65%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0
- Miller – Andersson – Tatar10:48
xG 0.35–0.29 (54%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0
- Alfredsson – Abdelkader – Helm11:11
xG 0.25–0.43 (37%)attempts 10–14goals 1–1
Defence pairs
- bestKronwall – Ericsson17:41
xG 0.47–0.21 (69%)attempts 16–8goals 0–1
- Kindl – Lashoff8:33
xG 0.25–0.22 (53%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0
- Quincey – Smith14:38
xG 0.46–0.58 (44%)attempts 13–18goals 1–0
Buffalo Sabres
Forward lines
- bestTropp – Foligno – Flynn6:30
xG 0.12–0.06 (69%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0
- Adam – Girgensons – Grigorenko10:00
xG 0.19–0.17 (52%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0
- Moulson – Stafford – Hodgson12:12
xG 0.26–0.43 (37%)attempts 7–15goals 1–0
- Ott – Leino – Ennis15:00
xG 0.19–0.47 (28%)attempts 10–15goals 0–1
Defence pairs
- bestMcNabb – Pysyk12:58
xG 0.61–0.39 (61%)attempts 17–11goals 1–0
- Ehrhoff – Sulzer14:58
xG 0.20–0.34 (37%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0
- Tallinder – Myers15:54
xG 0.19–0.34 (36%)attempts 12–13goals 0–1
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
BUF's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line BUF is favoured, below it DET. Dots are goals.
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 77% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (BUF − DET), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).