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Thu, Jan 9, 2014·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Detroit Red Wings 1, San Jose Sharks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 74% of the time.

SJS winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET1120805125
SJS1931403426

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:59SJSJoe PavelskiAssists: Joe Thornton, Brent Burns · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:48DETTomas TatarAssists: Luke Glendening, Brendan Smith · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:44SJSAndrew DesjardinsGWGAssists: Bracken Kearns, Marc-Edouard Vlasic · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–2
  4. P2 12:25SJSJoe PavelskiAssists: Brad Stuart, Justin Braun · Wrist, 0.34 xG1–3
  5. P2 16:28SJSDan BoylePPAssists: Jason Demers, Joe Thornton · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–4
Penalties (19)
  1. P1 12:34DETTodd Bertuzzi: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 19:42DETHenrik Zetterberg: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P2 5:53SJSAndrew Desjardins: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 13:40SJSScott Hannan: Holding2 min
  5. P2 15:57DETKyle Quincey: Interference2 min · PPG
  6. P3 6:11DETKyle Quincey: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 11:57SJSJustin Braun: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 14:57SJSTyler Kennedy: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 14:57SJSTyler Kennedy: Fighting5 min
  10. P3 14:57DETKyle Quincey: Fighting5 min
  11. P3 15:55DETTodd Bertuzzi: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  12. P3 15:55DETTodd Bertuzzi: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 15:55SJSMarc-Edouard Vlasic: Roughing2 min
  14. P3 15:55SJSTommy Wingels: Roughing2 min
  15. P3 18:07SJSScott Hannan: Instigator2 min
  16. P3 18:07SJSScott Hannan: Fighting5 min
  17. P3 18:07DETDaniel Cleary: Roughing2 min
  18. P3 18:07DETDaniel Cleary: Fighting5 min
  19. P3 18:07SJSScott Hannan: Game misconduct10 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 SOG0SJS
48% to win52% to win
← DET attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Thornton won the faceoff against Zetterberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETSJS
25Shots on goal26
1.8Expected goals3.1
54Shot attempts59
21Faceoffs won31
4Power plays4
24Penalty minutes34
19Hits19
14Blocked shots18
9Giveaways12
6Takeaways14

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. bestAlfredsson – Zetterberg – Abdelkader3:59

    xG 0.12–0.01 (91%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Bertuzzi – Miller – Abdelkader4:09

    xG 0.21–0.11 (65%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Samuelsson – Andersson – Tatar3:55

    xG 0.05–0.06 (44%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Bertuzzi – Andersson – Tatar3:26

    xG 0.15–0.22 (41%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Quincey – DeKeyser10:44

    xG 0.20–0.23 (47%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  2. Quincey – Smith3:22

    xG 0.08–0.12 (40%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Kindl – Lashoff9:43

    xG 0.27–0.35 (43%)attempts 7–10goals 0–1

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestBrown – McCarthy – Hayes6:01

    xG 0.17–0.02 (90%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Marleau – Wingels – Nieto8:58

    xG 0.42–0.54 (44%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  3. Kennedy – Desjardins – Kearns6:15

    xG 0.24–0.48 (33%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Hannan – Boyle6:32

    xG 0.12–0.08 (59%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  2. Boyle – Vlasic3:39

    xG 0.29–0.25 (53%)attempts 4–5goals 0–1

  3. Vlasic – Demers6:43

    xG 0.12–0.11 (53%)attempts 4–5goals 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.

SJS 3.1 xGDET 1.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSDET

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 29/100 · #792 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.00 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50SJS 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, San Jose Sharks win this game 74% of the time.

SJS winsDET wins

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

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