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Sun, Feb 2, 2014·Verizon Center, Washington

Detroit Red Wings 5, Washington Capitals 6 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 51% of the time.

WSH winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DET1721021300530
WSH3121101313628

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:43WSHJason ChimeraAssists: Joel Ward, Connor Carrick · Wrist, 0.33 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:20WSHJoel WardPPAssists: Marcus Johansson, Jason Chimera · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P1 11:40DETGustav NyquistPPAssists: Daniel Alfredsson, Niklas Kronwall · Wrist, 0.40 xG1–2
  4. P1 16:05WSHJohn CarlsonPPAssists: Nicklas Backstrom, Martin Erat · Slap, 0.06 xG1–3
  5. P2 13:30DETTomas TatarAssists: Riley Sheahan, Tomas Jurco · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–3
  6. P2 13:49WSHJoel WardAssists: Jason Chimera, Connor Carrick · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–4
  7. P2 18:49DETGustav NyquistPPAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Tomas Tatar · Tip-in, 0.13 xG3–4
  8. P3 0:42DETGustav NyquistAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Niklas Kronwall · Tip-in, 0.07 xG4–4
  9. P3 4:28WSHTroy BrouwerUnassisted · Wrist, 0.14 xG4–5
  10. P3 6:25DETJustin AbdelkaderAssists: Gustav Nyquist, Henrik Zetterberg · Backhand, 0.10 xG5–5
  11. OT 2:37WSHAlex OvechkinPPGWGAssists: John Carlson, Nicklas Backstrom · Slap, 0.06 xG5–6
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 7:02DETGustav Nyquist: Slashing2 min · PPG
  2. P1 11:31WSHConnor Carrick: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 13:21WSHAaron Volpatti: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 15:33DETKyle Quincey: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  5. P1 19:19DETJakub Kindl: Holding2 min
  6. P2 16:52WSHTroy Brouwer: Slashing2 min · PPG
  7. P3 2:03DETTomas Tatar: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 9:56DETHenrik Zetterberg: Tripping2 min
  9. OT 1:26DETBrendan Smith: Tripping2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WSH
48% to win52% to win
← DET attackWSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Beagle won the faceoff against Zetterberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETWSH
30Shots on goal28
2.5Expected goals2.5
61Shot attempts52
30Faceoffs won46
3Power plays6
12Penalty minutes6
28Hits40
11Blocked shots18
7Giveaways14
7Takeaways8

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. bestTatar – Sheahan – Jurco11:15

    xG 0.44–0.23 (65%)attempts 15–8goals 1–0

  2. Zetterberg – Abdelkader – Nyquist14:01

    xG 0.64–0.53 (55%)attempts 18–12goals 2–1

  3. Eaves – Miller – Glendening4:05

    xG 0.01–0.02 (46%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Alfredsson – Zetterberg – Andersson2:15

    xG 0.02–0.06 (29%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Ericsson16:22

    xG 0.69–0.55 (56%)attempts 21–12goals 1–1

  2. Quincey – DeKeyser14:56

    xG 0.28–0.16 (63%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  3. Kindl – Smith13:39

    xG 0.31–0.96 (25%)attempts 13–12goals 1–2

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestChimera – Ward – Fehr5:31

    xG 0.37–0.11 (77%)attempts 5–5goals 1–1

  2. Brouwer – Beagle – Johansson9:50

    xG 0.29–0.11 (73%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Fehr – Beagle – Volpatti2:23

    xG 0.03–0.06 (33%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  4. Chimera – Ward – Beagle2:06

    xG 0.00–0.14 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestErskine – Carrick15:55

    xG 0.91–0.24 (79%)attempts 16–17goals 3–1

  2. Alzner – Carlson15:53

    xG 0.37–0.60 (38%)attempts 11–16goals 0–1

  3. Strachan – Orlov14:48

    xG 0.12–0.41 (23%)attempts 5–14goals 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.

WSH 2.5 xGDET 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHDET

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 99/100 · #8 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.63 · 11 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +30 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 51% of the time.

WSH winsDET wins

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

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