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Mon, Feb 3, 2014·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Vancouver Canucks 0, Detroit Red Wings 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 82% of the time.

DET winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN0801303024
DET07113110230

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:08DETJustin AbdelkaderGWGAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Gustav Nyquist · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P3 19:44DETJustin AbdelkaderENAssists: Niklas Kronwall · Wrist, 0.63 xG0–2
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 0:34DETTomas Jurco: Holding2 min
  2. P1 14:37DETDaniel Alfredsson: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 4:41DETJakub Kindl: Penalty shot holding on breakaway0 min
  4. P2 8:19DETJustin Abdelkader: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 11:18VANJason Garrison: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 11:18VANZack Kassian: Holding2 min
  7. P3 5:29DETTomas Tatar: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 15:23DETGustav Nyquist: Too many men on the ice2 min
  9. P3 16:46DETJonathan Ericsson: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 16:46VANRyan Kesler: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 19:21VANAlexandre Burrows: Cross checking2 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
48% to win52% to win
← VAN attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kesler won the faceoff against Sheahan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANDET
24Shots on goal30
2.5Expected goals4.7
37Shot attempts56
33Faceoffs won31
5Power plays3
8Penalty minutes12
24Hits20
10Blocked shots5
2Giveaways9
4Takeaways2

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestBooth – Hansen – Dalpe4:22

    xG 0.27–0.08 (76%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Sestito – Schroeder – Lain3:11

    xG 0.20–0.05 (80%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Sedin – Sedin – Burrows5:13

    xG 0.06–0.03 (66%)attempts 2–4goals 0–1

  4. Sedin – Sedin – Booth2:52

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Garrison12:09

    xG 0.41–0.31 (57%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  2. Hamhuis – Stanton15:19

    xG 0.10–0.16 (39%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

  3. Sauve – Corrado10:56

    xG 0.38–0.45 (46%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestTatar – Sheahan – Jurco13:32

    xG 0.39–0.05 (88%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. Zetterberg – Abdelkader – Nyquist14:12

    xG 0.37–0.17 (68%)attempts 10–4goals 1–0

  3. Eaves – Miller – Glendening4:14

    xG 0.13–0.09 (59%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Alfredsson – Helm – Andersson9:03

    xG 0.03–0.65 (5%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestQuincey – DeKeyser16:19

    xG 0.64–0.21 (75%)attempts 17–4goals 0–0

  2. Kronwall – Ericsson14:43

    xG 0.19–0.09 (68%)attempts 8–3goals 1–0

  3. Kindl – DeKeyser2:24

    xG 0.09–0.00 (99%)attempts 3–2goals 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.

DET 4.7 xGVAN 2.5 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETVAN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 7/100 · #1093 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.69 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 82% of the time.

DET winsVAN wins

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

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