Skip to content
Ice Lab

Sun, Nov 30, 2014·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Vancouver Canucks 3, Detroit Red Wings 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 78% of the time.

DET winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN010112211333
DET21117212530

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:15DETNiklas KronwallAssists: Jonathan Ericsson, Henrik Zetterberg · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:16DETGustav NyquistPPAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Johan Franzen · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P2 2:37VANLinden VeyPPUnassisted · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P2 14:24DETPavel DatsyukPPAssists: Tomas Tatar, Jakub Kindl · Backhand, 0.21 xG1–3
  5. P3 12:26VANShawn MatthiasAssists: Yannick Weber, Linden Vey · Slap, 0.03 xG2–3
  6. P3 13:36DETDanny DeKeyserGWGAssists: Riley Sheahan, Tomas Jurco · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–4
  7. P3 16:10VANLinden VeyAssists: Shawn Matthias, Brad Richardson · Deflected, 0.07 xG3–4
  8. P3 19:10DETPavel DatsyukENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.51 xG3–5
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 4:02VANShawn Matthias: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 11:06VANAlexandre Burrows: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 12:26DETJonathan Ericsson: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 14:52VANDerek Dorsett: Holding the stick2 min
  5. P1 14:52DETKyle Quincey: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 1:59DETKyle Quincey: Hooking2 min · PPG
  7. P2 3:22DETBrendan Smith: Cross checking2 min
  8. P2 4:31VANLinden Vey: Interference2 min
  9. P2 12:34VANRyan Stanton: Hooking2 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
46% to win54% to win
← VAN attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Datsyuk won the faceoff against Sedin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANDET
33Shots on goal30
1.9Expected goals3.5
51Shot attempts54
28Faceoffs won39
3Power plays4
10Penalty minutes8
30Hits13
16Blocked shots9
4Giveaways15
2Takeaways7

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. bestRichardson – Matthias – Vey8:36

    xG 0.42–0.19 (69%)attempts 9–5goals 1–0

  2. Sedin – Sedin – Vrbata12:30

    xG 0.35–0.20 (64%)attempts 13–8goals 0–1

  3. Higgins – Burrows – Bonino10:19

    xG 0.14–0.28 (33%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

  4. Hansen – Dorsett – Horvat8:24

    xG 0.10–1.45 (7%)attempts 3–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Tanev15:50

    xG 0.59–0.07 (90%)attempts 18–8goals 0–0

  2. Weber – Stanton12:54

    xG 0.24–0.72 (25%)attempts 8–13goals 1–0

  3. Bieksa – Sbisa12:46

    xG 0.14–1.13 (11%)attempts 6–15goals 0–2

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestWeiss – Franzen – Helm8:25

    xG 0.56–0.24 (70%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

  2. Datsyuk – Zetterberg – Abdelkader6:05

    xG 0.34–0.07 (83%)attempts 7–4goals 1–0

  3. Miller – Jurco – Glendening7:52

    xG 0.69–0.57 (55%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

  4. Nyquist – Tatar – Sheahan8:48

    xG 0.04–0.10 (29%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestQuincey – DeKeyser12:43

    xG 0.86–0.22 (80%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  2. Ericsson – Smith4:53

    xG 0.34–0.02 (95%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Kindl – Smith6:52

    xG 0.51–0.43 (54%)attempts 11–6goals 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 3.5 xGVAN 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 66/100 · #362 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.26 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 78% of the time.

DET winsVAN wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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