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Sat, Jan 3, 2015·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Detroit Red Wings 1, Vancouver Canucks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 51% of the time.

VAN winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET07011112130
VAN091738424

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:48VANAlexander EdlerPPAssists: Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin · Slap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P3 10:49VANRadim VrbataPPGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.31 xG0–2
  3. P3 16:30DETTomas TatarAssists: Gustav Nyquist, Danny DeKeyser · Slap, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P3 18:09VANHenrik SedinENAssists: Daniel Sedin, Alexander Edler · Wrist, 0.49 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:28VANHenrik SedinENAssists: Daniel Sedin · Wrist, 0.67 xG1–4
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 9:56VANRyan Stanton: Interference2 min
  2. P2 0:44DETHenrik Zetterberg: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P2 3:39DETJonathan Ericsson: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 11:27DETBrendan Smith: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 15:49DETJohan Franzen: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 15:49VANZack Kassian: Embellishment2 min
  7. P3 1:41VANRyan Stanton: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 3:35VANDaniel Sedin: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 10:01DETDanny DeKeyser: Hooking2 min · PPG
  10. P3 18:19VANDerek Dorsett: High sticking2 min
  11. P3 18:19DETBrendan Smith: Tripping2 min
  12. P3 18:47DETJustin Abdelkader: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 18:47VANAlexander Edler: Roughing2 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 SOG0VAN
46% to win54% to win
← DET attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sedin won the faceoff against Zetterberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETVAN
30Shots on goal24
3.0Expected goals3.0
54Shot attempts45
30Faceoffs won31
3Power plays4
14Penalty minutes12
5Hits11
10Blocked shots12
6Giveaways9
7Takeaways6

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. bestWeiss – Miller – Glendening4:13

    xG 0.65–0.05 (93%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Franzen – Helm – Jurco3:52

    xG 0.22–0.02 (91%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Tatar – Sheahan – Jurco5:49

    xG 0.35–0.16 (68%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  4. Datsyuk – Zetterberg – Abdelkader13:29

    xG 0.24–0.18 (57%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestQuincey – DeKeyser12:24

    xG 0.56–0.26 (68%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  2. Smith – Ouellet11:35

    xG 0.52–0.26 (67%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  3. Kronwall – Ericsson14:10

    xG 0.33–0.28 (54%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestRichardson – Matthias – Kassian5:53

    xG 0.11–0.01 (88%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Burrows – Richardson – Dorsett2:20

    xG 0.01–0.01 (49%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Sedin – Sedin – Vrbata10:55

    xG 0.23–0.24 (49%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Burrows – Dorsett – Horvat4:48

    xG 0.13–0.22 (38%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Edler – Tanev16:58

    xG 0.29–0.29 (50%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  2. Bieksa – Stanton12:10

    xG 0.32–0.50 (39%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  3. Weber – Sbisa9:17

    xG 0.11–0.48 (18%)attempts 4–7goals 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.

VAN 3.0 xGDET 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANDET

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 25/100 · #896 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.81 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 51% of the time.

VAN winsDET wins

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

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