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Tue, Jan 6, 2015·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Detroit Red Wings 4, Edmonton Oilers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 86% of the time.

EDM winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET012214215441
EDM180718223

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:29EDMJordan EberlePPAssists: Jeff Petry, Anton Lander · Snap, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P2 10:44DETKyle QuinceyAssists: Justin Abdelkader · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 18:29DETJustin AbdelkaderPPAssists: Niklas Kronwall, Pavel Datsyuk · Tip-in, 0.21 xG2–1
  4. P3 15:55EDMJordan EberleAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Taylor Hall · Slap, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P3 19:26DETPavel DatsyukPPGWGAssists: Justin Abdelkader, Henrik Zetterberg · Deflected, 0.05 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:57DETLuke GlendeningENAssists: Drew Miller · Wrist, 0.55 xG4–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 10:12EDMTeddy Purcell: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 12:51DETLuke Glendening: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 13:58DETDanny DeKeyser: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  4. P2 1:23EDMNikita Nikitin: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P2 7:02EDMMatt Hendricks: Closing hand on puck2 min
  6. P2 18:20EDMJordan Eberle: Tripping2 min · PPG
  7. P3 2:25DETJohan Franzen: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 17:31EDMBenoit Pouliot: Spearing double minor4 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 SOG0EDM
46% to win54% to win
← DET attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nugent-Hopkins won the faceoff against Weiss
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETEDM
41Shots on goal23
4.1Expected goals1.7
76Shot attempts40
30Faceoffs won38
6Power plays3
6Penalty minutes12
21Hits27
6Blocked shots17
4Giveaways11
8Takeaways6

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. bestZetterberg – Abdelkader – Nyquist11:31

    xG 0.81–0.18 (82%)attempts 18–9goals 1–0

  2. Franzen – Tatar – Sheahan10:03

    xG 0.52–0.08 (86%)attempts 14–5goals 0–0

  3. Miller – Jurco – Glendening6:31

    xG 0.26–0.12 (69%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  4. Datsyuk – Weiss – Helm9:54

    xG 0.23–0.15 (60%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Ericsson14:20

    xG 0.92–0.17 (84%)attempts 18–9goals 0–0

  2. Smith – Ouellet11:41

    xG 0.60–0.14 (81%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  3. Quincey – DeKeyser15:06

    xG 0.54–0.40 (58%)attempts 19–14goals 1–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. Purcell – Lander – Fraser2:53

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  2. Hendricks – Gordon – Klinkhammer7:33

    xG 0.11–0.21 (35%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Roy – Pouliot – Purcell7:46

    xG 0.04–0.22 (17%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

  4. Eberle – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins13:28

    xG 0.35–0.67 (35%)attempts 10–17goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Fayne – Klefbom5:07

    xG 0.05–0.22 (17%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

  2. Nikitin – Schultz5:41

    xG 0.23–0.45 (34%)attempts 5–11goals 1–0

  3. Ference – Petry12:24

    xG 0.16–0.46 (26%)attempts 7–9goals 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.

EDM 1.7 xGDET 4.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMDET

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 75/100 · #255 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.04 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +45 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 86% of the time.

EDM winsDET wins

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

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