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Tue, Jan 27, 2015·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Detroit Red Wings 5, Florida Panthers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 70% of the time.

FLA winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET194909527
FLA210116115441

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:06DETDrew MillerSHAssists: Jonathan Ericsson · Backhand, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P1 9:08FLAAleksander BarkovPPAssists: Nick Bjugstad, Aaron Ekblad · Snap, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P1 10:16FLABrandon PirriPPAssists: Brian Campbell, Jussi Jokinen · Slap, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P2 0:32DETHenrik ZetterbergAssists: Justin Abdelkader, Gustav Nyquist · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P2 7:07DETLuke GlendeningAssists: Stephen Weiss, Riley Sheahan · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–2
  6. P2 8:26DETStephen WeissAssists: Riley Sheahan · Wrist, 0.09 xG4–2
  7. P2 11:19DETLuke GlendeningGWGAssists: Stephen Weiss · Wrist, 0.12 xG5–2
  8. P2 15:30FLANick BjugstadPPAssists: Aaron Ekblad, Aleksander Barkov · Wrist, 0.16 xG5–3
  9. P3 10:54FLABrad BoyesAssists: Aleksander Barkov · Wrist, 0.12 xG5–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 7:32DETDanny DeKeyser: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  2. P1 8:46DETKyle Quincey: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P1 16:18FLABrian Campbell: Interference2 min
  4. P2 3:27DETPavel Datsyuk: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P2 14:21DETBrendan Smith: Roughing2 min · PPG
  6. P3 17:28DETDrew Miller: Interference2 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 SOG0FLA
46% to win54% to win
← DET attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zetterberg won the faceoff against Bolland
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETFLA
27Shots on goal41
2.2Expected goals3.3
52Shot attempts60
43Faceoffs won33
1Power plays5
10Penalty minutes2
16Hits28
11Blocked shots12
6Giveaways3
2Takeaways5

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. bestDatsyuk – Helm – Tatar13:59

    xG 0.82–0.32 (72%)attempts 22–6goals 0–0

  2. Cleary – Miller – Andersson6:28

    xG 0.18–0.06 (75%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Zetterberg – Abdelkader – Nyquist12:37

    xG 0.26–0.35 (43%)attempts 8–9goals 1–1

  4. Weiss – Sheahan – Glendening9:37

    xG 0.56–0.74 (43%)attempts 9–13goals 3–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmith – Ouellet17:01

    xG 0.93–0.43 (68%)attempts 17–13goals 1–0

  2. Quincey – DeKeyser16:20

    xG 0.71–0.42 (63%)attempts 22–8goals 1–0

  3. Kronwall – Ericsson13:12

    xG 0.42–0.53 (44%)attempts 10–16goals 2–1

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestHayes – Pirri – Bjugstad11:44

    xG 0.85–0.55 (61%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  2. Boyes – Huberdeau – Barkov13:22

    xG 0.35–0.18 (66%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

  3. MacKenzie – Kopecky – Upshall7:25

    xG 0.10–0.20 (33%)attempts 2–6goals 0–1

  4. Jokinen – Bergenheim – Bolland10:47

    xG 0.20–0.33 (37%)attempts 8–7goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – Ekblad18:09

    xG 0.72–0.59 (55%)attempts 17–18goals 0–1

  2. Mitchell – Gudbranson2:03

    xG 0.08–0.03 (74%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Olsen – Gudbranson10:57

    xG 0.49–0.59 (45%)attempts 6–9goals 1–2

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.

FLA 3.3 xGDET 2.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLADET

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 87/100 · #130 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.88 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 70% of the time.

FLA winsDET wins

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

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