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Thu, Feb 5, 2015·Pepsi Center, Denver

Detroit Red Wings 3, Colorado Avalanche 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 79% of the time.

COL winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET05113211329
COL0120907028

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 13:25DETJustin AbdelkaderPPGWGAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Gustav Nyquist · Wrist, 0.47 xG1–0
  2. P3 17:24DETDarren HelmENAssists: Tomas Tatar, Pavel Datsyuk · Wrist, 0.62 xG2–0
  3. P3 19:45DETLuke GlendeningENAssists: Kyle Quincey · Wrist, 0.45 xG3–0
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 0:44DETJonathan Ericsson: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 0:44COLNathan MacKinnon: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 12:05DETStephen Weiss: Holding2 min
  4. P1 18:34DETBrendan Smith: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 12:47COLJan Hejda: Interference2 min · PPG
  6. P2 15:23DETKyle Quincey: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 18:12COLMarc-Andre Cliche: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 SOG0COL
46% to win54% to win
← DET attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Datsyuk won the faceoff against O'Reilly
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETCOL
29Shots on goal28
3.5Expected goals1.8
50Shot attempts55
27Faceoffs won32
2Power plays3
11Penalty minutes9
16Hits29
16Blocked shots15
1Giveaways8
11Takeaways8

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 – Nyquist11:18

    xG 0.81–0.10 (89%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  2. Weiss – Sheahan – Glendening7:07

    xG 0.49–0.25 (66%)attempts 4–11goals 0–0

  3. Miller – Andersson – Jurco5:56

    xG 0.06–0.17 (26%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  4. Datsyuk – Helm – Tatar12:23

    xG 0.22–0.63 (26%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmith – Marchenko14:06

    xG 0.57–0.23 (72%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

  2. Kronwall – Ericsson13:58

    xG 0.46–0.27 (62%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  3. Quincey – DeKeyser14:20

    xG 0.57–0.49 (54%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestO'Reilly – Landeskog – MacKinnon12:57

    xG 0.63–0.27 (70%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

  2. Brière – Talbot – Cliche3:58

    xG 0.11–0.03 (80%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Iginla – Tanguay – Mitchell2:42

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Mitchell – McLeod – Everberg6:49

    xG 0.14–0.52 (22%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Stuart – Holden13:21

    xG 0.35–0.34 (50%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  2. Holden – Elliott2:15

    xG 0.14–0.15 (50%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Hejda – Redmond17:06

    xG 0.53–0.61 (47%)attempts 12–12goals 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.

COL 1.8 xGDET 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLDET

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 8/100 · #1122 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.70 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 79% of the time.

COL winsDET wins

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

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