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Thu, Feb 26, 2015·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Detroit Red Wings 3, San Jose Sharks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 58% of the time.

SJS winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET04118213335
SJS1141602222

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:06SJSMatt IrwinAssists: Joe Thornton, Scott Hannan · Snap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:53DETTeemu PulkkinenPPAssists: Riley Sheahan, Stephen Weiss · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P2 6:51SJSPatrick MarleauPPAssists: Joe Pavelski, Logan Couture · Snap, 0.27 xG1–2
  4. P3 13:32DETPavel DatsyukAssists: Tomas Tatar, Danny DeKeyser · Backhand, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P3 18:45DETLuke GlendeningGWGAssists: Gustav Nyquist, Danny DeKeyser · Backhand, 0.09 xG3–2
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 8:51SJSTommy Wingels: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 11:19DETTomas Jurco: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 16:05DETDarren Helm: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P2 3:10SJSBrent Burns: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 6:42DETJonathan Ericsson: Interference2 min · PPG
  6. P2 8:17DETJoakim Andersson: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 8:17SJSMatt Irwin: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 4:51SJSJustin Braun: Holding2 min
  9. P3 7:33SJSMatt Nieto: High sticking double minor4 min
  10. P3 16:03SJSLogan Couture: Tripping2 min
  11. P3 16:03DETBrendan Smith: Hooking2 min
  12. P3 19:19DETJoakim Andersson: High sticking2 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 SOG0SJS
46% to win54% to win
← DET attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couture won the faceoff against Datsyuk
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETSJS
35Shots on goal22
2.8Expected goals2.3
74Shot attempts51
30Faceoffs won38
5Power plays4
12Penalty minutes14
25Hits29
17Blocked shots23
15Giveaways13
5Takeaways12

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 – Tatar11:13

    xG 1.34–0.05 (97%)attempts 21–3goals 1–0

  2. Weiss – Andersson – Pulkkinen6:57

    xG 0.28–0.04 (88%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  3. Abdelkader – Nyquist – Sheahan8:38

    xG 0.40–0.21 (66%)attempts 10–6goals 0–1

  4. Miller – Jurco – Glendening8:22

    xG 0.07–0.68 (10%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmith – DeKeyser13:26

    xG 0.91–0.19 (83%)attempts 15–12goals 1–0

  2. Kindl – Marchenko9:12

    xG 0.35–0.03 (93%)attempts 16–1goals 0–0

  3. Kronwall – Ericsson10:47

    xG 0.49–0.19 (72%)attempts 13–9goals 0–1

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestSheppard – Nieto – Hertl10:20

    xG 0.63–0.19 (76%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

  2. Thornton – Pavelski – Karlsson9:35

    xG 0.20–0.25 (45%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  3. Kennedy – Goodrow – Tierney4:22

    xG 0.03–0.17 (14%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  4. Marleau – Couture – Wingels10:47

    xG 0.18–1.44 (11%)attempts 9–18goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHannan – Irwin12:24

    xG 0.80–0.47 (63%)attempts 13–14goals 1–1

  2. Braun – Dillon11:28

    xG 0.11–0.66 (15%)attempts 9–15goals 0–0

  3. Burns – Vlasic14:30

    xG 0.13–1.06 (11%)attempts 7–19goals 0–1

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.

SJS 2.3 xGDET 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSDET

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 62/100 · #422 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.84 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 12% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +46 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 58% of the time.

SJS winsDET wins

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

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