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Mon, Mar 9, 2015·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Edmonton Oilers 2, Detroit Red Wings 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 70% of the time.

DET winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM11407117238
DET0721039526

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:15EDMRob KlinkhammerAssists: Matt Hendricks, Boyd Gordon · Wrist, 0.35 xG1–0
  2. P2 0:21DETNiklas KronwallPPAssists: Erik Cole, Henrik Zetterberg · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:04DETRiley SheahanAssists: Gustav Nyquist, Teemu Pulkkinen · Wrist, 0.32 xG1–2
  4. P3 10:40DETTeemu PulkkinenGWGAssists: Pavel Datsyuk · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:05EDMNail YakupovPPAssists: Justin Schultz, Jordan Eberle · Slap, 0.03 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:56DETJustin AbdelkaderENAssists: Riley Sheahan, Henrik Zetterberg · Backhand, 0.68 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:42DETPavel DatsyukENAssists: Henrik Zetterberg · Wrist, 0.44 xG2–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 4:52DETMarek Zidlicky: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 7:03EDMRyan Hamilton: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 18:28EDMMatt Fraser: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 19:28EDMRob Klinkhammer: Interference2 min
  5. P3 4:34DETLuke Glendening: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 11:12DETJonathan Ericsson: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 12:50DETDanny DeKeyser: Cross checking2 min
  8. P3 17:40DETHenrik Zetterberg: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
46% to win54% to win
← EDM attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Datsyuk won the faceoff against Nugent-Hopkins
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMDET
38Shots on goal26
2.4Expected goals3.5
50Shot attempts51
22Faceoffs won33
5Power plays3
6Penalty minutes10
28Hits15
12Blocked shots4
7Giveaways7
6Takeaways3

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHendricks – Gordon – Klinkhammer7:55

    xG 0.66–0.28 (70%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  2. Pouliot – Eberle – Nugent-Hopkins10:22

    xG 0.12–0.17 (42%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  3. Roy – Purcell – Yakupov12:41

    xG 0.40–0.52 (44%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

  4. Hamilton – Lander – Fraser9:24

    xG 0.41–0.70 (37%)attempts 8–8goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. Schultz – Klefbom16:03

    xG 0.80–0.84 (49%)attempts 16–15goals 1–1

  2. Fayne – Marincin11:46

    xG 0.14–0.22 (38%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  3. Ference – Oesterle8:14

    xG 0.22–0.78 (22%)attempts 4–12goals 0–1

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestCole – Zetterberg – Abdelkader11:18

    xG 0.56–0.22 (72%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  2. Datsyuk – Tatar – Glendening10:58

    xG 0.46–0.17 (73%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  3. Nyquist – Sheahan – Pulkkinen9:02

    xG 0.48–0.24 (67%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  4. Miller – Andersson – Jurco5:08

    xG 0.19–0.64 (23%)attempts 6–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestZidlicky – Smith14:17

    xG 0.82–0.51 (61%)attempts 16–10goals 1–0

  2. Quincey – DeKeyser13:45

    xG 0.43–0.42 (51%)attempts 11–17goals 0–0

  3. Kronwall – Ericsson13:46

    xG 0.56–0.66 (46%)attempts 11–8goals 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.

DET 3.5 xGEDM 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 53/100 · #534 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.12 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 34% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 70% of the time.

DET winsEDM wins

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

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