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Sat, Feb 4, 2017·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Detroit Red Wings 1, Nashville Predators 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 65% of the time.

NSH winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET180704119
NSH09016017042

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:30DETMike GreenGWGAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Anthony Mantha · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–0
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 3:05NSHHarry Zolnierczyk: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 14:13NSHRyan Johansen: Holding2 min
  3. P3 0:11DETJonathan Ericsson: Holding2 min
  4. P3 2:21NSHColin Wilson: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 4:10DETBrendan Smith: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 6:49NSHAustin Watson: Interference2 min
  7. P3 7:45NSHFilip Forsberg: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 9:53DETTomas Jurco: Too many men on the ice2 min
  9. P3 16:30NSHRyan Johansen: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 16:30DETJustin Abdelkader: Slashing2 min
  11. P3 0:00NSHJames Neal: Hooking2 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 SOG0NSH
44% to win56% to win
← DET attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sheahan won the faceoff against Jarnkrok
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETNSH
19Shots on goal42
1.7Expected goals2.4
38Shot attempts67
22Faceoffs won28
5Power plays3
8Penalty minutes14
11Hits14
17Blocked shots7
10Giveaways10
8Takeaways9

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. Zetterberg – Nyquist – Mantha9:26

    xG 0.21–0.19 (51%)attempts 8–14goals 1–0

  2. Abdelkader – Jurco – Glendening6:38

    xG 0.05–0.16 (24%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  3. Vanek – Helm – Athanasiou7:06

    xG 0.14–0.36 (28%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Tatar – Sheahan – Larkin6:16

    xG 0.02–0.51 (4%)attempts 2–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmith – Ouellet10:37

    xG 0.48–0.27 (63%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  2. Green – DeKeyser13:02

    xG 0.40–0.49 (45%)attempts 8–14goals 1–0

  3. Ericsson – Jensen15:22

    xG 0.11–0.69 (14%)attempts 6–19goals 0–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestJohansen – Forsberg – Arvidsson12:10

    xG 0.85–0.22 (79%)attempts 17–9goals 0–0

  2. Fisher – Smith – Watson7:17

    xG 0.18–0.13 (58%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  3. Neal – Wilson – Jarnkrok9:28

    xG 0.10–0.09 (52%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  4. McLeod – Zolnierczyk – Sissons5:09

    xG 0.12–0.17 (41%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeber – Josi12:13

    xG 0.27–0.14 (66%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  2. Ellis – Irwin10:56

    xG 0.25–0.18 (58%)attempts 14–5goals 0–1

  3. Subban – Ekholm14:47

    xG 0.70–0.77 (48%)attempts 15–15goals 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.

NSH 2.4 xGDET 1.7 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHDET

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 11/100 · #1079 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.93 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 65% of the time.

NSH winsDET wins

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

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