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Tue, Feb 28, 2017·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Detroit Red Wings 3, Vancouver Canucks 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 63% of the time.

VAN winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DET2100501112328
VAN010181900227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:36DETFrans NielsenAssists: Andreas Athanasiou, Xavier Ouellet · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:41DETFrans NielsenPPAssists: Henrik Zetterberg · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–0
  3. P2 1:55VANMarkus GranlundAssists: Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P3 17:14VANReid BoucherUnassisted · Backhand, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. OT 2:31DETJustin AbdelkaderPPGWGAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Niklas Kronwall · Wrist, 0.22 xG3–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 1:02DETRyan Sproul: Interference2 min
  2. P1 11:25VANAlexander Edler: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P2 10:37DETFrans Nielsen: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 19:01VANLoui Eriksson: Holding2 min
  5. P3 3:11DETNiklas Kronwall: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 6:46VANBrendan Gaunce: Cross checking2 min
  7. OT 0:47VANBrandon Sutter: Interference2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VAN
44% to win56% to win
← DET attackVAN attack →
  1. Press play, or drag along the timeline.
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETVAN
28Shots on goal27
2.6Expected goals1.8
43Shot attempts52
28Faceoffs won28
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
8Hits11
19Blocked shots10
3Giveaways16
3Takeaways4

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 – Tatar – Mantha8:21

    xG 0.34–0.03 (93%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Abdelkader – Helm – Larkin6:40

    xG 0.20–0.10 (66%)attempts 7–5goals 0–1

  3. Abdelkader – Helm – Mantha3:05

    xG 0.11–0.25 (31%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Nielsen – Vanek – Athanasiou9:38

    xG 0.12–0.31 (29%)attempts 3–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJensen – DeKeyser2:08

    xG 0.23–0.01 (95%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Kronwall – Jensen5:25

    xG 0.29–0.10 (75%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Jensen – Ouellet5:59

    xG 0.20–0.07 (75%)attempts 6–3goals 1–1

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestGrenier – Gaunce – Rendulic4:27

    xG 0.31–0.02 (94%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  2. Eriksson – Boucher – Horvat12:41

    xG 0.59–0.45 (56%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

  3. Sedin – Sedin – Granlund13:59

    xG 0.33–0.38 (47%)attempts 14–6goals 1–0

  4. Sutter – Gaunce – Megna2:52

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSbisa – Larsen13:54

    xG 0.52–0.25 (67%)attempts 15–6goals 1–0

  2. Biega – Hutton8:32

    xG 0.32–0.23 (58%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  3. Larsen – Hutton2:17

    xG 0.11–0.04 (75%)attempts 2–1goals 1–0

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.

VAN 1.8 xGDET 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANDET

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 80/100 · #211 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.01 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +43 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 63% of the time.

VAN winsDET wins

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

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