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Sun, Nov 5, 2017·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Detroit Red Wings 4, Edmonton Oilers 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 59% of the time.

EDM winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET29110116435
EDM09012015036

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:23DETFrans NielsenGWGAssists: Nick Jensen, Darren Helm · Tip-in, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P1 9:10DETGustav NyquistAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Justin Abdelkader · Wrist, 0.29 xG2–0
  3. P2 11:13DETMartin FrkAssists: Anthony Mantha · Snap, 0.05 xG3–0
  4. P3 6:30DETAnthony ManthaPPAssists: Martin Frk, Mike Green · Wrist, 0.60 xG4–0
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 6:07DETNick Jensen: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 7:02EDMPatrick Maroon: Interference2 min
  3. P3 5:39EDMZack Kassian: Broken stick2 min · PPG
  4. P3 9:41DETJustin Abdelkader: Roughing2 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 SOG0EDM
46% to win54% to win
← DET attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nielsen won the faceoff against Strome
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETEDM
35Shots on goal36
3.2Expected goals2.7
56Shot attempts74
27Faceoffs won38
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
19Hits27
20Blocked shots8
14Giveaways15
8Takeaways8

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 – Mantha3:31

    xG 0.14–0.02 (90%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Tatar – Frk – Athanasiou5:02

    xG 0.08–0.15 (33%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

  3. Zetterberg – Wilson – Mantha2:06

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  4. Nielsen – Helm – Wilson6:35

    xG 0.09–0.22 (28%)attempts 2–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Green5:26

    xG 0.24–0.01 (96%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Daley – Ericsson15:11

    xG 0.97–0.87 (53%)attempts 22–13goals 0–0

  3. Kronwall – Jensen12:46

    xG 0.43–0.39 (52%)attempts 8–20goals 1–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestJokinen – Strome – Caggiula10:18

    xG 0.55–0.07 (89%)attempts 15–4goals 0–1

  2. Letestu – Kassian – Pakarinen11:46

    xG 0.69–0.41 (63%)attempts 17–9goals 0–0

  3. Lucic – Nugent-Hopkins – Yamamoto12:21

    xG 0.57–0.41 (58%)attempts 21–13goals 0–0

  4. Maroon – Draisaitl – McDavid12:43

    xG 0.40–1.21 (25%)attempts 8–18goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlefbom – Benning16:11

    xG 0.93–0.42 (69%)attempts 22–11goals 0–0

  2. Larsson – Nurse17:21

    xG 1.02–1.03 (50%)attempts 25–21goals 0–1

  3. Russell – Gryba12:13

    xG 0.36–0.62 (37%)attempts 14–9goals 0–2

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.

EDM 2.7 xGDET 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMDET

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 5/100 · #1206 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.60 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50EDM 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, Detroit Red Wings win this game 59% of the time.

EDM winsDET wins

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

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