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Mon, Nov 6, 2017·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Detroit Red Wings 3, Vancouver Canucks 2

Expected result

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

VAN winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET11119110330
VAN0801129228

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:02DETDarren HelmAssists: Frans Nielsen, Justin Abdelkader · Wrist, 0.22 xG1–0
  2. P2 15:15DETMartin FrkPPUnassisted · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–0
  3. P3 7:16VANDaniel SedinAssists: Thomas Vanek, Henrik Sedin · Backhand, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P3 9:30VANMichael Del ZottoAssists: Bo Horvat · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–2
  5. P3 18:46DETTomas TatarGWGAssists: Justin Abdelkader, Dylan Larkin · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 16:20DETJustin Abdelkader: Interference2 min
  2. P1 19:57DETMike Green: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P2 13:59VANBrock Boeser: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P3 4:10VANAlexander Burmistrov: Cross checking2 min
  5. P3 8:34DETLuke Glendening: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 8:34VANDerek Dorsett: 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 SOG0VAN
46% to win54% to win
← DET attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sedin won the faceoff against Helm
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETVAN
30Shots on goal28
2.9Expected goals2.3
52Shot attempts55
35Faceoffs won34
2Power plays2
6Penalty minutes6
12Hits19
19Blocked shots9
5Giveaways9
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 – Nyquist – Mantha12:39

    xG 0.48–0.02 (96%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  2. Nielsen – Abdelkader – Helm2:19

    xG 0.38–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 1–0

  3. Nielsen – Helm – Glendening8:32

    xG 0.25–0.14 (64%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  4. Abdelkader – Tatar – Larkin8:54

    xG 0.30–0.29 (51%)attempts 5–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDaley – Ericsson18:31

    xG 1.16–0.14 (89%)attempts 18–11goals 1–0

  2. Kronwall – Green5:12

    xG 0.70–0.09 (88%)attempts 9–4goals 1–0

  3. Kronwall – Jensen10:16

    xG 0.32–0.21 (61%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSedin – Sedin – Virtanen9:41

    xG 0.69–0.43 (62%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Vanek – Gagner – Burmistrov7:42

    xG 0.37–0.15 (71%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  3. Baertschi – Horvat – Boeser13:48

    xG 0.16–0.37 (30%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  4. Dorsett – Sutter – Granlund11:47

    xG 0.11–1.28 (8%)attempts 9–17goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestBiega – Pouliot13:36

    xG 0.45–0.23 (66%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  2. Tanev – Hutton15:07

    xG 0.55–0.74 (42%)attempts 18–14goals 0–1

  3. Del Zotto – Gudbranson16:41

    xG 0.30–1.17 (20%)attempts 9–20goals 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.

VAN 2.3 xGDET 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 71/100 · #396 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.69 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +50 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.

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).