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Tue, Nov 6, 2018·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Vancouver Canucks 2, Detroit Red Wings 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 70% of the time.

DET winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
VAN11717014040242
DET07111111011330

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:39VANElias PetterssonAssists: Loui Eriksson, Nikolay Goldobin · Slap, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P2 11:21VANBen HuttonAssists: Erik Gudbranson, Adam Gaudette · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–0
  3. P2 13:43DETJustin AbdelkaderPPUnassisted · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–1
  4. P3 1:37DETGustav NyquistAssists: Jacob de la Rose · Wrist, 0.24 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. DET Dylan Larkin scored
  2. 2. VAN Elias Pettersson stopped
  3. 3. DET Gustav Nyquist stopped
  4. 4. VAN Nikolay Goldobin stopped
  5. 5. DET Justin Abdelkader stopped
  6. 6. VAN Bo Horvat stopped
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 8:16DETDanny DeKeyser: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 7:26VANErik Gudbranson: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 11:21DETMartin Frk: Delaying game bench2 min
  4. P2 13:26VANAdam Gaudette: Holding2 min · PPG
  5. P3 6:40DETMike Green: High sticking2 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
46% to win54% to win
← VAN attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Horvat won the faceoff against de la Rose
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANDET
42Shots on goal30
4.0Expected goals2.7
67Shot attempts57
30Faceoffs won39
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
24Hits27
15Blocked shots11
10Giveaways10
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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestRoussel – Granlund – Motte8:02

    xG 0.88–0.02 (98%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. Eriksson – Goldobin – Pettersson13:24

    xG 1.12–0.33 (77%)attempts 19–12goals 1–0

  3. Archibald – Leipsic – Gaudette5:25

    xG 0.22–0.01 (96%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Schaller – Horvat – Virtanen9:26

    xG 0.25–0.81 (23%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudbranson – Hutton16:10

    xG 1.35–0.48 (74%)attempts 25–13goals 1–0

  2. Tanev – Pouliot16:36

    xG 1.00–0.45 (69%)attempts 12–15goals 1–0

  3. Del Zotto – Stecher14:53

    xG 0.79–0.58 (58%)attempts 16–15goals 0–1

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. Nyquist – de la Rose – Rasmussen13:03

    xG 0.68–0.72 (49%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  2. Megan – Frk – Ehn5:51

    xG 0.27–0.34 (45%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Helm – Mantha – Larkin12:51

    xG 0.55–0.76 (42%)attempts 16–13goals 0–0

  4. Abdelkader – Glendening – Bertuzzi11:55

    xG 0.21–0.77 (21%)attempts 9–16goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Jensen4:51

    xG 0.35–0.11 (76%)attempts 4–3goals 1–0

  2. DeKeyser – Cholowski7:10

    xG 0.22–0.30 (42%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. Jensen – DeKeyser9:36

    xG 0.33–0.43 (43%)attempts 9–12goals 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.

DET 2.7 xGVAN 4.0 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 67/100 · #418 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.61 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 12% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +26 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 70% of the time.

DET winsVAN wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).