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Fri, Jan 11, 2019·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

Detroit Red Wings 2, Winnipeg Jets 4

Expected result

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

WPG winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET09115111235
WPG2101918427

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:13WPGBrandon TanevAssists: Adam Lowry, Mathieu Perreault · Snap, 0.23 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:58WPGBlake WheelerAssists: Kyle Connor, Mark Scheifele · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–2
  3. P2 4:51WPGBryan LittleGWGAssists: Kyle Connor · Slap, 0.10 xG0–3
  4. P2 10:03DETLuke GlendeningSHAssists: Filip Hronek, Darren Helm · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–3
  5. P3 6:50DETDennis CholowskiPPAssists: Niklas Kronwall, Frans Nielsen · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:00WPGKyle ConnorENAssists: Blake Wheeler, Jacob Trouba · Wrist, 0.64 xG2–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P2 3:50DETJacob de la Rose: Holding2 min
  2. P2 4:10WPGJacob Trouba: Interference2 min
  3. P2 8:12DETNick Jensen: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P2 18:38WPGBryan Little: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 6:14WPGBen Chiarot: Holding the stick2 min · PPG
  6. P3 11:38WPGJacob Trouba: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P3 15:19DETNiklas Kronwall: Holding2 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 SOG0WPG
46% to win54% to win
← DET attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lowry won the faceoff against Glendening
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETWPG
35Shots on goal27
3.0Expected goals2.5
71Shot attempts41
26Faceoffs won28
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
19Hits20
9Blocked shots20
8Giveaways9
5Takeaways11

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. bestVanek – de la Rose – Mantha3:20

    xG 0.24–0.02 (92%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Abdelkader – de la Rose – Ehn3:55

    xG 0.30–0.11 (74%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Nyquist – Bertuzzi – Larkin10:39

    xG 0.49–0.46 (51%)attempts 18–6goals 0–0

  4. Nielsen – Abdelkader – Ehn3:57

    xG 0.08–0.08 (51%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Green13:11

    xG 0.77–0.40 (66%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  2. Jensen – Cholowski11:24

    xG 0.35–0.16 (68%)attempts 17–8goals 0–1

  3. Ericsson – Jensen3:05

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestPerreault – Lowry – Tanev8:15

    xG 0.41–0.16 (71%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  2. Wheeler – Scheifele – Connor13:35

    xG 0.72–0.53 (57%)attempts 14–18goals 1–0

  3. Little – Roslovic – Laine8:49

    xG 0.26–0.20 (56%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  4. Copp – Lemieux – Appleton6:51

    xG 0.00–0.68 (0%)attempts 1–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKulikov – Chiarot13:28

    xG 0.64–0.28 (69%)attempts 11–14goals 2–0

  2. Trouba – Morrissey14:28

    xG 0.60–0.36 (62%)attempts 11–16goals 0–0

  3. Morrow – Niku11:51

    xG 0.14–0.90 (14%)attempts 6–16goals 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.

WPG 2.5 xGDET 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGDET

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 63/100 · #472 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.91 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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.

WPG winsDET wins

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

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