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Sat, Jan 12, 2019·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Detroit Red Wings 5, Minnesota Wild 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 77% of the time.

MIN winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET1822128537
MIN1111205218

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:24DETTyler BertuzziAssists: Gustav Nyquist, Dylan Larkin · Tip-in, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:00MINLuke KuninAssists: Zach Parise, Ryan Suter · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P2 0:17MINNino NiederreiterPPAssists: Mikko Koivu, Jason Zucker · Snap, 0.24 xG1–2
  4. P2 0:45DETThomas VanekAssists: Anthony Mantha, Jonathan Ericsson · Wrist, 0.23 xG2–2
  5. P2 15:10DETThomas VanekGWGAssists: Jonathan Ericsson, Filip Hronek · Slap, 0.05 xG3–2
  6. P3 0:47DETTyler BertuzziAssists: Dylan Larkin, Mike Green · Tip-in, 0.09 xG4–2
  7. P3 8:38DETTyler BertuzziAssists: Gustav Nyquist, Dylan Larkin · Backhand, 0.10 xG5–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 1:14DETAnthony Mantha: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 2:43MINCharlie Coyle: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 11:35MINGreg Pateryn: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 0:11DETMike Green: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 8:50MINCharlie Coyle: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 4:57DETThomas Vanek: Holding2 min
  7. P3 14:33MINEric Staal: 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 SOG0MIN
46% to win54% to win
← DET attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Larkin won the faceoff against Coyle
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETMIN
37Shots on goal18
2.6Expected goals1.2
61Shot attempts35
33Faceoffs won26
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
19Hits21
8Blocked shots16
3Giveaways6
4Takeaways6

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. bestNielsen – Vanek – Mantha9:13

    xG 0.70–0.07 (90%)attempts 8–5goals 2–1

  2. Nyquist – Bertuzzi – Larkin13:52

    xG 0.67–0.30 (69%)attempts 18–10goals 3–0

  3. Helm – Glendening – Athanasiou7:50

    xG 0.09–0.05 (62%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  4. Abdelkader – de la Rose – Ehn8:31

    xG 0.08–0.09 (47%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEricsson – Hronek12:44

    xG 1.05–0.09 (92%)attempts 19–4goals 3–0

  2. Kronwall – Green13:08

    xG 0.39–0.20 (66%)attempts 15–9goals 2–1

  3. Kronwall – Jensen2:06

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestFoligno – Brown – Eriksson Ek9:13

    xG 0.23–0.09 (72%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  2. Koivu – Zucker – Granlund11:05

    xG 0.20–0.27 (43%)attempts 9–11goals 0–1

  3. Staal – Parise – Kunin4:32

    xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  4. Staal – Niederreiter – Greenway6:55

    xG 0.03–0.13 (19%)attempts 1–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestProsser – Seeler9:52

    xG 0.15–0.09 (61%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  2. Pateryn – Brodin17:06

    xG 0.08–0.20 (28%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

  3. Suter – Spurgeon16:54

    xG 0.45–1.04 (30%)attempts 15–20goals 1–3

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.

MIN 1.2 xGDET 2.6 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINDET

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 56/100 · #554 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.42 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 77% of the time.

MIN winsDET wins

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

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