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Sun, Jan 20, 2019·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Detroit Red Wings 2, Vancouver Canucks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 50% of the time.

VAN winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET01121808237
VAN1901329331

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:16VANElias PetterssonAssists: Brock Boeser · Deflected, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 8:34DETFrans NielsenAssists: Anthony Mantha, Thomas Vanek · Snap, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:24DETThomas VanekAssists: Danny DeKeyser, Frans Nielsen · Deflected, 0.18 xG2–1
  4. P3 7:27VANBo HorvatAssists: Elias Pettersson, Brock Boeser · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. P3 13:13VANAntoine RousselGWGAssists: Jake Virtanen · Deflected, 0.07 xG2–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 3:23VANAntoine Roussel: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 12:50VANJosh Leivo: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  3. P2 17:27DETNiklas Kronwall: Interference2 min
  4. P3 4:43DETThomas Vanek: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 8:20VANAntoine Roussel: 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VAN
46% to win54% to win
← DET attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Larkin won the faceoff against Sutter
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETVAN
37Shots on goal31
3.3Expected goals3.3
62Shot attempts47
30Faceoffs won37
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
19Hits20
9Blocked shots15
4Giveaways6
9Takeaways6

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 – Mantha9:46

    xG 0.60–0.28 (68%)attempts 10–6goals 2–1

  2. Helm – Glendening – Athanasiou8:09

    xG 0.38–0.12 (75%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  3. Abdelkader – de la Rose – Ehn7:43

    xG 0.18–0.13 (59%)attempts 4–5goals 0–1

  4. Nyquist – Bertuzzi – Larkin14:48

    xG 0.81–1.18 (41%)attempts 19–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestJensen – DeKeyser17:19

    xG 1.45–0.25 (85%)attempts 24–10goals 1–0

  2. Ericsson – Hronek10:53

    xG 0.26–0.35 (42%)attempts 8–10goals 1–2

  3. Kronwall – Green16:30

    xG 0.60–1.14 (35%)attempts 16–11goals 0–1

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestEriksson – Beagle – Motte7:35

    xG 0.68–0.46 (60%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  2. Beagle – Roussel – Motte2:32

    xG 0.06–0.02 (77%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Granlund – Baertschi – Horvat2:55

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Baertschi – Horvat – Virtanen2:30

    xG 0.01–0.13 (6%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTanev – Hutton5:31

    xG 0.26–0.13 (67%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

  2. Edler – Tanev9:20

    xG 0.74–0.65 (53%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

  3. Edler – Stecher4:44

    xG 0.10–0.17 (38%)attempts 3–3goals 1–0

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 3.3 xGDET 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 58/100 · #524 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.74 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 20% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +39 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 50% of the time.

VAN winsDET wins

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

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