Sat, Feb 9, 2019·KeyBank Center, Buffalo
Detroit Red Wings 1, Buffalo Sabres 3
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 60% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DET | 012 | 15 | 012 | 129 |
| BUF | 04 | 312 | 05 | 321 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P2 1:15BUFConor ShearyUnassisted · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
- P2 10:05BUFCasey MittelstadtPPGWGAssists: Jack Eichel, Rasmus Dahlin · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–2
- P2 17:14DETDylan LarkinPPAssists: Thomas Vanek, Andreas Athanasiou · Wrap-around, 0.07 xG1–2
- P2 19:29BUFKyle OkposoPPAssists: Rasmus Ristolainen, Evan Rodrigues · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–3
Penalties (7)
- P1 11:19BUFSam Reinhart: Slashing2 min
- P2 2:23DETNiklas Kronwall: Holding2 min
- P2 9:41DETJustin Abdelkader: Interference2 min · PPG
- P2 16:46BUFJeff Skinner: High sticking2 min · PPG
- P2 19:08DETMichael Rasmussen: Holding2 min · PPG
- P3 12:20BUFTage Thompson: Tripping2 min
- P3 16:28BUFMarco Scandella: 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Eichel won the faceoff against Glendening
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach 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
- bestVanek – Nyquist – Larkin4:27
xG 0.24–0.10 (70%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0
- Nielsen – Athanasiou – Mantha2:49
xG 0.26–0.14 (65%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0
- Nyquist – Athanasiou – Larkin2:41
xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0
- Nielsen – Vanek – Mantha7:31
xG 0.26–0.27 (49%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestEricsson – Cholowski11:07
xG 0.57–0.31 (65%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0
- Kronwall – Green16:04
xG 0.36–0.41 (47%)attempts 13–9goals 0–1
- Jensen – DeKeyser15:54
xG 0.35–0.50 (41%)attempts 12–13goals 0–0
Buffalo Sabres
Forward lines
- bestSheary – Reinhart – Mittelstadt9:06
xG 0.53–0.25 (68%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0
- Okposo – Larsson – Girgensons11:43
xG 0.29–0.13 (70%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0
- Pominville – Skinner – Eichel12:43
xG 0.27–0.21 (56%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0
- Sobotka – Rodrigues – Thompson9:06
xG 0.21–0.55 (28%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestMcCabe – Pilut12:33
xG 0.33–0.20 (63%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0
- Bogosian – Dahlin14:52
xG 0.26–0.34 (43%)attempts 9–15goals 0–0
- Scandella – Ristolainen18:13
xG 0.57–0.72 (44%)attempts 13–20goals 1–0
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
BUF's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line BUF is favoured, below it DET. Dots are goals.
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 60% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (BUF − DET), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).