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Tue, Feb 12, 2019·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Detroit Red Wings 3, Nashville Predators 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 72% of the time.

NSH winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET1917111327
NSH01921005234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:05DETLuke GlendeningAssists: Nick Jensen, Christoffer Ehn · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:13DETDylan LarkinPPAssists: Thomas Vanek, Anthony Mantha · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–0
  3. P2 7:49NSHViktor ArvidssonAssists: Ryan Johansen, Filip Forsberg · Slap, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P2 17:32NSHP.K. SubbanPPAssists: Ryan Johansen · Slap, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. P3 4:08DETAndreas AthanasiouGWGAssists: Luke Glendening, Nick Jensen · Backhand, 0.06 xG3–2
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 17:13DETFrans Nielsen: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 0:51DETDylan Larkin: Holding2 min
  3. P2 1:58DETJacob de la Rose: Broken stick2 min
  4. P2 4:11NSHKyle Turris: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 6:27NSHP.K. Subban: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  6. P2 16:27DETJustin Abdelkader: Interference2 min · PPG
  7. P2 0:00DETDanny DeKeyser: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 9:00DETAnthony Mantha: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 9:00NSHFilip Forsberg: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 17:25NSHViktor Arvidsson: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 19:04DETDanny DeKeyser: Elbowing2 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 SOG0NSH
46% to win54% to win
← DET attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Johansen won the faceoff against Larkin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETNSH
27Shots on goal34
2.5Expected goals4.0
42Shot attempts64
33Faceoffs won21
3Power plays6
14Penalty minutes8
23Hits13
16Blocked shots9
19Giveaways21
3Takeaways6

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. Abdelkader – de la Rose – Rasmussen4:59

    xG 0.01–0.01 (52%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  2. Nyquist – Mantha – Larkin11:13

    xG 0.48–0.62 (43%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  3. Nielsen – Vanek – Helm5:37

    xG 0.07–0.28 (20%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  4. Glendening – Athanasiou – Ehn7:01

    xG 0.59–1.02 (37%)attempts 8–10goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. Ericsson – Green3:46

    xG 0.01–0.01 (47%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  2. Kronwall – Green10:03

    xG 0.26–0.27 (49%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Daley – Ericsson10:22

    xG 0.45–0.48 (49%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestJohansen – Forsberg – Arvidsson11:21

    xG 1.41–0.64 (69%)attempts 16–10goals 1–2

  2. Bonino – Smith – Fiala9:40

    xG 0.53–0.15 (78%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Turris – Jarnkrok – Grimaldi7:07

    xG 0.09–0.10 (48%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Boyle – Sissons – Hartman5:41

    xG 0.25–0.27 (49%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSubban – Ekholm15:42

    xG 1.26–0.46 (73%)attempts 15–11goals 0–1

  2. Hamhuis – Weber7:19

    xG 0.43–0.22 (66%)attempts 8–3goals 1–0

  3. Josi – Ellis16:25

    xG 0.86–0.70 (55%)attempts 16–16goals 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.

NSH 4.0 xGDET 2.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHDET

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 65/100 · #444 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.53 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 72% of the time.

NSH winsDET wins

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

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