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Tue, Oct 22, 2019·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Vancouver Canucks 5, Detroit Red Wings 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 64% of the time.

DET winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN014011516541
DET1911707233

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:08DETAnthony ManthaPPAssists: Filip Hronek, Tyler Bertuzzi · Slap, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P2 9:19DETDennis CholowskiPPAssists: Taro Hirose, Andreas Athanasiou · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P3 1:42VANBo HorvatPPAssists: Elias Pettersson, Quinn Hughes · Backhand, 0.18 xG1–2
  4. P3 3:13VANBo HorvatPPAssists: Quinn Hughes, J.T. Miller · Tip-in, 0.15 xG2–2
  5. P3 12:19VANJake VirtanenGWGAssists: Josh Leivo, Jordie Benn · Deflected, 0.01 xG3–2
  6. P3 14:21VANTim SchallerAssists: Elias Pettersson · Snap, 0.06 xG4–2
  7. P3 18:48VANBo HorvatENAssists: J.T. Miller, Jordie Benn · Wrist, 0.50 xG5–2
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 2:29DETMike Green: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 13:17VANBrock Boeser: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  3. P1 15:48VANTyler Myers: Interference2 min
  4. P1 18:12DETDanny DeKeyser: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 8:04VANJake Virtanen: Roughing2 min · PPG
  6. P2 8:04DETEvgeny Svechnikov: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 9:01VANJ.T. Miller: Interference2 min
  8. P2 14:03DETTaro Hirose: Hooking2 min
  9. P2 18:35VANChris Tanev: Hooking2 min
  10. P2 19:59DETTyler Bertuzzi: Tripping2 min · PPG
  11. P3 1:49DETDennis Cholowski: High sticking2 min · PPG
  12. P3 9:09VANTim Schaller: Tripping2 min
  13. P3 15:29VANTim Schaller: 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
45% to win55% to win
← VAN attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sutter won the faceoff against Filppula
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANDET
41Shots on goal33
3.2Expected goals4.1
60Shot attempts58
30Faceoffs won27
5Power plays7
16Penalty minutes12
17Hits16
13Blocked shots13
7Giveaways16
2Takeaways3

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSutter – Leivo – Pearson2:54

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Beagle – Schaller – Motte6:16

    xG 0.17–0.02 (88%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Miller – Boeser – Pettersson5:39

    xG 0.08–0.07 (54%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Sutter – Ferland – Leivo5:04

    xG 0.00–0.27 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Tanev – Hughes8:45

    xG 0.20–0.16 (55%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

  2. Benn – Stecher9:36

    xG 0.15–0.45 (25%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  3. Edler – Myers10:28

    xG 0.44–0.86 (34%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestBertuzzi – Mantha – Larkin9:48

    xG 1.19–0.52 (70%)attempts 15–16goals 0–1

  2. Nielsen – Helm – Hirose5:09

    xG 0.44–0.23 (66%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Abdelkader – de la Rose – Svechnikov3:51

    xG 0.38–0.18 (68%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Filppula – Glendening – Athanasiou3:53

    xG 0.18–0.02 (90%)attempts 3–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDaley – Cholowski8:33

    xG 0.94–0.11 (89%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  2. Nemeth – Hronek2:24

    xG 0.53–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Green – DeKeyser2:45

    xG 0.41–0.19 (68%)attempts 4–5goals 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.

DET 4.1 xGVAN 3.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETVAN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 72/100 · #310 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.55 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 9% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +37 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 64% of the time.

DET winsVAN wins

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

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