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Mon, Nov 4, 2019·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Nashville Predators 6, Detroit Red Wings 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 68% of the time.

DET winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NSH0751514626
DET1501009124

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:35DETAndreas AthanasiouAssists: Filip Hronek, Valtteri Filppula · Snap, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P2 2:00NSHNick BoninoAssists: Dan Hamhuis · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:32NSHKyle TurrisGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P2 6:34NSHColton SissonsAssists: Ryan Ellis, Pekka Rinne · Snap, 0.07 xG3–1
  5. P2 7:36NSHMatt DucheneAssists: Mattias Ekholm · Wrist, 0.01 xG4–1
  6. P2 18:30NSHMatt DuchenePPAssists: Filip Forsberg, Roman Josi · Backhand, 0.34 xG5–1
  7. P3 6:52NSHFilip ForsbergPPAssists: Roman Josi, Ryan Johansen · Snap, 0.05 xG6–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 11:12NSHViktor Arvidsson: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 15:23NSHCraig Smith: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 14:11NSHRoman Josi: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 16:54DETDylan Larkin: Fighting5 min · PPG
  5. P2 16:54DETDylan Larkin: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 16:54NSHRyan Ellis: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 6:18DETBrendan Perlini: Tripping2 min · PPG
  8. P3 10:41DETDylan Larkin: High sticking double minor4 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.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
45% to win55% to win
← NSH attackDET 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.

NSHDET
26Shots on goal24
3.6Expected goals2.6
54Shot attempts42
27Faceoffs won33
4Power plays3
11Penalty minutes13
17Hits17
10Blocked shots13
6Giveaways10
4Takeaways3

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.

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestJohansen – Forsberg – Arvidsson11:18

    xG 0.45–0.19 (70%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  2. Turris – Duchene – Jarnkrok9:10

    xG 0.41–0.41 (50%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  3. Watson – Granlund – Sissons8:19

    xG 0.39–0.46 (46%)attempts 9–6goals 1–1

  4. Bonino – Smith – Grimaldi10:11

    xG 0.15–0.28 (35%)attempts 5–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Weber11:01

    xG 0.45–0.24 (65%)attempts 5–8goals 2–0

  2. Ekholm – Fabbro15:53

    xG 0.37–0.32 (54%)attempts 17–5goals 1–0

  3. Josi – Ellis13:09

    xG 0.61–0.58 (52%)attempts 11–13goals 1–1

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. Nielsen – Perlini – Hirose10:15

    xG 0.16–0.12 (57%)attempts 4–9goals 0–1

  2. de la Rose – Bertuzzi – Mantha3:06

    xG 0.04–0.01 (83%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Filppula – Athanasiou – Erne8:31

    xG 0.34–0.47 (42%)attempts 6–8goals 1–1

  4. Bertuzzi – Mantha – Larkin10:11

    xG 0.37–0.57 (39%)attempts 9–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBiega – Cholowski11:39

    xG 0.68–0.45 (60%)attempts 12–11goals 0–1

  2. Hicketts – Hronek2:08

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Nemeth – Hronek14:04

    xG 0.38–0.55 (41%)attempts 11–14goals 1–1

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 2.6 xGNSH 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETNSH

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 NSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 28/100 · #803 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.94 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 68% of the time.

DET winsNSH wins

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

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