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Tue, Dec 31, 2019·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

San Jose Sharks 0, Detroit Red Wings 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 65% of the time.

DET winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS09011014034
DET0101914223

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 3:15DETTyler BertuzziGWGAssists: Madison Bowey, Dylan Larkin · Tip-in, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P3 19:11DETFilip HronekENAssists: Luke Glendening · Wrist, 0.46 xG0–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 8:06DETAlex Biega: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 17:57SJSBarclay Goodrow: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 10:27DETTrevor Daley: Holding2 min
  4. P2 13:18DETTyler Bertuzzi: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 13:18SJSStefan Noesen: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 8:14DETMadison Bowey: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 12:59DETJustin Abdelkader: Fighting5 min
  8. P3 12:59SJSBarclay Goodrow: Fighting5 min
  9. P3 14:30SJSStefan Noesen: Roughing2 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSDET
34Shots on goal23
2.7Expected goals3.6
66Shot attempts47
26Faceoffs won24
3Power plays2
11Penalty minutes13
20Hits33
11Blocked shots24
6Giveaways19
0Takeaways2

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.

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestThornton – Sorensen – Labanc2:37

    xG 0.25–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Couture – Noesen – Hertl4:14

    xG 0.25–0.01 (98%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Noesen – Suomela – Kellman5:54

    xG 0.22–0.26 (46%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Couture – Hertl – Labanc7:01

    xG 0.06–0.26 (19%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFerraro – Simek14:21

    xG 0.82–0.45 (65%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  2. Burns – Dillon15:09

    xG 0.35–0.24 (59%)attempts 15–8goals 0–0

  3. Vlasic – Karlsson14:00

    xG 0.41–1.24 (25%)attempts 11–16goals 0–1

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestAbdelkader – Erne – Ehn6:23

    xG 0.52–0.11 (82%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Nielsen – Helm – Glendening9:01

    xG 0.35–0.28 (56%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

  3. Bertuzzi – Larkin – Fabbri9:36

    xG 0.37–0.33 (53%)attempts 6–10goals 1–0

  4. Filppula – Smith – Zadina7:24

    xG 0.32–0.43 (42%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBiega – Lashoff8:05

    xG 0.71–0.25 (74%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Daley – Bowey12:53

    xG 0.45–0.30 (60%)attempts 10–13goals 1–0

  3. Nemeth – Hronek14:45

    xG 0.51–0.45 (53%)attempts 10–13goals 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 3.6 xGSJS 2.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETSJS

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 SJS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 1/100 · #1075 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.64 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 65% of the time.

DET winsSJS wins

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

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