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Tue, Feb 11, 2020·KeyBank Center, Buffalo

Detroit Red Wings 2, Buffalo Sabres 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 66% of the time.

BUF winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET11217010229
BUF11011015325

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:27DETDarren HelmAssists: Anthony Mantha · Wrist, 0.28 xG1–0
  2. P1 1:03BUFConor ShearyAssists: Marcus Johansson, Curtis Lazar · Slap, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:02DETDarren HelmAssists: Anthony Mantha, Mike Green · Backhand, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P2 14:59BUFMarcus JohanssonAssists: Rasmus Dahlin, Sam Reinhart · Snap, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P3 0:57BUFSam ReinhartGWGAssists: Jack Eichel, Henri Jokiharju · Wrist, 0.31 xG2–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 6:21DETAdam Erne: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 13:19BUFCarter Hutton: Delaying game illegal play by goalie2 min
  3. P2 1:32DETFilip Hronek: Penalty shot slash on breakaway0 min
  4. P2 15:32DETAndreas Athanasiou: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 16:36BUFRasmus Dahlin: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 10:24BUFRasmus Ristolainen: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 17:05DETFilip Hronek: Boarding2 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 SOG0BUF
45% to win55% to win
← DET attackBUF attack →
  1. P1 20:00Larkin won the faceoff against Eichel
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETBUF
29Shots on goal25
2.1Expected goals3.1
51Shot attempts54
27Faceoffs won22
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
16Hits15
13Blocked shots11
3Giveaways11
2Takeaways7

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. bestHelm – Mantha – Larkin10:31

    xG 0.77–0.45 (63%)attempts 11–10goals 2–0

  2. Bertuzzi – Mantha – Larkin2:35

    xG 0.20–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Abdelkader – Erne – Ehn4:08

    xG 0.01–0.06 (17%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Filppula – Athanasiou – Bertuzzi2:15

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBiega – Nemeth11:59

    xG 0.58–0.21 (73%)attempts 18–6goals 1–0

  2. Nemeth – Lindstrom4:32

    xG 0.18–0.07 (73%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Daley – Lindstrom7:42

    xG 0.14–0.08 (64%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Buffalo Sabres

Forward lines

  1. bestJohansson – Lazar – Sheary10:28

    xG 0.31–0.16 (66%)attempts 10–3goals 1–0

  2. Larsson – Wilson – Girgensons7:12

    xG 0.08–0.11 (43%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Frolik – Skinner – Rodrigues7:39

    xG 0.01–0.08 (15%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  4. Vesey – Reinhart – Eichel13:40

    xG 0.50–0.57 (47%)attempts 11–14goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcCabe – Jokiharju17:24

    xG 1.11–0.34 (77%)attempts 19–8goals 1–0

  2. Miller – Dahlin12:31

    xG 0.13–0.26 (34%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  3. Ristolainen – Montour14:28

    xG 0.32–0.61 (34%)attempts 8–18goals 0–2

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.

BUF 3.1 xGDET 2.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BUFDET

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 49/100 · #582 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.57 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50BUF 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 66% of the time.

BUF winsDET wins

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

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