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Thu, Feb 11, 2021·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Detroit Red Wings 2, Nashville Predators 3

Expected result

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

NSH winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET1911007226
NSH181718323

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:58NSHRyan EllisPPAssists: Filip Forsberg, Roman Josi · Snap, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:25DETRobby FabbriAssists: Anthony Mantha, Filip Hronek · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 19:19NSHMatt DucheneAssists: Calle Jarnkrok, Roman Josi · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–2
  4. P2 19:33DETMarc StaalAssists: Bobby Ryan, Vladislav Namestnikov · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. P3 19:00NSHDante FabbroGWGAssists: Luke Kunin, Filip Forsberg · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 12:13NSHDante Fabbro: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 14:21DETBobby Ryan: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 4:07NSHJarred Tinordi: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 9:17DETGivani Smith: Interference2 min
  5. P3 0:51NSHMikael Granlund: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P3 2:59DETMathias Brome: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 6:12DETRobby Fabbri: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 13:44NSHYakov Trenin: Hooking2 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 20:00Duchene won the faceoff against Namestnikov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETNSH
26Shots on goal23
1.8Expected goals2.9
50Shot attempts56
24Faceoffs won28
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
12Hits15
14Blocked shots16
6Giveaways5
3Takeaways5

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. bestNielsen – Ryan – Fabbri2:32

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Ryan – Fabbri – Smith5:02

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Larkin – Zadina – Brome7:44

    xG 0.22–0.20 (52%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  4. Namestnikov – Erne – Mantha4:16

    xG 0.09–0.27 (26%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMerrill – Djoos4:31

    xG 0.16–0.02 (88%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  2. Merrill – Hronek11:13

    xG 0.64–0.63 (50%)attempts 14–12goals 0–1

  3. Nemeth – Djoos6:43

    xG 0.08–0.13 (39%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestHaula – Cousins – Tolvanen9:07

    xG 0.55–0.18 (76%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  2. Duchene – Jarnkrok – Granlund9:10

    xG 0.55–0.19 (74%)attempts 9–7goals 1–1

  3. Forsberg – Arvidsson – Kunin8:36

    xG 0.42–0.36 (54%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

  4. Grimaldi – Sissons – Trenin6:10

    xG 0.10–0.24 (29%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJosi – Ellis13:16

    xG 0.94–0.18 (84%)attempts 15–5goals 1–1

  2. Ellis – Tinordi2:01

    xG 0.13–0.04 (76%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Tinordi – Fabbro11:20

    xG 0.23–0.28 (46%)attempts 8–13goals 0–1

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.

NSH 2.9 xGDET 1.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 59/100 · #348 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.81 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +43 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.

NSH winsDET wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
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-2
-1
0
+1
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+7

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