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Tue, Apr 6, 2021·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Nashville Predators 3, Detroit Red Wings 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 65% of the time.

DET winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NSH0809210042331
DET190619030227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:03DETDanny DeKeyserAssists: Valtteri Filppula · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P3 3:32NSHLuke KuninAssists: Roman Josi, Matt Benning · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P3 12:02DETAdam ErneAssists: Jon Merrill, Christian Djoos · Backhand, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P3 16:02NSHMikael GranlundPPAssists: Calle Jarnkrok, Roman Josi · Wrist, 0.43 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. DET Dylan Larkin stopped
  2. 2. NSH Ryan Johansen scored
  3. 3. DET Filip Zadina stopped
  4. 4. NSH Roman Josi scored
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 2:29NSHRoman Josi: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 4:52NSHLuke Kunin: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 5:54DETGivani Smith: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P2 12:12DETLuke Glendening: Interference2 min
  5. P2 16:53DETLuke Glendening: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 16:53DETLuke Glendening: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 16:53NSHJeremy Davies: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 15:43DETMarc Staal: Tripping2 min · PPG

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
46% to win54% to win
← NSH attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sissons won the faceoff against Rasmussen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHDET
31Shots on goal27
2.8Expected goals2.0
55Shot attempts44
30Faceoffs won14
4Power plays2
6Penalty minutes10
28Hits13
10Blocked shots9
4Giveaways6
2Takeaways2

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestJohansen – Grimaldi – Tolvanen10:33

    xG 0.38–0.20 (66%)attempts 13–6goals 0–2

  2. Haula – Cousins – Pitlick9:17

    xG 0.45–0.35 (56%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Jarnkrok – Granlund – Kunin11:07

    xG 0.34–0.55 (38%)attempts 6–10goals 1–0

  4. Sissons – Trenin – Olivier13:26

    xG 0.18–0.45 (29%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJosi – Benning6:35

    xG 0.61–0.15 (80%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

  2. Ekholm – Benning7:48

    xG 0.16–0.04 (81%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Ekholm – Davies4:15

    xG 0.19–0.11 (63%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestMantha – Larkin – Zadina2:04

    xG 0.27–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Larkin – Svechnikov – Zadina7:46

    xG 0.18–0.12 (61%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Filppula – Mantha – Rasmussen10:39

    xG 0.10–0.09 (54%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Helm – Glendening – Erne7:07

    xG 0.32–0.34 (48%)attempts 5–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMerrill – Djoos12:40

    xG 0.57–0.15 (79%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  2. DeKeyser – Hronek14:31

    xG 0.29–0.29 (49%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Stecher17:00

    xG 0.11–0.85 (11%)attempts 6–15goals 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.

DET 2.0 xGNSH 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 71/100 · #240 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.95 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 11% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +33 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 65% of the time.

DET winsNSH wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).