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Sat, Oct 16, 2021·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Vancouver Canucks 1, Detroit Red Wings 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 70% of the time.

DET winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN08110023141
DET1511016321

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:05DETRobby FabbriAssists: Marc Staal, Gustav Lindstrom · Tip-in, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:56VANConor GarlandAssists: Bo Horvat, Tanner Pearson · Snap, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 6:42DETFilip ZadinaPPGWGAssists: Moritz Seider, Filip Hronek · Slap, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:02DETSam GagnerENAssists: Tyler Bertuzzi · Wrist, 0.56 xG1–3
Penalties (17)
  1. P1 19:41DETNick Leddy: Holding2 min
  2. P2 5:55VANJason Dickinson: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 11:35DETGivani Smith: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 11:35VANConor Garland: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 18:20VANQuinn Hughes: Interference2 min
  6. P3 2:12DETVladislav Namestnikov: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 5:52DETTyler Bertuzzi: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 5:52VANOliver Ekman-Larsson: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 11:05VANConor Garland: Illegal check to head2 min
  10. P3 11:05VANBo Horvat: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 11:05DETMichael Rasmussen: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 11:05DETFilip Hronek: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 13:58DETLucas Raymond: Holding2 min
  14. P3 19:57VANAlex Chiasson: Roughing2 min
  15. P3 19:57DETFilip Hronek: Roughing2 min
  16. P3 19:57VANAlex Chiasson: Misconduct10 min
  17. P3 19:57DETFilip Hronek: Misconduct10 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
48% to win52% to win
← VAN attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Rasmussen won the faceoff against Horvat
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANDET
41Shots on goal21
4.1Expected goals2.8
71Shot attempts39
28Faceoffs won34
3Power plays2
24Penalty minutes26
5Hits15
13Blocked shots19
3Giveaways9
3Takeaways6

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestPearson – Horvat – Garland8:03

    xG 0.46–0.00 (100%)attempts 10–1goals 1–0

  2. Miller – Pettersson – Hoglander8:56

    xG 0.33–0.16 (67%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Dowling – Lammikko – Podkolzin4:46

    xG 0.19–0.05 (77%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

  4. Chiasson – Dickinson – Highmore5:30

    xG 0.02–0.04 (35%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMyers – Ekman-Larsson10:51

    xG 0.44–0.12 (79%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

  2. Burroughs – Rathbone7:46

    xG 0.28–0.05 (86%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Ekman-Larsson – Hughes3:47

    xG 0.16–0.06 (74%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestErne – Suter – Zadina7:46

    xG 0.51–0.30 (63%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  2. Bertuzzi – Fabbri – Raymond10:18

    xG 0.42–0.34 (55%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

  3. Gagner – Namestnikov – Rasmussen7:38

    xG 0.01–0.12 (4%)attempts 1–6goals 0–1

  4. Rowney – Stephens – Smith6:52

    xG 0.01–0.38 (2%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLeddy – Seider13:41

    xG 0.78–0.41 (66%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Lindstrom9:32

    xG 0.54–0.31 (64%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  3. DeKeyser – Hronek13:27

    xG 0.13–0.35 (27%)attempts 6–11goals 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 2.8 xGVAN 4.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 31/100 · #946 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.15 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 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, Vancouver Canucks win this game 70% of the time.

DET winsVAN wins

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

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