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Sat, Jan 22, 2022·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Detroit Red Wings 1, Nashville Predators 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 70% of the time.

NSH winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET0917013129
NSH0721028425

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 12:46NSHNick CousinsPPAssists: Philip Tomasino, Mattias Ekholm · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 14:21NSHMatt DucheneGWGAssists: Filip Forsberg, Matt Tennyson · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P2 18:51DETAdam ErneAssists: Tyler Bertuzzi, Marc Staal · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P3 10:44NSHFilip ForsbergAssists: Matt Tennyson, Matt Duchene · Backhand, 0.22 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:12NSHMatt DucheneENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.65 xG1–4
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 8:39NSHYakov Trenin: Interference2 min
  2. P1 17:15NSHMatt Duchene: High sticking double minor4 min
  3. P2 10:51DETJoseph Veleno: Illegal check to head2 min · PPG
  4. P2 16:46DETAdam Erne: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 19:46DETTyler Bertuzzi: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 19:46DETTyler Bertuzzi: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 19:46NSHMatt Benning: Cross checking2 min
  8. P2 19:46NSHMatt Benning: Fighting5 min
  9. P3 4:56NSHMichael McCarron: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  10. P3 6:14DETMichael Rasmussen: Holding2 min
  11. P3 18:35NSHMark Borowiecki: Fighting5 min
  12. P3 18:35DETGivani Smith: Fighting5 min
  13. P3 19:10NSHColton Sissons: 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
48% to win52% to win
← DET attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Suter won the faceoff against Sissons
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETNSH
29Shots on goal25
2.4Expected goals3.5
51Shot attempts44
23Faceoffs won29
5Power plays3
18Penalty minutes22
24Hits34
8Blocked shots14
9Giveaways17
10Takeaways9

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. bestErne – Rasmussen – Zadina5:58

    xG 0.62–0.09 (88%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Gagner – Smith – Veleno4:16

    xG 0.09–0.14 (39%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Namestnikov – Larkin – Raymond8:06

    xG 0.05–0.17 (23%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  4. Bertuzzi – Fabbri – Suter8:08

    xG 0.17–0.63 (22%)attempts 3–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLeddy – Lindstrom4:08

    xG 0.44–0.04 (92%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Seider2:06

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 1–0

  3. Staal – Leddy3:16

    xG 0.13–0.13 (49%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestDuchene – Granlund – Forsberg9:58

    xG 0.83–0.16 (84%)attempts 9–6goals 2–0

  2. Sissons – Trenin – Jeannot10:30

    xG 0.35–0.14 (71%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  3. Johansen – Cousins – Kunin7:53

    xG 0.38–0.29 (57%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  4. McCarron – Tomasino – Smith7:29

    xG 0.30–0.43 (41%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJosi – Benning10:11

    xG 0.69–0.23 (75%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Ekholm – Carrier9:16

    xG 0.38–0.13 (74%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  3. Ekholm – Benning2:54

    xG 0.07–0.03 (73%)attempts 2–1goals 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.

NSH 3.5 xGDET 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 31/100 · #954 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.04 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 70% of the time.

NSH winsDET wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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