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Thu, Mar 17, 2022·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Detroit Red Wings 1, Vancouver Canucks 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 64% of the time.

VAN winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET01811304135
VAN012017014043

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 8:09DETPius SuterGWGAssists: Vladislav Namestnikov · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–0
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 12:18VANTravis Hamonic: Holding2 min
  2. P2 6:09DETFilip Zadina: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 19:41DETPius Suter: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 0:00DETJakub Vrana: Misconduct10 min
  5. P3 8:16DETMarc Staal: Interference2 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 SOG0VAN
48% to win52% to win
← DET attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Larkin won the faceoff against Miller
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETVAN
35Shots on goal43
2.8Expected goals3.7
57Shot attempts71
28Faceoffs won32
1Power plays3
16Penalty minutes2
25Hits18
16Blocked shots16
5Giveaways10
8Takeaways12

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. bestNamestnikov – Larkin – Raymond12:42

    xG 0.93–0.40 (70%)attempts 16–10goals 0–0

  2. Gagner – Vrana – Veleno6:55

    xG 0.18–0.29 (38%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  3. Erne – Rasmussen – Hirose7:29

    xG 0.21–0.45 (32%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  4. Smith – Suter – Zadina10:53

    xG 0.63–1.08 (37%)attempts 11–21goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJuolevi – Hronek13:22

    xG 1.27–0.78 (62%)attempts 21–12goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Stecher13:08

    xG 0.59–0.62 (49%)attempts 15–14goals 0–0

  3. Oesterle – Seider16:14

    xG 0.27–0.72 (28%)attempts 9–15goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestHorvat – Boeser – Podkolzin7:53

    xG 0.53–0.05 (92%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  2. Miller – Pearson – Garland10:42

    xG 0.70–0.52 (58%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  3. Chiasson – Petan – Pettersson8:00

    xG 0.49–0.33 (60%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  4. Chiasson – Pettersson – Podkolzin2:22

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMyers – Hughes4:06

    xG 0.64–0.05 (93%)attempts 11–1goals 0–0

  2. Hamonic – Hunt5:11

    xG 0.36–0.09 (80%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Schenn – Hughes10:41

    xG 0.46–0.20 (69%)attempts 8–5goals 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.

VAN 3.7 xGDET 2.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANDET

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 9/100 · #1201 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.73 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 64% of the time.

VAN winsDET wins

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

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