Sat, Dec 3, 2022·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit
Vegas Golden Knights 4, Detroit Red Wings 1
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 50% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VGK | 16 | 29 | 110 | 425 |
| DET | 09 | 16 | 010 | 125 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 1:04VGKJack EichelAssists: Chandler Stephenson, Brayden McNabb · Wrist, 0.25 xG1–0
- P2 7:50VGKJonathan MarchessaultPPGWGAssists: Shea Theodore, Mark Stone · Snap, 0.10 xG2–0
- P2 11:37DETOskar SundqvistPPAssists: Dominik Kubalik, Dylan Larkin · Wrist, 0.40 xG2–1
- P2 16:32VGKPhil KesselAssists: Nicolas Roy · Snap, 0.21 xG3–1
- P3 17:00VGKReilly SmithENAssists: Phil Kessel, Brayden McNabb · Wrist, 0.67 xG4–1
Penalties (4)
- P2 7:16DETJordan Oesterle: Tripping2 min · PPG
- P2 10:41VGKZach Whitecloud: Hooking2 min · PPG
- P2 14:22VGKPhil Kessel: Hooking2 min
- P3 11:24VGKAlec Martinez: Tripping2 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Rasmussen won the faceoff against Roy
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.
Vegas Golden Knights
Forward lines
- bestSmith – Karlsson – Marchessault13:20
xG 0.44–0.25 (63%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0
- Stone – Stephenson – Eichel10:35
xG 0.28–0.36 (43%)attempts 7–13goals 1–0
- Kessel – Roy – Cotter8:31
xG 0.30–0.50 (37%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0
- Carrier – Kolesar – Leschyshyn10:12
xG 0.32–0.62 (34%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestHague – Miromanov13:18
xG 0.79–0.25 (76%)attempts 16–6goals 0–0
- McNabb – Theodore13:39
xG 0.82–0.37 (69%)attempts 11–12goals 1–0
- McNabb – Whitecloud2:05
xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0
Detroit Red Wings
Forward lines
- bestPerron – Larkin – Raymond8:34
xG 0.39–0.03 (93%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0
- Kubalik – Rasmussen – Suter6:22
xG 0.46–0.32 (59%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0
- Perron – Kubalik – Larkin4:19
xG 0.30–0.27 (53%)attempts 5–3goals 0–1
- Czarnik – Veleno – Berggren9:12
xG 0.36–0.41 (47%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestOesterle – Walman16:48
xG 1.01–0.56 (64%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0
- Chiarot – Seider14:11
xG 0.46–0.37 (56%)attempts 15–12goals 0–1
- Maatta – Oesterle2:04
xG 0.09–0.42 (18%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
DET's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line DET is favoured, below it VGK. Dots are goals.
Did the better team win?
Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.
Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 50% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (DET − VGK), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).