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Tue, Mar 14, 2023·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Detroit Red Wings 1, Nashville Predators 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 84% of the time.

NSH winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET01001118129
NSH051813216

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 10:58NSHKiefer SherwoodAssists: Philip Tomasino, Colton Sissons · Snap, 0.22 xG0–1
  2. P3 2:22NSHTommy NovakGWGAssists: Cal Foote, Kiefer Sherwood · Tip-in, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P3 17:44DETAlex ChiassonPPAssists: Andrew Copp, Lucas Raymond · Deflected, 0.81 xG1–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 3:07NSHMatt Duchene: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 3:38DETMoritz Seider: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 9:15NSHKiefer Sherwood: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 15:20DETDylan Larkin: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 1:11DETDavid Perron: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P2 5:44NSHRoman Josi: Holding2 min
  7. P2 8:34DETRobert Hagg: Holding2 min
  8. P3 11:49DETJake Walman: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 17:20NSHDante Fabbro: Roughing2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NSH
49% to win51% to win
← DET attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sissons won the faceoff against Copp
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETNSH
29Shots on goal16
3.8Expected goals1.7
64Shot attempts34
23Faceoffs won32
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
20Hits17
12Blocked shots18
13Giveaways18
10Takeaways3

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. bestPerron – Larkin – Raymond3:00

    xG 0.41–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 0–0

  2. Larkin – Suter – Raymond7:35

    xG 0.58–0.17 (77%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  3. Perron – Kubalik – Copp7:42

    xG 0.40–0.09 (82%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  4. Chiasson – Erne – Czarnik6:12

    xG 0.23–0.12 (65%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHagg – Lindstrom12:04

    xG 0.57–0.31 (65%)attempts 13–7goals 0–1

  2. Chiarot – Maatta13:03

    xG 0.34–0.09 (80%)attempts 16–5goals 0–0

  3. Walman – Seider12:39

    xG 0.75–0.53 (59%)attempts 14–9goals 0–1

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. Duchene – Glass – Tomasino7:29

    xG 0.11–0.15 (43%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  2. Duchene – Novak – Tomasino2:18

    xG 0.05–0.16 (24%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Jankowski – Asplund – Afanasyev6:39

    xG 0.14–0.29 (33%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

  4. Novak – Sherwood – Evangelista4:23

    xG 0.09–0.33 (22%)attempts 3–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Gravel – Foote8:37

    xG 0.25–0.25 (49%)attempts 4–7goals 1–0

  2. Josi – Foote3:16

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  3. Josi – Fabbro9:56

    xG 0.24–0.37 (39%)attempts 5–7goals 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 1.7 xGDET 3.8 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 21/100 · #1114 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.07 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 84% of the time.

NSH winsDET wins

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

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