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Sun, Nov 26, 2023·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Minnesota Wild 1, Detroit Red Wings 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 57% of the time.

DET winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN16014018138
DET1101627423

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:06DETDavid PerronPPAssists: Lucas Raymond, Shayne Gostisbehere · Snap, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:48MINJoel Eriksson EkPPAssists: Kirill Kaprizov, Mats Zuccarello · Tip-in, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 16:53DETDylan LarkinGWGAssists: Shayne Gostisbehere · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–2
  4. P3 1:29DETDavid PerronPPAssists: Shayne Gostisbehere, Dylan Larkin · Snap, 0.08 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:37DETShayne GostisbehereENAssists: J.T. Compher, Michael Rasmussen · Wrist, 0.62 xG1–4
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 1:09DETJoseph Veleno: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 3:09MINAlex Goligoski: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P1 10:46MINMatt Boldy: Holding2 min
  4. P1 16:01MINMatt Boldy: Holding2 min
  5. P1 19:35DETKlim Kostin: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P2 15:25DETMoritz Seider: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  7. P2 15:25MINMarco Rossi: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  8. P2 17:42DETAndrew Copp: Holding the stick2 min
  9. P3 0:52MINPatrick Maroon: Tripping2 min · PPG
  10. P3 8:00DETAlex DeBrincat: Cross checking2 min
  11. P3 11:35MINRyan Hartman: Cross checking2 min
  12. P3 11:35DETMoritz Seider: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 11:35MINRyan Hartman: Roughing2 min
  14. P3 15:19DETMoritz Seider: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.

MIN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
46% to win54% to win
← MIN attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Copp won the faceoff against Hartman
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINDET
38Shots on goal23
2.4Expected goals2.8
62Shot attempts53
30Faceoffs won27
5Power plays5
14Penalty minutes14
13Hits13
21Blocked shots13
6Giveaways5
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.

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestZuccarello – Kaprizov – Rossi12:05

    xG 0.57–0.19 (75%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  2. Gaudreau – Duhaime – Dewar3:37

    xG 0.36–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Maroon – Foligno – Hartman9:11

    xG 0.26–0.17 (60%)attempts 14–4goals 0–0

  4. Johansson – Eriksson Ek – Boldy5:51

    xG 0.15–0.11 (58%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSpurgeon – Middleton9:35

    xG 0.56–0.18 (76%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Goligoski – Bogosian7:42

    xG 0.41–0.11 (79%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  3. Brodin – Faber17:01

    xG 0.30–0.26 (53%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestCompher – DeBrincat – Rasmussen7:11

    xG 0.35–0.27 (57%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  2. Perron – Copp – Fabbri7:29

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  3. Larkin – Veleno – Raymond7:10

    xG 0.02–0.31 (6%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

  4. Fischer – Sprong – Kostin5:52

    xG 0.11–0.56 (16%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Gostisbehere – Seider8:52

    xG 0.18–0.34 (35%)attempts 4–7goals 0–1

  2. Holl – Maatta12:50

    xG 0.21–0.39 (35%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  3. Petry – Chiarot15:06

    xG 0.26–0.50 (34%)attempts 12–18goals 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 xGMIN 2.4 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETMIN

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 MIN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 31/100 · #929 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.06 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 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, Detroit Red Wings win this game 57% of the time.

DET winsMIN wins

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

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