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Tue, Jan 2, 2024·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Detroit Red Wings 5, San Jose Sharks 3

Expected result

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

SJS winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET1811439531
SJS1111818327

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:11DETDaniel SprongPPAssists: Lucas Raymond, Shayne Gostisbehere · Slap, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P1 16:50SJSFabian ZetterlundAssists: Mikael Granlund, Mike Hoffman · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P2 6:07DETJ.T. CompherAssists: Justin Holl, Olli Maatta · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P2 18:54SJSJustin BaileyAssists: Mario Ferraro · Tip-in, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P3 9:24SJSAlexander BarabanovAssists: Mario Ferraro, Ty Emberson · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–3
  6. P3 10:55DETDavid PerronPPAssists: Daniel Sprong, Lucas Raymond · Snap, 0.08 xG3–3
  7. P3 18:30DETDavid PerronGWGAssists: Lucas Raymond · Wrist, 0.03 xG4–3
  8. P3 19:54DETMichael RasmussenENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.76 xG5–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 4:18SJSCalen Addison: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P2 4:12SJSCalen Addison: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 4:12DETLucas Raymond: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  4. P2 7:11SJSTy Emberson: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 1:56DETJustin Holl: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 9:53SJSJan Rutta: Holding2 min · PPG
  7. P3 11:18DETDylan Larkin: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 15:41SJSWilliam Eklund: High sticking2 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 SOG0SJS
46% to win54% to win
← DET attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Larkin won the faceoff against Granlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETSJS
31Shots on goal27
2.7Expected goals2.3
54Shot attempts69
33Faceoffs won29
4Power plays2
6Penalty minutes10
19Hits26
29Blocked shots16
4Giveaways2
7Takeaways12

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 – Raymond9:44

    xG 0.30–0.17 (64%)attempts 11–5goals 1–0

  2. Fabbri – Fischer – Sprong7:28

    xG 0.31–0.32 (49%)attempts 5–15goals 0–0

  3. Copp – Rasmussen – Veleno10:15

    xG 0.33–0.49 (40%)attempts 10–12goals 0–3

  4. Kane – Compher – DeBrincat7:44

    xG 0.15–0.46 (25%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHoll – Maatta8:52

    xG 0.61–0.25 (71%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Holl – Gostisbehere2:02

    xG 0.22–0.17 (56%)attempts 3–3goals 0–1

  3. Chiarot – Maatta5:11

    xG 0.07–0.10 (40%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestHoffman – Granlund – Zetterlund11:32

    xG 1.02–0.19 (84%)attempts 15–10goals 1–0

  2. Hertl – Duclair – Eklund10:08

    xG 0.46–0.23 (67%)attempts 12–16goals 0–0

  3. Bailey – Carpenter – Zadina5:29

    xG 0.25–0.05 (84%)attempts 13–2goals 1–0

  4. Kunin – Studnicka – Barabanov6:21

    xG 0.08–0.32 (20%)attempts 3–5goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRutta – Thrun12:16

    xG 0.64–0.18 (78%)attempts 19–12goals 0–0

  2. Ferraro – Emberson15:24

    xG 1.05–0.82 (56%)attempts 19–17goals 3–0

  3. Burroughs – Addison10:28

    xG 0.21–0.29 (42%)attempts 12–8goals 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.

SJS 2.3 xGDET 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSDET

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 95/100 · #77 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.68 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 17% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +48 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.

SJS winsDET wins

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

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