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Sat, Feb 10, 2024·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Vancouver Canucks 3, Detroit Red Wings 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 55% of the time.

DET winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
VAN0831201100331
DET110082812428

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:45DETLucas RaymondAssists: David Perron, Jeff Petry · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:09VANNils HoglanderAssists: Filip Hronek, Elias Pettersson · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:10VANFilip HronekAssists: Ilya Mikheyev, Elias Pettersson · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–1
  4. P2 13:27VANElias PetterssonAssists: Pius Suter, Filip Hronek · Wrist, 0.19 xG3–1
  5. P3 2:34DETDaniel SprongPPAssists: Patrick Kane, Joseph Veleno · Wrist, 0.16 xG3–2
  6. P3 7:51DETMichael RasmussenAssists: Jake Walman, Christian Fischer · Tip-in, 0.09 xG3–3
  7. OT 0:23DETJake WalmanGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.35 xG3–4
Penalties (18)
  1. P1 10:08DETDavid Perron: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 11:40VANQuinn Hughes: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P1 11:40DETDylan Larkin: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 17:33VANNikita Zadorov: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 4:11VANNikita Zadorov: Match penalty5 min
  6. P2 9:03VANFilip Hronek: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 17:51DETDylan Larkin: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 17:51DETLucas Raymond: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 17:51VANNils Hoglander: Roughing2 min
  10. P2 17:51DETAlex DeBrincat: Fighting5 min
  11. P2 17:51VANIan Cole: Fighting5 min · PPG
  12. P3 0:39VANNils Hoglander: Tripping2 min
  13. P3 10:48DETDavid Perron: Holding2 min
  14. P3 18:49VANDakota Joshua: Roughing2 min
  15. P3 18:49DETMoritz Seider: Roughing2 min
  16. P3 18:49VANTeddy Blueger: Roughing2 min
  17. P3 18:49DETMichael Rasmussen: Roughing2 min
  18. OT 0:23VANQuinn Hughes: Penalty shot tripping on breakaway0 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANDET
31Shots on goal28
3.1Expected goals2.7
64Shot attempts53
32Faceoffs won22
3Power plays4
24Penalty minutes19
25Hits17
16Blocked shots20
4Giveaways5
6Takeaways2

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestMiller – Lindholm – Boeser10:40

    xG 0.43–0.14 (76%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  2. Pettersson – Suter – Hoglander9:05

    xG 0.40–0.13 (75%)attempts 10–8goals 2–1

  3. Di Giuseppe – Mikheyev – Aman4:07

    xG 0.09–0.07 (57%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Blueger – Joshua – Garland8:14

    xG 0.08–0.15 (36%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Myers – Hronek5:07

    xG 0.20–0.17 (53%)attempts 6–6goals 1–0

  2. Zadorov – Juulsen4:35

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Cole – Myers7:00

    xG 0.21–0.20 (51%)attempts 5–7goals 0–1

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestCopp – Fischer – Rasmussen9:36

    xG 0.26–0.20 (57%)attempts 9–5goals 1–0

  2. Fabbri – Sprong – Veleno4:13

    xG 0.07–0.08 (46%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  3. Larkin – DeBrincat – Raymond8:02

    xG 0.06–0.25 (18%)attempts 6–12goals 0–1

  4. Perron – Kane – Compher10:47

    xG 0.05–0.62 (8%)attempts 6–16goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMaatta – Gostisbehere8:04

    xG 0.25–0.17 (60%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  2. Maatta – Walman2:25

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Walman – Seider9:55

    xG 0.27–0.42 (39%)attempts 10–10goals 1–1

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 2.7 xGVAN 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 86/100 · #222 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.12 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 10% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +30 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 55% of the time.

DET winsVAN wins

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

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