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Thu, Feb 15, 2024·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Detroit Red Wings 1, Vancouver Canucks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 67% of the time.

VAN winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET03110015128
VAN2611015421

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:37VANJ.T. MillerUnassisted · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:31VANElias LindholmGWGAssists: Elias Pettersson · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–2
  3. P2 12:51VANNikita ZadorovAssists: Elias Pettersson, Nils Hoglander · Snap, 0.00 xG0–3
  4. P2 14:25DETJ.T. CompherAssists: Patrick Kane, Christian Fischer · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–3
  5. P3 12:59VANElias LindholmAssists: Elias Pettersson · Snap, 0.20 xG1–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 1:26VANPius Suter: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 12:06VANIan Cole: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 18:52VANNikita Zadorov: Interference2 min
  4. P2 2:27DETJeff Petry: High sticking double minor4 min
  5. P3 0:16VANQuinn Hughes: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 5:14VANTeddy Blueger: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 15:24VANPius Suter: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 15:24DETJake Walman: Cross checking2 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 SOG0VAN
46% to win54% to win
← DET attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Blueger won the faceoff against Copp
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETVAN
28Shots on goal21
3.2Expected goals2.2
64Shot attempts51
24Faceoffs won30
5Power plays2
6Penalty minutes12
17Hits18
17Blocked shots14
4Giveaways7
4Takeaways1

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. bestLarkin – Sprong – Raymond5:13

    xG 0.44–0.28 (61%)attempts 8–5goals 0–2

  2. Copp – Fischer – Rasmussen5:09

    xG 0.09–0.02 (79%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  3. Kane – Compher – DeBrincat7:31

    xG 0.34–0.32 (51%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  4. Perron – Kane – Compher2:13

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Maatta – Gostisbehere9:35

    xG 0.38–0.35 (53%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  2. Petry – Chiarot13:10

    xG 0.39–0.38 (51%)attempts 9–12goals 1–1

  3. Gostisbehere – Seider2:18

    xG 0.12–0.23 (35%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestLindholm – Pettersson – Hoglander8:04

    xG 0.56–0.24 (70%)attempts 15–6goals 3–0

  2. Blueger – Garland – Mikheyev7:32

    xG 0.46–0.30 (61%)attempts 10–9goals 0–1

  3. Miller – Boeser – Suter9:47

    xG 0.31–0.25 (55%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  4. Di Giuseppe – Lafferty – Aman5:46

    xG 0.00–0.24 (0%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestZadorov – Juulsen10:24

    xG 0.55–0.20 (73%)attempts 15–6goals 1–0

  2. Myers – Hughes2:25

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Hronek – Hughes12:22

    xG 0.63–0.71 (47%)attempts 14–16goals 2–1

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.

VAN 2.2 xGDET 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANDET

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 25/100 · #1018 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.77 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 67% of the time.

VAN winsDET wins

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

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