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Sat, Mar 23, 2024·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Detroit Red Wings 0, Nashville Predators 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 53% of the time.

NSH winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET080905022
NSH01307112132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 14:46NSHFilip ForsbergGWGAssists: Roman Josi, Gustav Nyquist · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 0:34DETAndrew Copp: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 0:34NSHKiefer Sherwood: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 7:01NSHAlexandre Carrier: Cross checking2 min
  4. P1 14:11DETSimon Edvinsson: Interference2 min
  5. P2 4:55DETMoritz Seider: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 4:55NSHFilip Forsberg: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 6:34NSHJason Zucker: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 15:18NSHRoman Josi: Tripping2 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 SOG0NSH
46% to win54% to win
← DET attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Copp won the faceoff against McCarron
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETNSH
22Shots on goal32
2.3Expected goals2.4
49Shot attempts65
28Faceoffs won26
3Power plays1
9Penalty minutes13
5Hits25
14Blocked shots13
10Giveaways25
5Takeaways19

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. bestFabbri – Czarnik – Veleno6:49

    xG 0.29–0.08 (79%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  2. Perron – Larkin – Raymond10:05

    xG 0.22–0.30 (42%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Kane – Compher – DeBrincat9:23

    xG 0.24–0.37 (40%)attempts 8–15goals 0–0

  4. Copp – Fischer – Rasmussen9:26

    xG 0.41–0.58 (41%)attempts 5–17goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestChiarot – Seider11:30

    xG 0.50–0.31 (62%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  2. Petry – Chiarot2:52

    xG 0.20–0.10 (65%)attempts 3–5goals 0–1

  3. Maatta – Gostisbehere8:57

    xG 0.43–0.38 (53%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestZucker – Sissons – Evangelista2:01

    xG 0.26–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Zucker – Sissons – Beauvillier5:19

    xG 0.22–0.07 (77%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Jankowski – Novak – Evangelista5:35

    xG 0.33–0.21 (60%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Nyquist – O'Reilly – Forsberg10:06

    xG 0.45–0.52 (47%)attempts 18–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcDonagh – Josi3:16

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  2. Josi – Barrie2:18

    xG 0.11–0.03 (77%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. McDonagh – Barrie12:16

    xG 0.48–0.44 (52%)attempts 13–14goals 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 2.4 xGDET 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 9/100 · #1205 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.72 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +36 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 53% 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).