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Sat, Oct 12, 2024·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Nashville Predators 0, Detroit Red Wings 3

Expected result

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

DET winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NSH016012014042
DET0811024322

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:02DETJ.T. CompherGWGAssists: Ben Chiarot, Moritz Seider · Tip-in, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P3 6:35DETAndrew CoppAssists: Lucas Raymond, Simon Edvinsson · Deflected, 0.22 xG0–2
  3. P3 19:40DETDylan LarkinENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.66 xG0–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 1:40DETBen Chiarot: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 10:43NSHSteven Stamkos: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 10:31NSHJeremy Lauzon: Interference2 min
  4. P2 14:25DETDylan Larkin: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 19:01DETMoritz Seider: 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.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
43% to win57% to win
← NSH attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00McCarron won the faceoff against Copp
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHDET
42Shots on goal22
4.0Expected goals3.8
89Shot attempts46
36Faceoffs won30
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
19Hits22
12Blocked shots31
21Giveaways21
8Takeaways9

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.

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestNyquist – O'Reilly – Forsberg10:51

    xG 1.22–0.28 (81%)attempts 22–6goals 0–1

  2. Stamkos – Marchessault – Jankowski2:28

    xG 0.31–0.05 (86%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Stamkos – Marchessault – Sissons4:43

    xG 0.20–0.16 (56%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  4. Sissons – McCarron – Smith2:59

    xG 0.00–0.03 (3%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJosi – Fabbro10:58

    xG 0.88–0.27 (76%)attempts 21–8goals 0–0

  2. Josi – Skjei4:09

    xG 0.24–0.00 (100%)attempts 12–1goals 0–0

  3. Lauzon – Carrier6:35

    xG 0.37–0.17 (69%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestMotte – Veleno – Berggren5:58

    xG 0.66–0.37 (64%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  2. Copp – Rasmussen – Raymond2:02

    xG 0.22–0.02 (93%)attempts 2–1goals 1–0

  3. Tarasenko – Compher – Raymond5:49

    xG 0.34–0.27 (56%)attempts 6–6goals 1–0

  4. Copp – Fischer – Rasmussen2:46

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHoll – Edvinsson13:46

    xG 0.70–0.44 (61%)attempts 12–14goals 1–0

  2. Maatta – Johansson10:35

    xG 0.48–0.25 (66%)attempts 7–15goals 0–0

  3. Chiarot – Seider15:51

    xG 0.32–1.35 (19%)attempts 8–26goals 1–0

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 3.8 xGNSH 4.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETNSH

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 NSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 8/100 · #1211 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.70 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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.

DET winsNSH wins

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

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