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Mon, Mar 24, 2025·Delta Center, Salt Lake City

Detroit Red Wings 5, Utah Hockey Club 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Utah Hockey Club win this game 57% of the time.

UTA winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET121339514
UTA190604119

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:46UTADylan GuentherPPAssists: Clayton Keller, Logan Cooley · Slap, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P1 5:08DETElmer SoderblomAssists: Vladimir Tarasenko · Slap, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:34DETMarco KasperGWGAssists: Alex DeBrincat, Simon Edvinsson · Snap, 0.43 xG2–1
  4. P3 9:51DETAustin WatsonAssists: Simon Edvinsson · Tip-in, 0.02 xG3–1
  5. P3 17:06DETAlex DeBrincatENAssists: Patrick Kane · Backhand, 0.65 xG4–1
  6. P3 18:32DETTyler MotteAssists: Craig Smith · Snap, 0.49 xG5–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 2:37DETTyler Motte: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 13:06DETMoritz Seider: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P1 15:09UTAJohn Marino: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 5:25DETAlex DeBrincat: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 17:18DETElmer Soderblom: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 3:07DETTyler Motte: 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 SOG0UTA
43% to win57% to win
← DET attackUTA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cooley won the faceoff against Larkin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETUTA
14Shots on goal19
2.2Expected goals2.5
37Shot attempts62
21Faceoffs won35
1Power plays5
10Penalty minutes2
32Hits26
25Blocked shots15
22Giveaways22
5Takeaways9

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. bestSmith – Watson – Motte4:40

    xG 0.63–0.22 (74%)attempts 6–5goals 2–0

  2. Tarasenko – Compher – Soderblom10:51

    xG 0.21–0.29 (42%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  3. Larkin – Rasmussen – Raymond12:25

    xG 0.06–0.23 (21%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  4. Kane – DeBrincat – Kasper10:39

    xG 0.01–0.68 (2%)attempts 2–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHoll – Johansson10:44

    xG 0.59–0.34 (63%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  2. Chiarot – Seider16:36

    xG 0.31–0.79 (28%)attempts 11–22goals 1–0

  3. Petry – Edvinsson14:19

    xG 0.05–0.82 (6%)attempts 6–19goals 1–0

Utah Hockey Club

Forward lines

  1. bestCrouse – McBain – Doan8:39

    xG 0.61–0.05 (92%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Schmaltz – Keller – Cooley9:09

    xG 0.34–0.04 (90%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Kerfoot – Stenlund – Maccelli8:57

    xG 0.37–0.21 (63%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

  4. Carcone – Hayton – Guenther7:18

    xG 0.24–0.10 (71%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMaatta – Durzi10:09

    xG 0.56–0.16 (77%)attempts 15–7goals 0–1

  2. Cole – Marino4:02

    xG 0.36–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Marino – Sergachev12:45

    xG 0.45–0.13 (78%)attempts 12–10goals 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.

UTA 2.5 xGDET 2.2 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

UTADET

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 31/100 · #906 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.05 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 33% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50UTA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Utah Hockey Club win this game 57% of the time.

UTA winsDET wins

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

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