Tonight: 3 gamesModel estimates, not official NHL statistics
puckmodel
← All recaps

2018-12-04 · Little Caesars Arena

6 – 5Final/SO

TBL beat DET 6–5 in a shootout. TBL also won the expected-goals battle 4.3 to 1.9: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Cedric Paquette scored short-handed at 14:58 of the third, moving TBL’s win probability from 11% to 48%. Jimmy Howard allowed 3.4 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
35 – 24
Expected goals
4.3 – 1.9
xG share
TBL 69%
Home-ice start
DET 53%

Win probability

The site’s win-probability model, second by second: score, time left and the manpower on the ice. Dots are goals; hover for the swing.

TBL goalDET goal

Expected goals

Running total of each team’s shot quality (unblocked attempts). Dots are goals.

TBLDET

Three stars, by the model

Net goals added in this game versus a league-average player: on-ice goal share, finishing, playmaking, suppression, drawn and taken penalties, faceoffs; goalies by goals saved above expected.

DET
Frans Nielsen
3 G, 0 A · 17:11 TOI
On-ice −0.17 · Finishing +2.40 · Shootout −0.30
+1.95
DET
2 G, 0 A · 21:36 TOI
On-ice −0.12 · Finishing +1.28 · Shootout +0.75
+1.94
TBL
2 G, 1 A · 12:15 TOI
On-ice +0.13 · Finishing +1.47
+1.59

Rough nights

DET
Jimmy Howard
65:00 TOI
GSAx −3.39
−3.39
TBL
Edward Pasquale
65:00 TOI
GSAx −3.06
−3.06
DET
Thomas Vanek
0 G, 0 A · 16:16 TOI
On-ice −0.38 · Finishing −0.12 · Shootout −0.27
−0.75

Scoring

Win probability of the scoring team just before and after each goal.

TimeTeamGoalTBL–DETWin prob.
P1 16:54 DETGustav Nyquist
from Dylan Larkin
0–153% → 71%
P1 17:15 DETFrans Nielsen
from Andreas Athanasiou
0–271% → 85%
P2 5:10 TBLMathieu Joseph
from Ryan Callahan
1–213% → 27%
P2 11:37 TBLMathieu Joseph
from Yanni Gourde
2–226% → 47%
P2 13:33 DETFrans Nielsen
from Luke Witkowski
2–353% → 75%
P2 14:27 TBLSteven Stamkos
from Ryan Callahan
3–325% → 47%
P2 16:26 DETFrans Nielsen
from Andreas Athanasiou
3–453% → 76%
P3 4:06 DETGustav Nyquist
from Dylan Larkin, Justin Abdelkader
3–579% → 94%
P3 9:50 TBLJ.T. Miller
from Mikhail Sergachev
4–54% → 17%
P3 14:58 TBLCedric PaquetteSH
from Mathieu Joseph
5–511% → 48%

Every player

Show both lineups

TBL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Mathieu Joseph R12:1521+1.59+0.13+1.47−0.00+0.01+0.00−0.01+0.00
J.T. Miller C11:561+1.15+0.23+0.92+0.03−0.00+0.00−0.02+0.00
Cedric Paquette C13:221+0.79+0.13+0.67−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Steven Stamkos C17:171+0.78+0.03+0.50+0.04−0.01+0.18+0.04+0.00
Nikita Kucherov R22:14+0.76+0.01−0.32+0.03−0.02+0.00+0.00+1.06
Victor Hedman D24:03+0.64+0.16−0.24+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.71
Ryan McDonagh D23:58+0.27+0.39−0.34+0.03+0.01+0.18+0.00−0.00
Alex Killorn L14:36+0.27+0.31−0.04+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Anthony Cirelli C14:57+0.26+0.37−0.12+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Braydon Coburn D16:53+0.17+0.24−0.06−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Erik Cernak D21:55+0.17+0.18−0.01+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Dan Girardi D18:54+0.16+0.23−0.08+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Ondrej Palat L13:51+0.09+0.04−0.00+0.04+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Yanni Gourde C15:211+0.03+0.18−0.15+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Mikhail Sergachev D18:331−0.17+0.03−0.22+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Ryan Callahan R14:222−0.28+0.18−0.29+0.01−0.00−0.18+0.01+0.00
Brayden Point C21:29−0.28+0.04−0.23+0.02−0.00+0.00−0.02−0.09
Tyler Johnson C15:31−0.55−0.12−0.26−0.01+0.00−0.18+0.02+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Edward Pasquale G65:00−3.06

DET

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Frans Nielsen C17:113+1.95−0.17+2.40−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.01−0.30
Gustav Nyquist R21:362+1.94−0.12+1.28+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.02+0.75
Nick Jensen D23:41+0.11+0.07+0.01+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Jacob de la Rose L16:39−0.00−0.17−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.18+0.00+0.00
Danny DeKeyser D16:08−0.01+0.10−0.11−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Luke Witkowski D9:121−0.06−0.07+0.01−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Justin Abdelkader L20:521−0.06−0.02−0.03−0.00+0.01+0.00−0.02+0.00
Luke Glendening C16:31−0.11−0.10−0.00−0.04+0.01+0.00+0.02+0.00
Christoffer Ehn C7:57−0.12−0.09−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01+0.00
Martin Frk R7:52−0.19−0.16−0.00−0.01−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jonathan Ericsson D15:11−0.20−0.19+0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Andreas Athanasiou C20:332−0.24−0.20−0.21−0.01−0.02+0.18+0.02+0.00
Michael Rasmussen C15:22−0.32−0.27−0.04+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Dennis Cholowski D15:41−0.33−0.32+0.01−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Niklas Kronwall D22:09−0.42−0.37−0.01−0.02−0.02+0.00+0.00−0.00
Mike Green D24:52−0.51−0.29+0.01−0.02−0.03−0.18+0.00−0.00
Dylan Larkin C25:132−0.68−0.17−0.27+0.03−0.02−0.18−0.06+0.00
Thomas Vanek L16:16−0.75−0.38−0.12+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.27
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jimmy Howard G65:00−3.39

Net goals for one game are noisy: a single goal against on the ice or a lucky finish moves them a lot. See the card guide and Net Goals 101 for how they are built.