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Thu, Oct 14, 2010·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Detroit Red Wings 1, Dallas Stars 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 79% of the time.

DAL winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET0707112126
DAL133804415

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:41DALBrad RichardsPPAssists: Matt Niskanen, Mike Ribeiro · Slap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P2 0:44DALLoui ErikssonGWGAssists: Brad Richards, James Neal · Wrist, 0.22 xG0–2
  3. P2 7:03DALBrenden MorrowAssists: Mike Ribeiro · Deflected, 0.09 xG0–3
  4. P2 16:26DALJames NealAssists: Brad Richards, Trevor Daley · Backhand, 0.12 xG0–4
  5. P3 11:25DETNiklas KronwallPPAssists: Todd Bertuzzi, Jiri Hudler · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 0:28DETBrad Stuart: Boarding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 8:57DETJohan Franzen: Interference2 min
  3. P1 15:11DALJames Neal: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 17:44DALJames Neal: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 7:37DALBrandon Segal: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 11:21DALKarlis Skrastins: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 17:38DETRuslan Salei: Interference2 min
  8. P3 9:35DALBrad Richards: Slashing2 min · PPG

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 SOG0DAL
47% to win53% to win
← DET attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Ribeiro won the faceoff against Modano
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETDAL
26Shots on goal15
2.9Expected goals1.3
64Shot attempts39
31Faceoffs won29
5Power plays3
6Penalty minutes10
24Hits30
11Blocked shots19
9Giveaways9
4Takeaways12

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. bestBertuzzi – Filppula – Hudler3:07

    xG 0.39–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  2. Bertuzzi – Filppula – Franzen3:50

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Modano – Cleary – Hudler5:52

    xG 0.21–0.05 (79%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Cleary – Datsyuk – Zetterberg2:40

    xG 0.29–0.18 (62%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Kindl3:00

    xG 0.35–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Salei – Kronwall3:09

    xG 0.29–0.05 (85%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Salei – Kindl8:54

    xG 0.41–0.28 (60%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestMorrow – Ribeiro – Burish9:53

    xG 0.22–0.07 (76%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  2. Petersen – Ott – Sutherby7:01

    xG 0.02–0.13 (14%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

  3. Richards – Eriksson – Neal14:06

    xG 0.53–0.72 (42%)attempts 11–15goals 2–0

  4. Barch – Segal – Wandell5:51

    xG 0.01–0.22 (5%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRobidas – Grossmann13:41

    xG 0.64–0.30 (68%)attempts 13–8goals 2–0

  2. Daley – Fistric16:40

    xG 0.24–0.61 (28%)attempts 8–15goals 1–0

  3. Skrastins – Niskanen12:32

    xG 0.10–0.54 (16%)attempts 6–15goals 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.

DAL 1.3 xGDET 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALDET

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 13/100 · #1015 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.60 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50DAL 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, Detroit Red Wings win this game 79% of the time.

DAL winsDET wins

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

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