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Tue, Jan 3, 2012·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Detroit Red Wings 5, Dallas Stars 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 75% of the time.

DAL winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET3152808531
DAL1142718429

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:02DETValtteri FilppulaAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Ian White · Wrist, 0.22 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:06DETJiri HudlerAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Valtteri Filppula · Deflected, 0.11 xG2–0
  3. P1 17:56DALLoui ErikssonAssists: Jamie Benn, Jordie Benn · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P1 19:00DETJiri HudlerAssists: Valtteri Filppula, Henrik Zetterberg · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–1
  5. P2 1:04DALJamie BennAssists: Alex Goligoski, Michael Ryder · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–2
  6. P2 3:51DETCory EmmertonAssists: Gustav Nyquist, Brad Stuart · Wrist, 0.04 xG4–2
  7. P2 7:25DALMichael RyderAssists: Jamie Benn, Loui Eriksson · Wrist, 0.03 xG4–3
  8. P2 11:46DETJohan FranzenGWGAssists: Pavel Datsyuk · Slap, 0.10 xG5–3
  9. P3 14:07DALMichael RyderAssists: Tom Wandell, Trevor Daley · Wrist, 0.03 xG5–4
Penalties (1)
  1. P1 0:15DETTodd Bertuzzi: Holding the stick2 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 SOG0DAL
45% to win55% to win
← DET attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Datsyuk won the faceoff against Ott
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETDAL
31Shots on goal29
2.9Expected goals1.6
57Shot attempts51
23Faceoffs won34
0Power plays1
2Penalty minutes0
19Hits29
12Blocked shots19
3Giveaways6
8Takeaways7

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. bestZetterberg – Filppula – Hudler16:30

    xG 1.08–0.31 (78%)attempts 18–11goals 3–2

  2. Bertuzzi – Datsyuk – Franzen13:38

    xG 0.78–0.23 (77%)attempts 16–7goals 1–0

  3. Cleary – Miller – Abdelkader10:17

    xG 0.18–0.06 (74%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  4. Emmerton – Andersson – Nyquist8:23

    xG 0.07–0.27 (20%)attempts 5–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLidstrom – White20:40

    xG 1.26–0.50 (72%)attempts 24–15goals 3–2

  2. Stuart – Ericsson2:17

    xG 0.16–0.04 (78%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Stuart – Kronwall18:38

    xG 0.51–0.42 (55%)attempts 13–14goals 1–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestBurish – Wandell – Benn5:47

    xG 0.24–0.01 (96%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Petersen – Burish – Wandell3:27

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Ryder – Eriksson – Benn11:40

    xG 0.50–0.50 (50%)attempts 15–7goals 3–1

  4. Dvorak – Fiddler – Nystrom11:13

    xG 0.19–0.39 (33%)attempts 8–14goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestFistric – Benn10:03

    xG 0.37–0.05 (89%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  2. Daley – Grossmann20:48

    xG 0.51–0.63 (44%)attempts 20–17goals 2–2

  3. Pardy – Benn3:32

    xG 0.02–0.16 (13%)attempts 3–4goals 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 1.6 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 80/100 · #200 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.81 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 42% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 75% 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).