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Tue, Jan 17, 2012·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Detroit Red Wings 3, Dallas Stars 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 64% of the time.

DAL winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
DET15112011041332
DAL2110508030227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:41DETTomas HolmstromAssists: Justin Abdelkader, Jan Mursak · Slap, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:59DALBrenden MorrowPPAssists: Alex Goligoski, Stephane Robidas · Deflected, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P1 16:28DALLoui ErikssonAssists: Sheldon Souray, Adam Burish · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P2 1:43DETJiri HudlerAssists: Valtteri Filppula, Henrik Zetterberg · Backhand, 0.02 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. DET Pavel Datsyuk stopped
  2. 2. DAL Loui Eriksson stopped
  3. 3. DET Jiri Hudler scored
  4. 4. DAL Michael Ryder stopped
  5. 5. DET Todd Bertuzzi stopped
  6. 6. DAL Trevor Daley stopped
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 10:30DETIan White: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 18:57DALTom Wandell: Holding2 min
  3. P3 3:48DETTodd Bertuzzi: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P3 4:04DALTom Wandell: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 7:29DALMark Fistric: Interference2 min
  6. OT 4:42DALStephane Robidas: 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
45% to win55% to win
← DET attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Fiddler won the faceoff against Datsyuk
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETDAL
32Shots on goal27
2.6Expected goals1.8
72Shot attempts50
27Faceoffs won34
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
9Hits29
10Blocked shots22
4Giveaways15
8Takeaways8

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestZetterberg – Filppula – Hudler13:59

    xG 0.41–0.11 (79%)attempts 14–4goals 1–0

  2. Holmstrom – Miller – Abdelkader3:50

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Bertuzzi – Cleary – Datsyuk2:16

    xG 0.09–0.04 (72%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Holmstrom – Abdelkader – Mursak4:16

    xG 0.25–0.20 (56%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLidstrom – White17:04

    xG 0.82–0.50 (62%)attempts 15–13goals 0–1

  2. Stuart – Kronwall15:53

    xG 0.58–0.34 (63%)attempts 16–13goals 1–0

  3. Stuart – Ericsson2:03

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. Dvorak – Ott – Burish9:33

    xG 0.31–0.32 (49%)attempts 5–13goals 0–1

  2. Petersen – Dowell – Vincour6:35

    xG 0.12–0.17 (40%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Morrow – Eriksson – Wandell13:59

    xG 0.23–0.37 (38%)attempts 9–15goals 0–1

  4. Ryder – Fiddler – Nystrom10:33

    xG 0.18–0.41 (30%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDaley – Grossmann16:29

    xG 0.53–0.46 (53%)attempts 13–18goals 0–0

  2. Fistric – Goligoski16:58

    xG 0.34–0.40 (46%)attempts 10–18goals 0–1

  3. Souray – Robidas14:29

    xG 0.42–0.99 (30%)attempts 18–17goals 1–1

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 1.8 xGDET 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 46/100 · #630 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.47 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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, Detroit Red Wings win this game 64% of the time.

DAL winsDET wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).