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Tue, Feb 14, 2012·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Dallas Stars 1, Detroit Red Wings 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 74% of the time.

DET winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL0100615121
DET22001116337

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:57DETHenrik ZetterbergPPAssists: Pavel Datsyuk, Nicklas Lidstrom · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:15DETBrad StuartGWGAssists: Darren Helm · Slap, 0.01 xG0–2
  3. P3 15:11DETJiri HudlerAssists: Valtteri Filppula, Ian White · Snap, 0.11 xG0–3
  4. P3 19:27DALAdam BurishAssists: Michael Ryder, Loui Eriksson · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–3
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 7:24DALJamie Benn: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  2. P1 14:13DALAdam Burish: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 10:43DALSteve Ott: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 12:58DALSteve Ott: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 16:16DETNiklas Kronwall: Holding2 min
  6. P2 18:32DALVernon Fiddler: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 18:32DETDrew Miller: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 6:26DALPhilip Larsen: Interference2 min
  9. P3 15:11DALMike Ribeiro: Misconduct10 min
  10. P3 17:23DETDarren Helm: Hooking2 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
45% to win55% to win
← DAL attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zetterberg won the faceoff against Benn
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALDET
21Shots on goal37
2.1Expected goals3.5
47Shot attempts54
27Faceoffs won22
2Power plays5
22Penalty minutes6
22Hits15
8Blocked shots11
2Giveaways9
2Takeaways5

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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestBurish – Dowell – Wandell6:58

    xG 0.32–0.03 (92%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. Ott – Benn – Vincour9:45

    xG 0.31–0.48 (39%)attempts 10–8goals 0–1

  3. Dvorak – Fiddler – Nystrom7:40

    xG 0.30–0.52 (37%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

  4. Ribeiro – Ryder – Eriksson13:49

    xG 0.19–1.50 (11%)attempts 11–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRobidas – Goligoski15:39

    xG 0.46–0.32 (59%)attempts 15–10goals 1–1

  2. Fistric – Larsen10:40

    xG 0.19–0.64 (23%)attempts 6–12goals 0–1

  3. Daley – Grossmann12:43

    xG 0.46–1.32 (26%)attempts 13–14goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestBertuzzi – Datsyuk – Franzen11:01

    xG 1.29–0.10 (93%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  2. Zetterberg – Filppula – Hudler9:08

    xG 0.34–0.32 (52%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  3. Miller – Abdelkader – Helm9:25

    xG 0.33–0.39 (46%)attempts 9–8goals 1–1

  4. Holmstrom – Emmerton – Mursak5:25

    xG 0.02–0.32 (5%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLidstrom – White16:03

    xG 1.82–0.64 (74%)attempts 21–15goals 0–0

  2. Ericsson – Kindl10:51

    xG 0.33–0.17 (66%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  3. Stuart – Kronwall12:30

    xG 0.57–0.48 (54%)attempts 11–11goals 2–0

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.

DET 3.5 xGDAL 2.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 13/100 · #1041 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.55 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 74% of the time.

DET winsDAL wins

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

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