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Sat, Apr 27, 2013·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Detroit Red Wings 3, Dallas Stars 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 92% of the time.

DAL winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET11808211337
DAL090404017

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:17DETHenrik ZetterbergGWGAssists: Justin Abdelkader, Pavel Datsyuk · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P3 1:57DETHenrik ZetterbergSHAssists: Pavel Datsyuk · Backhand, 0.11 xG2–0
  3. P3 6:30DETJonathan EricssonAssists: Pavel Datsyuk, Henrik Zetterberg · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–0
Penalties (10)
  1. P2 9:44DETNiklas Kronwall: Holding2 min
  2. P2 10:10DALErik Cole: Interference2 min
  3. P2 11:37DETBrendan Smith: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 15:01DALRyan Garbutt: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 15:01DALRyan Garbutt: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 0:00DALVernon Fiddler: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 0:00DETBrendan Smith: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 0:00DETBrendan Smith: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 11:27DALRyan Garbutt: Slashing2 min
  10. P3 18:21DALReilly Smith: Too many men on the ice2 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
43% to win57% to win
← DET attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Benn won the faceoff against Datsyuk
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETDAL
37Shots on goal17
4.3Expected goals1.3
74Shot attempts46
27Faceoffs won26
4Power plays3
8Penalty minutes12
14Hits30
18Blocked shots15
6Giveaways13
2Takeaways6

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. bestDatsyuk – Zetterberg – Abdelkader10:19

    xG 0.92–0.40 (70%)attempts 19–10goals 2–0

  2. Cleary – Filppula – Franzen12:15

    xG 0.54–0.12 (82%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

  3. Andersson – Nyquist – Brunner9:28

    xG 0.44–0.15 (75%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  4. Tootoo – Eaves – Emmerton5:55

    xG 0.27–0.15 (64%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Ericsson12:03

    xG 1.46–0.33 (81%)attempts 22–13goals 2–0

  2. Kindl – DeKeyser11:14

    xG 1.12–0.29 (80%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

  3. Quincey – Smith12:54

    xG 0.65–0.10 (87%)attempts 18–6goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestWandell – Roussel – MacDermid3:55

    xG 0.14–0.05 (74%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  2. Smith – Eakin – Garbutt5:17

    xG 0.08–0.12 (40%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

  3. Wandell – Smith – MacDermid2:18

    xG 0.01–0.35 (3%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  4. Whitney – Eriksson – Benn11:54

    xG 0.33–0.71 (32%)attempts 11–18goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. Robidas – Rome12:50

    xG 0.37–0.77 (32%)attempts 16–15goals 0–1

  2. Goligoski – Dillon14:36

    xG 0.40–1.04 (28%)attempts 13–20goals 0–1

  3. Larsen – Benn13:27

    xG 0.13–1.27 (10%)attempts 9–17goals 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 4.3 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 11/100 · #643 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.93 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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 92% 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).