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Sat, Jan 4, 2014·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Detroit Red Wings 5, Dallas Stars 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 65% of the time.

DAL winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET3131519527
DAL120015010145

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:04DETHenrik ZetterbergUnassisted · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:47DALShawn HorcoffSHAssists: Rich Peverley · Deflected, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P1 18:05DETJoakim AnderssonGWGAssists: Kyle Quincey · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P1 18:19DETDrew MillerAssists: Justin Abdelkader · Tip-in, 0.35 xG3–1
  5. P2 11:57DETTomas TatarUnassisted · Backhand, 0.16 xG4–1
  6. P3 12:39DETHenrik ZetterbergAssists: Daniel Cleary · Slap, 0.10 xG5–1
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 4:30DETAlexey Marchenko: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 9:28DALJordie Benn: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 9:48DETDaniel Cleary: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  4. P1 11:48DALAntoine Roussel: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  5. P1 14:02DALBrenden Dillon: Penalty shot tripping on breakaway0 min
  6. P2 4:14DETLuke Glendening: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 12:23DETJakub Kindl: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 16:19DETNiklas Kronwall: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 6:28DALAntoine Roussel: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 6:41DETTodd Bertuzzi: Holding2 min
  11. P3 8:32DALJordie Benn: Hooking2 min
  12. P3 18:23DETJakub Kindl: Holding2 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
48% to win52% to win
← DET attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Benn won the faceoff against Zetterberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETDAL
27Shots on goal45
3.7Expected goals4.8
51Shot attempts85
22Faceoffs won37
4Power plays7
14Penalty minutes8
12Hits16
18Blocked shots12
4Giveaways17
9Takeaways11

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 – Miller – Abdelkader5:23

    xG 0.98–0.55 (64%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

  2. Alfredsson – Zetterberg – Nyquist10:42

    xG 0.53–0.27 (66%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  3. Samuelsson – Andersson – Tatar3:41

    xG 0.21–0.28 (42%)attempts 5–10goals 1–0

  4. Cleary – Eaves – Glendening8:17

    xG 0.24–0.58 (30%)attempts 5–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestQuincey – Marchenko10:37

    xG 1.22–0.64 (66%)attempts 12–11goals 2–0

  2. Kindl – Lashoff9:42

    xG 0.52–0.30 (63%)attempts 11–13goals 1–0

  3. Quincey – Smith2:13

    xG 0.04–0.36 (11%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestBenn – Seguin – Nichushkin10:16

    xG 0.82–0.57 (59%)attempts 13–12goals 0–1

  2. Roussel – Eakin – Garbutt5:14

    xG 0.37–0.25 (60%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  3. Whitney – Horcoff – Fiddler4:56

    xG 0.25–0.14 (64%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Horcoff – Fiddler – Nichushkin2:15

    xG 0.00–0.03 (5%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGaunce – Benn2:35

    xG 0.45–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 0–0

  2. Goligoski – Dillon13:39

    xG 1.04–0.67 (61%)attempts 20–15goals 0–0

  3. Gaunce – Connauton8:24

    xG 0.54–0.18 (75%)attempts 16–7goals 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 4.8 xGDET 3.7 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 26/100 · #846 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.87 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50DAL 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, Dallas Stars win this game 65% 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).