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Thu, Dec 4, 2014·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Dallas Stars 2, Detroit Red Wings 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 56% of the time.

DET winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL1911203224
DET31001029529

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:58DETDarren HelmAssists: Kyle Quincey, Niklas Kronwall · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:13DALColton SceviourAssists: Jordie Benn, Jason Demers · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P1 11:14DETStephen WeissAssists: Riley Sheahan, Tomas Jurco · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P1 18:52DETPavel DatsyukPPGWGAssists: Stephen Weiss, Tomas Tatar · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–3
  5. P2 14:26DALTyler SeguinPPAssists: Trevor Daley, Jason Spezza · Tip-in, 0.21 xG2–3
  6. P3 7:39DETKyle QuinceyAssists: Riley Sheahan, Stephen Weiss · Slap, 0.02 xG2–4
  7. P3 13:07DETDarren HelmAssists: Tomas Tatar, Pavel Datsyuk · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 15:27DETJonathan Ericsson: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 17:17DALRyan Garbutt: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P2 12:55DETDanny DeKeyser: High sticking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 16:38DETStephen Weiss: Interference2 min
  5. P2 19:30DALCody Eakin: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P3 11:06DALJohn Klingberg: 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
46% to win54% to win
← DAL attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Glendening won the faceoff against Fiddler
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALDET
24Shots on goal29
2.4Expected goals2.1
33Shot attempts49
29Faceoffs won37
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
24Hits16
11Blocked shots3
2Giveaways8
4Takeaways5

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. bestSpezza – Sceviour – Eakin10:55

    xG 0.40–0.03 (93%)attempts 8–3goals 1–0

  2. Cole – Benn – Seguin10:28

    xG 0.47–0.27 (64%)attempts 6–9goals 0–1

  3. Cole – Spezza – Sceviour2:35

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  4. Horcoff – Moen – Hemsky4:45

    xG 0.06–0.06 (47%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDaley – Goligoski14:05

    xG 0.65–0.49 (57%)attempts 6–16goals 0–1

  2. Klingberg – Jokipakka16:59

    xG 0.36–0.31 (53%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  3. Demers – Benn14:15

    xG 0.26–0.40 (40%)attempts 6–13goals 1–2

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestWeiss – Sheahan – Jurco7:37

    xG 0.44–0.09 (83%)attempts 13–2goals 2–0

  2. Miller – Andersson – Glendening7:45

    xG 0.38–0.15 (72%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Datsyuk – Helm – Tatar13:56

    xG 0.34–0.54 (39%)attempts 15–5goals 2–0

  4. Zetterberg – Franzen – Nyquist12:21

    xG 0.12–0.42 (22%)attempts 5–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestQuincey – DeKeyser16:34

    xG 0.61–0.43 (58%)attempts 13–11goals 3–0

  2. Kindl – Smith12:29

    xG 0.47–0.38 (55%)attempts 14–5goals 0–1

  3. Kronwall – Ericsson16:23

    xG 0.17–0.52 (24%)attempts 13–6goals 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.

DET 2.1 xGDAL 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 54/100 · #523 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.23 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 56% of the time.

DET winsDAL wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).