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Sat, Feb 21, 2015·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Detroit Red Wings 7, Dallas Stars 6 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 60% of the time.

DAL winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DET1111741711736
DAL1133152600634

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:42DALJamie BennAssists: Jordie Benn, Colton Sceviour · Wrist, 0.50 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:57DETGustav NyquistAssists: Riley Sheahan, Alexey Marchenko · Snap, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:20DETPavel DatsyukUnassisted · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–1
  4. P2 15:16DALTrevor DaleyAssists: Shawn Horcoff, Jamie Benn · Snap, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. P2 17:02DALCody EakinAssists: Trevor Daley, John Klingberg · Snap, 0.02 xG2–3
  6. P2 18:16DALErik ColeAssists: Jason Demers, Ryan Garbutt · Wrist, 0.44 xG2–4
  7. P3 0:56DETJakub KindlAssists: Luke Glendening, Tomas Jurco · Slap, 0.04 xG3–4
  8. P3 1:41DETJakub KindlAssists: Tomas Tatar, Pavel Datsyuk · Slap, 0.21 xG4–4
  9. P3 4:29DALCurtis McKenzieAssists: Jordie Benn, Ales Hemsky · Slap, 0.20 xG4–5
  10. P3 10:37DALShawn HorcoffPPAssists: Erik Cole, Ales Hemsky · Snap, 0.26 xG4–6
  11. P3 12:47DETJustin AbdelkaderPPAssists: Niklas Kronwall · Deflected, 0.17 xG5–6
  12. P3 18:12DETPavel DatsyukAssists: Tomas Tatar, Gustav Nyquist · Backhand, 0.17 xG6–6
  13. OT 0:36DETNiklas KronwallGWGAssists: Darren Helm, Pavel Datsyuk · Backhand, 0.06 xG7–6
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 6:46DETJonathan Ericsson: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 6:46DALJamie Benn: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 3:30DALJamie Benn: Roughing2 min
  4. P3 7:19DALAntoine Roussel: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 9:45DETLuke Glendening: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P3 11:01DALJohn Klingberg: Delaying game2 min · PPG
  7. P3 13:41DETJakub Kindl: 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
46% to win54% to win
← DET attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Eakin won the faceoff against Datsyuk
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETDAL
36Shots on goal34
3.3Expected goals3.9
66Shot attempts65
30Faceoffs won44
3Power plays2
9Penalty minutes11
17Hits31
20Blocked shots14
6Giveaways14
11Takeaways10

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. bestWeiss – Nyquist – Sheahan7:26

    xG 0.44–0.24 (65%)attempts 8–5goals 1–1

  2. Zetterberg – Abdelkader – Pulkkinen7:37

    xG 0.40–0.23 (64%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  3. Datsyuk – Helm – Tatar15:06

    xG 0.90–0.89 (50%)attempts 21–13goals 2–1

  4. Abdelkader – Nyquist – Sheahan2:14

    xG 0.07–0.23 (22%)attempts 3–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmith – Marchenko12:18

    xG 0.60–0.47 (56%)attempts 16–8goals 1–1

  2. Kindl – DeKeyser12:07

    xG 0.81–0.85 (49%)attempts 17–8goals 3–2

  3. Kronwall – Ericsson15:29

    xG 0.56–1.18 (32%)attempts 16–23goals 0–2

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestCole – Horcoff – Garbutt6:38

    xG 1.25–0.19 (87%)attempts 9–1goals 1–0

  2. Spezza – Benn – Sceviour10:40

    xG 0.83–0.32 (72%)attempts 16–12goals 1–1

  3. Hemsky – Fiddler – McKenzie9:00

    xG 0.61–0.30 (67%)attempts 15–6goals 1–2

  4. Roussel – Eakin – Ritchie11:18

    xG 0.14–0.49 (22%)attempts 7–16goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDemers – Benn14:39

    xG 0.94–0.31 (75%)attempts 15–11goals 2–1

  2. Daley – Jokipakka13:13

    xG 1.16–0.99 (54%)attempts 21–17goals 2–2

  3. Goligoski – Klingberg17:33

    xG 0.36–0.94 (28%)attempts 13–24goals 0–1

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 3.9 xGDET 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 100/100 · #1 of 1230 this seasonSwing 3.42 · 13 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 3% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +45 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 60% 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).