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Sun, Nov 8, 2015·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Dallas Stars 4, Detroit Red Wings 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 64% of the time.

DET winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL2150328426
DET1803011122

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:22DALPatrick SharpPPAssists: John Klingberg, Tyler Seguin · Snap, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:19DALValeri NichushkinGWGAssists: Radek Faksa, Jordie Benn · Wrist, 0.34 xG2–0
  3. P1 19:33DETGustav NyquistPPAssists: Niklas Kronwall, Mike Green · Deflected, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P3 18:52DALTyler SeguinENAssists: Patrick Sharp, John Klingberg · Wrist, 0.52 xG3–1
  5. P3 19:41DALCody EakinENAssists: Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.55 xG4–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 7:04DETDylan Larkin: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 18:13DALJohnny Oduya: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 2:57DALRadek Faksa: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 10:53DALTyler Seguin: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P3 3:40DALTyler Seguin: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 8:09DETMike Green: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 12:05DETJonathan Ericsson: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 19:09DALVernon Fiddler: Delaying game puck over glass2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
47% to win54% to win
← DAL attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Seguin won the faceoff against Glendening
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALDET
26Shots on goal22
3.0Expected goals2.4
40Shot attempts50
31Faceoffs won34
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
16Hits30
13Blocked shots7
9Giveaways5
6Takeaways7

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 – Eakin – Janmark10:30

    xG 0.69–0.21 (77%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  2. Sharp – Benn – Seguin11:53

    xG 0.25–0.14 (65%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  3. Faksa – Shore – Nichushkin8:37

    xG 0.47–0.51 (48%)attempts 4–11goals 1–0

  4. Hemsky – Fiddler – Sceviour6:32

    xG 0.03–0.21 (14%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBenn – Jokipakka10:59

    xG 0.63–0.23 (73%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  2. Klingberg – Jokipakka2:30

    xG 0.03–0.02 (64%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Goligoski – Klingberg14:58

    xG 0.62–0.63 (50%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestAndersson – Pulkkinen – Athanasiou5:34

    xG 0.33–0.01 (96%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  2. Zetterberg – Abdelkader – Larkin13:41

    xG 0.48–0.55 (47%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  3. Miller – Helm – Glendening9:45

    xG 0.11–0.28 (28%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  4. Nyquist – Tatar – Sheahan7:49

    xG 0.35–0.62 (36%)attempts 9–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Ericsson – DeKeyser13:53

    xG 0.25–0.28 (47%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Kronwall – Green16:54

    xG 0.33–0.45 (42%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  3. Smith – Marchenko11:10

    xG 0.61–0.74 (45%)attempts 14–8goals 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.

DET 2.4 xGDAL 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 34/100 · #846 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.15 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 64% 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).