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Mon, Feb 29, 2016·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Detroit Red Wings 3, Dallas Stars 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 67% of the time.

DAL winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DET0711011214333
DAL01611311200241

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 11:50DETAndreas AthanasiouAssists: Tomas Tatar, Gustav Nyquist · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P2 17:32DALColton SceviourAssists: Vernon Fiddler, Alex Goligoski · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P3 6:38DETAndreas AthanasiouAssists: Mike Green, Luke Glendening · Backhand, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P3 18:29DALVernon FiddlerAssists: Ales Hemsky, Jason Demers · Wrist, 0.37 xG2–2
  5. OT 2:33DETPavel DatsyukPPGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.24 xG3–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 8:32DALColton Sceviour: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 17:42DETLuke Glendening: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P2 1:10DALJason Demers: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 3:04DETDanny DeKeyser: Interference2 min
  5. P3 8:51DETHenrik Zetterberg: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 15:25DALJohnny Oduya: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 16:07DETNiklas Kronwall: High sticking2 min
  8. OT 1:51DALMattias Janmark: Hooking2 min · PPG

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
47% to win54% to win
← DET attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Seguin won the faceoff against Datsyuk
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETDAL
33Shots on goal41
3.3Expected goals4.5
60Shot attempts72
26Faceoffs won41
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
19Hits19
13Blocked shots13
6Giveaways18
4Takeaways7

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. bestNyquist – Tatar – Sheahan7:04

    xG 0.31–0.11 (74%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Datsyuk – Zetterberg – Abdelkader13:53

    xG 0.26–0.23 (53%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  3. Helm – Jurco – Glendening6:05

    xG 0.10–0.26 (28%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  4. Richards – Athanasiou – Larkin7:54

    xG 0.29–1.35 (18%)attempts 10–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Ericsson2:52

    xG 0.20–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  2. Ericsson – Green8:33

    xG 0.46–0.46 (51%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  3. Ericsson – DeKeyser2:08

    xG 0.04–0.04 (50%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestHemsky – Roussel – Eakin9:57

    xG 0.90–0.30 (75%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  2. Spezza – Janmark – Nichushkin9:29

    xG 0.83–0.31 (73%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  3. Sharp – Benn – Seguin13:55

    xG 0.67–0.32 (67%)attempts 17–11goals 0–1

  4. Fiddler – Sceviour – Faksa5:52

    xG 0.35–0.34 (51%)attempts 4–8goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBenn – Nemeth9:37

    xG 0.90–0.29 (76%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  2. Oduya – Demers16:27

    xG 0.93–0.51 (65%)attempts 13–16goals 0–1

  3. Goligoski – Klingberg16:40

    xG 0.95–0.67 (59%)attempts 24–16goals 1–1

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 4.5 xGDET 3.3 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 85/100 · #176 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.31 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +37 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 67% 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).