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Tue, Nov 29, 2016·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Dallas Stars 1, Detroit Red Wings 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 75% of the time.

DET winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL1909017135
DET1711013320

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:16DALEsa LindellAssists: Tyler Seguin, Cody Eakin · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:21DETDylan LarkinPPAssists: Mike Green, Frans Nielsen · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:56DETAnthony ManthaPPGWGAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Niklas Kronwall · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P3 18:57DETSteve OttENAssists: Thomas Vanek · Wrist, 0.62 xG1–3
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 9:47DETRyan Sproul: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 19:15DALStephen Johns: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P2 6:19DALJordie Benn: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 10:39DETNiklas Kronwall: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 16:26DALCurtis McKenzie: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 4:27DETTomas Tatar: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 8:09DALJason Spezza: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 11:26DETJonathan Ericsson: Interference2 min
  9. P3 12:40DETSteve Ott: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 14:37DALAntoine Roussel: Fighting5 min
  11. P3 14:37DETXavier Ouellet: Fighting5 min
  12. P3 16:13DALPatrick Sharp: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 16:13DETPetr Mrazek: Roughing2 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
44% to win56% to win
← DAL attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Eakin won the faceoff against Nielsen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALDET
35Shots on goal20
3.4Expected goals1.9
60Shot attempts37
32Faceoffs won30
5Power plays4
15Penalty minutes17
21Hits19
12Blocked shots13
3Giveaways3
1Takeaways8

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 – Sharp – Eaves8:13

    xG 0.40–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Roussel – Ritchie – Faksa7:47

    xG 0.44–0.22 (67%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Benn – Eakin – Seguin12:06

    xG 0.39–0.21 (65%)attempts 9–9goals 1–0

  4. Korpikoski – McKenzie – Shore5:42

    xG 0.15–0.25 (37%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Honka13:19

    xG 0.68–0.25 (73%)attempts 14–5goals 0–0

  2. Benn – Lindell12:35

    xG 0.69–0.32 (68%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  3. Johns – Oleksiak13:32

    xG 0.27–0.24 (54%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestOtt – Sheahan – Jurco7:01

    xG 0.25–0.18 (57%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Zetterberg – Tatar – Mantha8:29

    xG 0.18–0.15 (54%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  3. Nielsen – Abdelkader – Glendening7:16

    xG 0.11–0.24 (31%)attempts 4–5goals 0–1

  4. Vanek – Nyquist – Larkin6:01

    xG 0.10–0.76 (12%)attempts 2–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Ericsson – Ouellet4:28

    xG 0.16–0.16 (49%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Kronwall – Sproul4:13

    xG 0.16–0.19 (46%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Green – DeKeyser12:09

    xG 0.24–0.41 (37%)attempts 7–10goals 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 1.9 xGDAL 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 19/100 · #960 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.02 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 38% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 75% of the time.

DET winsDAL wins

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

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