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Thu, Jan 12, 2017·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Detroit Red Wings 2, Dallas Stars 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 65% of the time.

DAL winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET21106016233
DAL1431215521

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:39DALLauri KorpikoskiAssists: Jordie Benn, Patrick Sharp · Tip-in, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:09DETGustav NyquistPPAssists: Thomas Vanek, Henrik Zetterberg · Wrist, 0.30 xG1–1
  3. P1 15:42DETHenrik ZetterbergAssists: Gustav Nyquist, Anthony Mantha · Snap, 0.20 xG2–1
  4. P2 3:31DALBrett RitchieAssists: Radek Faksa · Tip-in, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. P2 15:53DALJohn KlingbergGWGAssists: Devin Shore · Deflected, 0.33 xG2–3
  6. P2 16:42DALStephen JohnsAssists: Johnny Oduya, Jason Spezza · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–4
  7. P3 18:54DALPatrick EavesENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.53 xG2–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 6:55DALCody Eakin: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 10:51DALBrett Ritchie: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 13:03DALTyler Seguin: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  4. P1 13:10DALRadek Faksa: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 0:47DETAnthony Mantha: Boarding2 min
  6. P3 14:22DALJason Spezza: Tripping2 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
44% to win56% to win
← DET attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Seguin won the faceoff against Ott
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETDAL
33Shots on goal21
3.4Expected goals4.4
77Shot attempts53
31Faceoffs won27
5Power plays1
2Penalty minutes10
8Hits17
13Blocked shots24
5Giveaways7
2Takeaways8

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. Ott – Miller – Glendening8:27

    xG 0.16–0.16 (50%)attempts 12–7goals 0–1

  2. Nielsen – Vanek – Athanasiou10:24

    xG 0.98–1.00 (50%)attempts 17–11goals 0–1

  3. Abdelkader – Tatar – Larkin9:25

    xG 0.33–0.38 (47%)attempts 11–10goals 0–1

  4. Zetterberg – Nyquist – Mantha14:31

    xG 0.76–0.95 (44%)attempts 12–17goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreen – DeKeyser12:51

    xG 1.39–0.66 (68%)attempts 19–11goals 0–0

  2. Jensen – Ouellet9:37

    xG 0.33–0.34 (49%)attempts 17–5goals 0–0

  3. Ericsson – Marchenko13:37

    xG 0.46–0.47 (49%)attempts 12–13goals 1–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestHudler – Ritchie – Shore8:35

    xG 1.07–0.19 (85%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  2. Eaves – Benn – Seguin10:30

    xG 0.37–0.16 (70%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Spezza – Roussel – Eakin8:56

    xG 0.43–0.61 (41%)attempts 12–11goals 1–0

  4. Sharp – Korpikoski – Faksa9:51

    xG 0.38–0.56 (40%)attempts 8–13goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Benn12:18

    xG 0.63–0.22 (74%)attempts 14–6goals 1–0

  2. Oduya – Johns12:50

    xG 0.70–0.32 (69%)attempts 15–17goals 2–0

  3. Hamhuis – Johns2:02

    xG 0.10–0.05 (69%)attempts 1–4goals 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.

DAL 4.4 xGDET 3.4 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 54/100 · #515 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.27 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 37% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 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 65% 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).