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Tue, Jan 16, 2018·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Dallas Stars 4, Detroit Red Wings 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 92% of the time.

DET winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL21011313426
DET161405215

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:44DETTrevor DaleyAssists: Tyler Bertuzzi, Andreas Athanasiou · Tip-in, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 2:48DALRadek FaksaAssists: Esa Lindell, John Klingberg · Tip-in, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P1 8:55DALJason SpezzaPPAssists: John Klingberg, Alexander Radulov · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P2 11:43DETAndreas AthanasiouAssists: Tyler Bertuzzi, Niklas Kronwall · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–2
  5. P2 14:08DALJason SpezzaPPGWGAssists: Alexander Radulov, Jamie Benn · Slap, 0.19 xG3–2
  6. P3 9:13DALMartin HanzalAssists: Remi Elie, Stephen Johns · Wrist, 0.31 xG4–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 6:56DETLuke Witkowski: Elbowing2 min · PPG
  2. P1 7:50DETDominic Turgeon: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P1 9:11DALMartin Hanzal: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 7:18DALAlexander Radulov: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 13:03DALStephen Johns: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 13:03DETLuke Witkowski: Fighting5 min · PPG
  7. P2 13:03DETLuke Witkowski: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 0:00DALJamie Benn: Slashing2 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
46% to win54% to win
← DAL attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Faksa won the faceoff against Zetterberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALDET
26Shots on goal15
3.9Expected goals1.1
51Shot attempts45
32Faceoffs won27
3Power plays2
11Penalty minutes11
27Hits19
22Blocked shots15
10Giveaways16
7Takeaways3

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. bestHanzal – Ritchie – Elie8:35

    xG 0.74–0.31 (70%)attempts 5–8goals 1–1

  2. Roussel – Pitlick – Faksa9:52

    xG 0.44–0.05 (90%)attempts 17–3goals 1–0

  3. Hanzal – Ritchie – Janmark2:18

    xG 0.10–0.07 (56%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Radulov – Benn – Seguin12:21

    xG 0.16–0.19 (46%)attempts 5–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlingberg – Lindell15:45

    xG 0.72–0.23 (75%)attempts 10–14goals 2–1

  2. Johns – Honka9:52

    xG 0.40–0.18 (69%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  3. Hamhuis – Pateryn16:30

    xG 0.40–0.32 (56%)attempts 14–11goals 0–1

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. Athanasiou – Bertuzzi – Larkin10:41

    xG 0.44–0.55 (44%)attempts 11–6goals 2–1

  2. Nielsen – Tatar – Frk8:21

    xG 0.21–0.33 (39%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Zetterberg – Nyquist – Mantha14:48

    xG 0.22–0.44 (33%)attempts 10–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Green12:05

    xG 0.31–0.22 (59%)attempts 5–14goals 1–0

  2. Daley – DeKeyser14:13

    xG 0.26–0.23 (53%)attempts 18–8goals 1–0

  3. Ericsson – Green3:25

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 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.

DET 1.1 xGDAL 3.9 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 50/100 · #631 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.60 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 92% 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).