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Tue, Jan 26, 2021·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Detroit Red Wings 1, Dallas Stars 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 61% of the time.

DAL winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DET16060900121
DAL061110411222

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:37DETVladislav NamestnikovAssists: Taro Hirose, Givani Smith · Backhand, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P2 5:27DALJohn KlingbergPPAssists: Denis Gurianov, Joe Pavelski · Slap, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. OT 1:32DALJason DickinsonGWGAssists: John Klingberg, Denis Gurianov · Snap, 0.05 xG1–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 8:46DETBobby Ryan: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 18:54DALTy Dellandrea: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  3. P2 5:23DETFilip Hronek: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P2 10:18DETDylan Larkin: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 15:03DETLuke Glendening: Interference2 min
  6. P2 16:10DALJoe Pavelski: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 15:51DALRhett Gardner: Hooking2 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
46% to win54% to win
← DET attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dowling won the faceoff against Namestnikov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETDAL
21Shots on goal22
2.0Expected goals1.5
42Shot attempts45
24Faceoffs won28
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
18Hits22
14Blocked shots12
9Giveaways8
6Takeaways6

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. bestRyan – Namestnikov – Mantha11:10

    xG 0.69–0.02 (97%)attempts 13–3goals 0–0

  2. Bertuzzi – Larkin – Brome7:57

    xG 0.16–0.05 (78%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Filppula – Nielsen – Glendening10:08

    xG 0.00–0.16 (0%)attempts 2–11goals 0–0

  4. Smith – Rasmussen – Hirose5:24

    xG 0.15–0.44 (26%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNemeth – Hronek15:39

    xG 0.73–0.49 (60%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  2. Djoos – DeKeyser11:18

    xG 0.33–0.26 (56%)attempts 12–12goals 1–0

  3. Staal – Stecher15:47

    xG 0.16–0.17 (47%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestDickinson – Gurianov – Dellandrea2:55

    xG 0.14–0.01 (92%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Cogliano – Faksa – Dellandrea7:59

    xG 0.09–0.00 (98%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Dowling – Dickinson – Gurianov8:24

    xG 0.02–0.17 (8%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Pavelski – Radulov – Kero12:04

    xG 0.13–0.43 (23%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Sekera – Hanley8:57

    xG 0.01–0.00 (79%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Oleksiak – Heiskanen11:54

    xG 0.25–0.27 (49%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  3. Klingberg – Lindell14:51

    xG 0.14–0.58 (20%)attempts 6–12goals 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 1.5 xGDET 2.0 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 45/100 · #463 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.44 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +22 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 61% 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).