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Thu, Mar 18, 2021·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Dallas Stars 2, Detroit Red Wings 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 51% of the time.

DET winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL01408218240
DET1417110321

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:00DETRobby FabbriAssists: Anthony Mantha, Troy Stecher · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:36DETRobby FabbriAssists: Marc Staal · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P3 9:05DETRobby FabbriGWGAssists: Dylan Larkin · Wrist, 0.26 xG0–3
  4. P3 9:30DALRoope HintzAssists: Denis Gurianov, Joel Hanley · Tip-in, 0.15 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:40DALJason DickinsonAssists: Jason Robertson, John Klingberg · Tip-in, 0.09 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 2:38DETMarc Staal: Holding the stick2 min
  2. P1 13:00DALTy Dellandrea: Interference2 min
  3. P1 13:00DETVladislav Namestnikov: Embellishment2 min
  4. P2 16:33DETTroy Stecher: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 5:50DETChristian Djoos: Holding2 min
  6. P3 12:49DALEsa Lindell: Holding2 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 Rasmussen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALDET
40Shots on goal21
2.9Expected goals3.0
55Shot attempts43
26Faceoffs won25
3Power plays1
4Penalty minutes8
28Hits16
10Blocked shots6
2Giveaways3
1Takeaways3

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. bestHintz – Gurianov – Robertson9:28

    xG 0.61–0.16 (79%)attempts 12–2goals 1–0

  2. Pavelski – Kero – Dellandrea4:45

    xG 0.24–0.11 (69%)attempts 3–2goals 0–1

  3. Pavelski – Radulov – Benn3:44

    xG 0.09–0.02 (80%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Radulov – Benn – Dickinson8:06

    xG 0.76–0.75 (50%)attempts 13–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlingberg – Lindell13:27

    xG 0.74–0.44 (63%)attempts 15–10goals 0–1

  2. Sekera – Hanley10:03

    xG 0.55–0.26 (68%)attempts 12–6goals 1–0

  3. Klingberg – Heiskanen2:55

    xG 0.14–0.02 (86%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestSvechnikov – Rasmussen – Zadina2:26

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  2. Mantha – Larkin – Fabbri11:44

    xG 0.79–0.81 (50%)attempts 6–13goals 1–1

  3. Gagner – Namestnikov – Zadina7:42

    xG 0.12–0.15 (45%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  4. Gagner – Svechnikov – Rasmussen2:43

    xG 0.00–0.17 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNemeth – Merrill9:17

    xG 0.47–0.26 (64%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. DeKeyser – Hronek10:08

    xG 0.84–0.64 (57%)attempts 9–12goals 1–0

  3. Merrill – Djoos2:48

    xG 0.19–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 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 3.0 xGDAL 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 60/100 · #341 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.68 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 51% of the time.

DET winsDAL wins

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

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