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Sat, Mar 20, 2021·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Dallas Stars 3, Detroit Red Wings 0

Expected result

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

DET winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL0911529333
DET050709021

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 17:22DALTanner KeroGWGAssists: Jamie Oleksiak · Backhand, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P3 8:16DALAndrej SekeraAssists: Radek Faksa · Tip-in, 0.00 xG2–0
  3. P3 13:43DALTy DellandreaPPAssists: Roope Hintz, Esa Lindell · Tip-in, 0.18 xG3–0
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 12:28DETDylan Larkin: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 16:02DALNick Caamano: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 19:05DETMichael Rasmussen: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 11:49DETVladislav Namestnikov: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P3 16:09DALRoope Hintz: 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
46% to win54% to win
← DAL attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hintz won the faceoff against Glendening
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALDET
33Shots on goal21
2.2Expected goals1.5
61Shot attempts45
31Faceoffs won21
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
26Hits29
12Blocked shots17
2Giveaways7
1Takeaways2

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. bestFaksa – Dickinson – Dellandrea9:56

    xG 0.50–0.07 (88%)attempts 15–5goals 1–0

  2. Pavelski – Benn – Kiviranta10:20

    xG 0.40–0.09 (81%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. Hintz – Gurianov – Robertson10:37

    xG 0.59–0.45 (57%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  4. Kero – Caamano – Gardner6:34

    xG 0.08–0.00 (98%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOleksiak – Heiskanen15:43

    xG 0.73–0.17 (81%)attempts 14–9goals 1–0

  2. Sekera – Hanley12:54

    xG 0.36–0.31 (54%)attempts 16–10goals 1–0

  3. Klingberg – Lindell14:23

    xG 0.30–0.41 (42%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestGagner – Namestnikov – Zadina8:32

    xG 0.26–0.16 (63%)attempts 5–7goals 0–1

  2. Ryan – Mantha – Rasmussen2:01

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  3. Helm – Glendening – Erne8:26

    xG 0.09–0.36 (21%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  4. Mantha – Larkin – Fabbri9:23

    xG 0.14–0.58 (20%)attempts 4–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNemeth – Merrill6:34

    xG 0.44–0.03 (94%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  2. Nemeth – Cholowski2:20

    xG 0.06–0.08 (43%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Merrill – Cholowski2:15

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 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 1.5 xGDAL 2.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 7/100 · #789 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.65 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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.

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).