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Mon, Apr 19, 2021·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Detroit Red Wings 2, Dallas Stars 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 81% of the time.

DAL winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
DET072408031222
DAL18112012042336

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:50DALRoope HintzPPAssists: Miro Heiskanen, John Klingberg · Snap, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:45DETLuke GlendeningAssists: Evgeny Svechnikov, Alex Biega · Backhand, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:06DALJason RobertsonAssists: Roope Hintz, Miro Heiskanen · Snap, 0.38 xG1–2
  4. P2 16:55DETLuke GlendeningAssists: Alex Biega, Darren Helm · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. DAL Jason Robertson scored
  2. 2. DET Dylan Larkin scored
  3. 3. DAL Joe Pavelski stopped
  4. 4. DET Sam Gagner stopped
  5. 5. DAL Roope Hintz stopped
  6. 6. DET Adam Erne stopped
  7. 7. DAL Miro Heiskanen stopped
  8. 8. DET Evgeny Svechnikov stopped
  9. 9. DAL Denis Gurianov scored
  10. 10. DET Filip Hronek stopped
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 15:07DETDarren Helm: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  2. P2 5:25DETEvgeny Svechnikov: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 13:47DALJason Robertson: 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 20:00Benn won the faceoff against Glendening
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETDAL
22Shots on goal36
2.0Expected goals4.1
43Shot attempts74
21Faceoffs won28
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
15Hits18
17Blocked shots12
8Giveaways15
2Takeaways10

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. Gagner – Panik – Namestnikov10:30

    xG 0.32–0.32 (51%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  2. Larkin – Svechnikov – Zadina10:24

    xG 0.30–0.39 (43%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  3. Filppula – Erne – Rasmussen2:42

    xG 0.05–0.21 (19%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Filppula – Larkin – Rasmussen2:40

    xG 0.00–0.22 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaal – Biega2:20

    xG 0.33–0.04 (90%)attempts 4–3goals 2–0

  2. Biega – DeKeyser3:43

    xG 0.15–0.09 (63%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Biega – Hronek4:04

    xG 0.04–0.18 (17%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestPavelski – Hintz – Robertson13:06

    xG 1.16–0.26 (82%)attempts 17–6goals 1–0

  2. Benn – Dickinson – Gurianov13:22

    xG 0.56–0.28 (66%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  3. Comeau – Cogliano – Faksa11:51

    xG 0.51–0.37 (58%)attempts 17–11goals 0–0

  4. Dowling – Kero – Gardner7:37

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 1–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOleksiak – Heiskanen15:25

    xG 1.32–0.20 (87%)attempts 27–9goals 1–0

  2. Lindell – Heiskanen2:04

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Vatanen – Oleksiak2:36

    xG 0.20–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 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.

DAL 4.1 xGDET 2.0 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 47/100 · #443 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.51 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +23 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 81% 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).