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Thu, Apr 22, 2021·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Dallas Stars 3, Detroit Red Wings 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 66% of the time.

DET winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL012219115346
DET391737723

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:50DETJakub VranaAssists: Filip Zadina · Snap, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:35DETLuke GlendeningAssists: Marc Staal, Adam Erne · Tip-in, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P1 19:49DETRichard PanikAssists: Sam Gagner · Backhand, 0.08 xG0–3
  4. P2 2:07DALRadek FaksaPPAssists: Tanner Kero, Esa Lindell · Snap, 0.16 xG1–3
  5. P2 6:50DETJakub VranaGWGAssists: Danny DeKeyser, Gustav Lindstrom · Tip-in, 0.04 xG1–4
  6. P2 12:46DALJoe PavelskiAssists: John Klingberg, Roope Hintz · Backhand, 0.04 xG2–4
  7. P3 10:09DETJakub VranaUnassisted · Snap, 0.20 xG2–5
  8. P3 13:29DALDenis GurianovPPAssists: Jason Robertson, Tanner Kero · Slap, 0.04 xG3–5
  9. P3 15:48DETJakub VranaAssists: Danny DeKeyser, Filip Zadina · Backhand, 0.12 xG3–6
  10. P3 18:47DETSam GagnerENAssists: Gustav Lindstrom · Wrist, 0.52 xG3–7
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 1:11DETMichael Rasmussen: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P2 10:38DETVladislav Namestnikov: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 14:41DALAndrew Cogliano: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 3:25DETDanny DeKeyser: Interference2 min
  5. P3 12:06DETTroy Stecher: Holding2 min · PPG

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 20:00Benn won the faceoff against Rasmussen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALDET
46Shots on goal23
2.7Expected goals2.0
75Shot attempts40
31Faceoffs won30
4Power plays1
2Penalty minutes8
19Hits22
7Blocked shots20
2Giveaways9
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. bestPavelski – Hintz – Robertson11:43

    xG 0.36–0.12 (75%)attempts 15–5goals 0–1

  2. Benn – Dickinson – Gurianov9:15

    xG 0.36–0.28 (56%)attempts 10–9goals 0–1

  3. Comeau – Cogliano – Dickinson2:36

    xG 0.14–0.09 (61%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  4. Comeau – Cogliano – Faksa9:30

    xG 0.18–0.16 (53%)attempts 7–7goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestSekera – Hanley8:15

    xG 0.32–0.15 (69%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

  2. Klingberg – Lindell10:11

    xG 0.28–0.31 (47%)attempts 14–8goals 0–2

  3. Oleksiak – Heiskanen15:57

    xG 0.29–0.37 (44%)attempts 12–13goals 0–2

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestFilppula – Vrana – Zadina3:44

    xG 0.40–0.14 (74%)attempts 5–5goals 3–0

  2. Gagner – Panik – Namestnikov2:33

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

  3. Filppula – Gagner – Svechnikov4:30

    xG 0.12–0.03 (79%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Helm – Glendening – Erne8:21

    xG 0.04–0.22 (16%)attempts 3–14goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeKeyser – Lindstrom8:29

    xG 0.26–0.09 (74%)attempts 4–7goals 2–0

  2. Staal – Stecher9:50

    xG 0.22–0.15 (59%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

  3. Cholowski – Stecher2:59

    xG 0.17–0.10 (62%)attempts 2–2goals 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 2.0 xGDAL 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 75/100 · #216 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.81 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 66% 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).