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Sat, Apr 24, 2021·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Dallas Stars 2, Detroit Red Wings 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 96% of the time.

DET winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DAL02102011011252
DET130301100117

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:17DETDennis CholowskiAssists: Evgeny Svechnikov, Richard Panik · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P3 3:52DALMark PysykAssists: Jason Robertson, Jamie Oleksiak · Wrist, 0.27 xG1–1
  3. OT 0:32DALJamie BennGWGUnassisted · Snap, 0.21 xG2–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 9:38DETTroy Stecher: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 12:34DETFilip Hronek: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P2 1:59DETSam Gagner: Holding the stick2 min
  4. P2 14:07DETEvgeny Svechnikov: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 0:47DALJason Dickinson: 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 20:00Benn won the faceoff against Filppula
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALDET
52Shots on goal17
5.2Expected goals1.2
85Shot attempts32
35Faceoffs won22
4Power plays1
2Penalty minutes8
16Hits15
8Blocked shots18
4Giveaways7
3Takeaways1

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 – Robertson12:18

    xG 0.95–0.43 (69%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  2. Comeau – Cogliano – Faksa9:27

    xG 0.55–0.15 (78%)attempts 17–5goals 0–0

  3. Benn – Dickinson – Gurianov10:25

    xG 0.18–0.39 (31%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSekera – Hanley8:13

    xG 0.69–0.11 (87%)attempts 11–6goals 0–1

  2. Oleksiak – Heiskanen14:25

    xG 0.92–0.52 (64%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  3. Sekera – Lindell2:52

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestPanik – Namestnikov – Svechnikov2:13

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Helm – Glendening – Erne9:24

    xG 0.30–0.26 (53%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  3. Gagner – Svechnikov – Rasmussen4:03

    xG 0.13–0.12 (53%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  4. Filppula – Vrana – Zadina9:04

    xG 0.20–0.38 (34%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. DeKeyser – Stecher2:13

    xG 0.06–0.05 (51%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Biega3:09

    xG 0.01–0.10 (6%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  3. Biega – Hronek2:24

    xG 0.01–0.15 (4%)attempts 1–5goals 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 1.2 xGDAL 5.2 xG
0123456P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 36/100 · #528 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.24 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 20% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +26 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 96% 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).