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Sun, Jan 19, 2025·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Detroit Red Wings 1, Dallas Stars 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 51% of the time.

DAL winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET08014112134
DAL3100718425

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:26DALMatěj BlümelAssists: Justin Hryckowian, Colin Blackwell · Snap, 0.28 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:05DALJason RobertsonPPGWGAssists: Matt Duchene, Miro Heiskanen · Wrist, 0.18 xG0–2
  3. P1 14:18DALMavrik BourqueAssists: Ilya Lyubushkin, Matt Duchene · Backhand, 0.08 xG0–3
  4. P3 12:01DETMarco KasperAssists: Simon Edvinsson, Dylan Larkin · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–3
  5. P3 14:09DALWyatt JohnstonAssists: Jason Robertson · Backhand, 0.16 xG1–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 0:24DALEvgenii Dadonov: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 12:43DETJonatan Berggren: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 17:25DALNils Lundkvist: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 19:22DALBrendan Smith: Interference2 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
43% to win57% to win
← DET attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Johnston won the faceoff against Larkin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETDAL
34Shots on goal25
3.1Expected goals3.1
70Shot attempts44
26Faceoffs won38
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
28Hits19
7Blocked shots15
14Giveaways21
5Takeaways7

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. bestLarkin – Raymond – Kasper14:09

    xG 1.13–0.35 (76%)attempts 23–7goals 1–0

  2. Tarasenko – Compher – Rasmussen8:44

    xG 0.33–0.11 (76%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  3. Tarasenko – Compher – Berggren3:32

    xG 0.32–0.09 (78%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Copp – DeBrincat – Berggren8:08

    xG 0.39–0.19 (67%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChiarot – Seider16:37

    xG 0.90–0.37 (71%)attempts 22–14goals 0–0

  2. Johansson – Edvinsson18:40

    xG 0.66–0.54 (55%)attempts 18–9goals 1–0

  3. Holl – Gustafsson14:14

    xG 0.60–1.06 (36%)attempts 14–12goals 0–1

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestBlackwell – Blümel – Hryckowian7:30

    xG 0.93–0.24 (79%)attempts 6–9goals 1–0

  2. Steel – Bäck – Stankoven12:09

    xG 0.54–0.23 (70%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  3. Benn – Duchene – Bourque11:36

    xG 0.49–0.18 (73%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

  4. Dadonov – Robertson – Johnston11:33

    xG 0.47–0.95 (33%)attempts 8–15goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmith – Lundkvist14:12

    xG 1.37–0.88 (61%)attempts 14–19goals 1–0

  2. Lyubushkin – Harley16:50

    xG 0.76–0.27 (74%)attempts 10–14goals 1–0

  3. Lindell – Heiskanen17:47

    xG 0.28–0.93 (23%)attempts 10–22goals 0–1

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 3.1 xGDET 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 22/100 · #1024 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.54 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +10 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 51% 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).