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2021-03-18 · Little Caesars Arena

2 – 3Final

DET beat DAL 3–2. DET lost the expected-goals battle 2.5 to 3.2 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Robby Fabbri scored at 14:00 of the first, moving DET’s win probability from 53% to 71%. Jonathan Bernier saved 2.1 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
40 – 21
Expected goals
3.2 – 2.5
xG share
DAL 56%
Home-ice start
DET 53%

Win probability

The site’s win-probability model, second by second: score, time left and the manpower on the ice. Dots are goals; hover for the swing.

DAL goalDET goal

Expected goals

Running total of each team’s shot quality (unblocked attempts). Dots are goals.

DALDET

Three stars, by the model

Net goals added in this game versus a league-average player: on-ice goal share, finishing, playmaking, suppression, drawn and taken penalties, faceoffs; goalies by goals saved above expected.

DET
3 G, 0 A · 16:15 TOI
Finishing +2.27
+2.20
DET
Jonathan Bernier
38:32 TOI
GSAx +2.08
+2.08
DAL
1 G, 0 A · 16:22 TOI
Finishing +0.58
+0.57

Rough nights

DAL
57:32 TOI
GSAx −0.77
−0.77
DAL
0 G, 1 A · 24:53 TOI
Finishing −0.55
−0.51
DAL
Denis Gurianov
0 G, 1 A · 14:37 TOI
Finishing −0.46
−0.42

Scoring

Win probability of the scoring team just before and after each goal.

TimeTeamGoalDAL–DETWin prob.
P1 14:00 DETRobby Fabbri
from Anthony Mantha, Troy Stecher
0–153% → 71%
P2 6:36 DETRobby Fabbri
from Marc Staal
0–273% → 87%
P3 9:05 DETRobby Fabbri
from Dylan Larkin
0–396% → 100%
P3 9:30 DALRoope Hintz
from Denis Gurianov, Joel Hanley
1–30% → 4%
P3 18:40 DALJason DickinsonPP
from Jason Robertson, John Klingberg
2–30% → 5%

Every player

Show both lineups

DAL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Roope Hintz C16:221+0.57+0.01+0.58+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.03
Jason Dickinson C14:311+0.40−0.01+0.40−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.01
Joel Hanley D11:501+0.19+0.03−0.01−0.01+0.01+0.18+0.00
Ty Dellandrea C10:56+0.15+0.00−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.18−0.01
Alexander Radulov R19:45+0.01−0.08−0.13+0.03+0.00+0.18+0.00
Tanner Kero C6:41+0.00+0.01−0.00−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Andrej Sekera D12:54−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jamie Oleksiak D19:52−0.08−0.07+0.01−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Joel Kiviranta L10:43−0.09−0.09−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Blake Comeau L10:26−0.09−0.08−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jason Robertson L18:531−0.12+0.11−0.31+0.08−0.00+0.00+0.00
Miro Heiskanen D26:42−0.20−0.01−0.19−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Radek Faksa C17:05−0.23−0.10−0.18−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.06
Joe Pavelski C18:59−0.27+0.04−0.33−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.01
Esa Lindell D21:53−0.31−0.00−0.18+0.02+0.03−0.18+0.00
Jamie Benn L21:26−0.32+0.01−0.33+0.04+0.00+0.00−0.03
Denis Gurianov R14:371−0.42+0.05−0.46−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
John Klingberg D24:531−0.51+0.05−0.55+0.02−0.02+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jake Oettinger G57:32−0.77

DET

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Robby Fabbri C16:153+2.20−0.04+2.27−0.01−0.02+0.00−0.01
Jon Merrill D16:25+0.09+0.10+0.01−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Patrik Nemeth D17:21+0.05+0.05−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Vladislav Namestnikov C16:07+0.04+0.04−0.00−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Filip Hronek D23:24+0.03+0.02+0.01+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Evgeny Svechnikov L8:51+0.02+0.03−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Luke Glendening C17:42−0.02−0.02−0.00−0.03+0.02+0.00+0.02
Danny DeKeyser D18:04−0.02−0.04+0.01−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Anthony Mantha R18:151−0.02−0.06−0.14+0.01−0.00+0.18+0.00
Darren Helm C18:20−0.04+0.05−0.07−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Christian Djoos D9:23−0.17+0.00+0.01+0.01−0.01−0.18+0.00
Sam Gagner C18:23−0.23−0.02−0.20+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Adam Erne L13:15−0.25−0.04−0.23−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.01
Marc Staal D17:541−0.27−0.08+0.01−0.00−0.02−0.18+0.00
Dylan Larkin C18:371−0.29−0.05−0.23+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Troy Stecher D16:331−0.29−0.04−0.10−0.00+0.03−0.18+0.00
Filip Zadina R15:26−0.31+0.09−0.39−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Michael Rasmussen C11:45−0.31+0.02−0.30−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.03
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jonathan Bernier G38:32+2.08
Thomas Greiss G21:28−0.05

Net goals for one game are noisy: a single goal against on the ice or a lucky finish moves them a lot. See the card guide and Net Goals 101 for how they are built.