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Wed, Oct 14, 2009·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Nashville Predators 0, Dallas Stars 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 63% of the time.

DAL winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NSH0909011029
DAL4811117626

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:17DALBrenden MorrowGWGAssists: Mike Ribeiro, Jamie Benn · Slap, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 3:57DALBrad RichardsAssists: Loui Eriksson, James Neal · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P1 6:31DALLoui ErikssonAssists: James Neal, Brad Richards · Tip-in, 0.18 xG0–3
  4. P1 8:48DALBrenden MorrowPPAssists: Brad Richards, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–4
  5. P2 1:27DALLoui ErikssonPPAssists: James Neal, Mike Ribeiro · Wrist, 0.48 xG0–5
  6. P3 17:47DALToby PetersenAssists: Karlis Skrastins, Jere Lehtinen · Tip-in, 0.04 xG0–6
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 8:16NSHDan Hamhuis: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 19:59NSHMartin Erat: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P2 0:35NSHKevin Klein: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 4:32NSHDavid Legwand: Elbowing2 min
  5. P2 14:09DALNicklas Grossmann: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 19:03DALBrian Sutherby: Cross checking2 min
  7. P3 1:09DALStephane Robidas: Interference2 min
  8. P3 9:35DALMike Ribeiro: 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.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
43% to win57% to win
← NSH attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Ribeiro won the faceoff against Arnott
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHDAL
29Shots on goal26
3.1Expected goals3.9
59Shot attempts45
28Faceoffs won32
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
33Hits18
10Blocked shots11
5Giveaways8
8Takeaways8

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 3.9 xGNSH 3.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALNSH

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 NSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #1208 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.44 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 63% of the time.

DAL winsNSH wins

Simulated goal difference (DAL − NSH), 10,000 replays

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).