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Sat, Mar 20, 2010·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Ottawa Senators 4, Dallas Stars 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 68% of the time.

DAL winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT21011217429
DAL2102817525

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:06OTTMike FisherPPAssists: Jason Spezza, Daniel Alfredsson · Tip-in, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:55DALBrad RichardsPPAssists: Stephane Robidas, Brenden Morrow · Slap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P1 17:31DALMike RibeiroAssists: Krys Barch, Toby Petersen · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P1 19:58OTTJason SpezzaPPAssists: Nick Foligno, Daniel Alfredsson · Tip-in, 0.23 xG2–2
  5. P2 5:11OTTJason SpezzaAssists: Chris Campoli · Tip-in, 0.13 xG3–2
  6. P2 16:37DALBrad RichardsAssists: Loui Eriksson · Wrist, 0.18 xG3–3
  7. P2 19:07DALJamie BennAssists: James Neal, Brandon Segal · Wrist, 0.19 xG3–4
  8. P3 4:33DALTrevor DaleyGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–5
  9. P3 18:33OTTJason SpezzaAssists: Matt Cullen, Mike Fisher · Snap, 0.20 xG4–5
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 0:51DALMark Fistric: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 11:54OTTChris Phillips: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 13:01OTTMatt Carkner: High sticking2 min · PPG
  4. P1 18:32DALJamie Benn: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 6:54DALBrandon Segal: Kneeing2 min
  6. P2 16:48OTTMatt Cullen: Interference2 min
  7. P3 9:00DALSteve Ott: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 11:11OTTNick Foligno: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 19:17DALMike Ribeiro: Tripping2 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTDAL
29Shots on goal25
2.8Expected goals1.8
62Shot attempts48
28Faceoffs won31
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
33Hits33
18Blocked shots22
12Giveaways16
3Takeaways11

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 1.8 xGOTT 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 84/100 · #163 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.94 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 68% of the time.

DAL winsOTT wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+4
+5
+6
+7

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