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Fri, Oct 8, 2010·Prudential Center, Newark

Dallas Stars 4, New Jersey Devils 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 54% of the time.

NJD winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DAL1112120411428
NJD2111501301330

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:45NJDTravis ZajacAssists: Ilya Kovalchuk, Andy Greene · Wrist, 0.24 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:13NJDZach PariseAssists: Ilya Kovalchuk, Travis Zajac · Snap, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P1 11:16DALBrenden MorrowAssists: Mike Ribeiro, Mark Fistric · Snap, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P2 3:02DALLoui ErikssonAssists: James Neal, Brad Richards · Wrist, 0.37 xG2–2
  5. P2 10:22NJDJason ArnottPPAssists: Patrik Elias, Jamie Langenbrunner · Slap, 0.02 xG2–3
  6. P2 11:38DALBrad RichardsAssists: James Neal · Wrist, 0.14 xG3–3
  7. OT 1:36DALLoui ErikssonGWGUnassisted · Snap, 0.06 xG4–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 3:44DALSteve Ott: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  2. P1 3:44NJDMark Fraser: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  3. P1 12:46NJDRod Pelley: Holding2 min
  4. P1 18:12DALSteve Ott: Cross checking2 min
  5. P1 18:12NJDMark Fraser: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 8:53DALSteve Ott: Charging2 min · PPG

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 SOG0NJD
47% to win53% to win
← DAL attackNJD 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.

DALNJD
28Shots on goal30
2.5Expected goals2.7
48Shot attempts44
24Faceoffs won15
1Power plays1
6Penalty minutes6
23Hits16
8Blocked shots8
4Giveaways4
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. bestMorrow – Ribeiro – Burish13:39

    xG 0.51–0.07 (88%)attempts 12–2goals 1–0

  2. Richards – Eriksson – Neal13:25

    xG 0.71–0.29 (71%)attempts 11–10goals 2–0

  3. Petersen – Sutherby – Segal5:52

    xG 0.15–0.19 (45%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Ott – Wandell – Benn8:37

    xG 0.39–0.63 (39%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSkrastins – Niskanen15:12

    xG 0.97–0.62 (61%)attempts 13–14goals 2–0

  2. Robidas – Grossmann15:43

    xG 0.50–0.32 (61%)attempts 16–10goals 0–0

  3. Daley – Fistric15:42

    xG 0.32–1.27 (20%)attempts 7–13goals 1–2

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestRolston – Zubrus – Clarkson12:11

    xG 1.12–0.39 (74%)attempts 14–7goals 0–1

  2. Kovalchuk – Parise – Zajac15:40

    xG 0.48–0.31 (61%)attempts 9–12goals 2–0

  3. Arnott – Langenbrunner – Elias12:34

    xG 0.35–0.62 (36%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVolchenkov – Fraser9:27

    xG 0.96–0.12 (89%)attempts 10–3goals 1–0

  2. Volchenkov – Urbom6:46

    xG 0.19–0.31 (38%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. White – Taormina13:34

    xG 0.26–0.41 (39%)attempts 8–12goals 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.

NJD 2.7 xGDAL 2.5 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

NJD's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line NJD is favoured, below it DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 74/100 · #284 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.68 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 18% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +23 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 54% of the time.

NJD winsDAL wins

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

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