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Wed, Nov 3, 2010·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Pittsburgh Penguins 2, Dallas Stars 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 75% of the time.

DAL winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT0411217223
DAL21226111529

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:51DALStephane RobidasAssists: Brenden Morrow, Jamie Benn · Slap, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:57DALBrad RichardsAssists: James Neal, Loui Eriksson · Slap, 0.07 xG0–2
  3. P2 6:20PITTyler KennedyAssists: Max Talbot · Backhand, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P2 10:52DALSteve OttGWGAssists: Stephane Robidas, Mike Ribeiro · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–3
  5. P2 11:51DALLoui ErikssonUnassisted · Backhand, 0.36 xG1–4
  6. P3 5:13DALLoui ErikssonUnassisted · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–5
  7. P3 15:36PITMatt CookeAssists: Zbynek Michalek · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–5
Penalties (22)
  1. P1 13:14DALTrevor Daley: Interference2 min
  2. P1 13:37DALAdam Burish: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 15:46PITMark Letestu: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 19:43DALJamie Benn: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 19:43PITTyler Kennedy: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 2:18PITKris Letang: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 6:55DALBrenden Morrow: Slashing2 min
  8. P2 11:51PITAlex Goligoski: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  9. P2 12:31PITKris Letang: Fighting5 min
  10. P2 12:31DALBrenden Morrow: Fighting5 min
  11. P2 12:31PITKris Letang: Slashing2 min
  12. P2 12:31DALBrenden Morrow: Slashing2 min
  13. P2 12:33DALMatt Niskanen: Fighting5 min
  14. P2 12:33PITSidney Crosby: Fighting5 min
  15. P2 12:44PITEric Godard: Elbowing2 min
  16. P2 14:42DALJamie Benn: Fighting5 min
  17. P2 14:42PITChris Kunitz: Fighting5 min
  18. P2 14:42DALBrandon Segal: Hooking2 min
  19. P3 6:37PITArron Asham: Holding2 min
  20. P3 12:06DALBrenden Morrow: Slashing2 min
  21. P3 12:06PITArron Asham: Hooking2 min
  22. P3 19:40PITDeryk Engelland: Slashing2 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.

PIT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
47% to win53% to win
← PIT attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Ribeiro won the faceoff against Crosby
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITDAL
23Shots on goal29
1.7Expected goals3.1
63Shot attempts56
30Faceoffs won28
4Power plays5
34Penalty minutes32
34Hits23
15Blocked shots27
8Giveaways7
4Takeaways11

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.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestAsham – Talbot – Letestu3:32

    xG 0.12–0.05 (71%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Comrie – Kunitz – Crosby4:56

    xG 0.07–0.07 (50%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1

  3. Asham – Kunitz – Crosby2:51

    xG 0.01–0.18 (3%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  4. Cooke – Malkin – Kennedy5:11

    xG 0.02–0.48 (3%)attempts 3–10goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestMartin – Goligoski2:25

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–0goals 0–0

  2. Orpik – Engelland5:51

    xG 0.28–0.22 (56%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Martin – Engelland3:53

    xG 0.04–0.03 (61%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestOtt – Burish – Wandell6:38

    xG 0.35–0.02 (93%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Richards – Eriksson – Neal9:46

    xG 0.61–0.29 (68%)attempts 12–10goals 2–0

  3. Morrow – Ribeiro – Benn8:43

    xG 0.29–0.20 (59%)attempts 7–9goals 1–1

  4. Petersen – Sutherby – Segal6:10

    xG 0.10–0.22 (32%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDaley – Fistric15:09

    xG 0.78–0.37 (68%)attempts 19–21goals 1–0

  2. Robidas – Grossmann14:17

    xG 0.33–0.15 (69%)attempts 9–15goals 2–0

  3. Skrastins – Niskanen8:23

    xG 0.21–0.27 (43%)attempts 8–6goals 1–2

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 xGPIT 1.7 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALPIT

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 PIT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 42/100 · #683 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.87 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 75% of the time.

DAL winsPIT wins

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

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

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