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Wed, Nov 24, 2010·Scotiabank Place, Ottawa

Dallas Stars 2, Ottawa Senators 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 89% of the time.

OTT winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL0711217226
OTT061805119

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 6:14DALTrevor DaleyAssists: Brad Richards, Jeff Woywitka · Snap, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P2 16:29OTTRyan ShannonAssists: Chris Campoli · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–1
  3. P3 1:13DALBrenden MorrowGWGAssists: Mike Ribeiro · Snap, 0.05 xG2–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 7:50DALNicklas Grossmann: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 2:49OTTNick Foligno: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 4:13OTTChris Campoli: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 4:13DALSteve Ott: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  5. P2 8:09OTTSergei Gonchar: Holding2 min
  6. P2 10:33DALAdam Burish: Holding2 min
  7. P3 1:54OTTJesse Winchester: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 8:20OTTChris Neil: Roughing2 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0OTT
47% to win53% to win
← DAL attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Spezza won the faceoff against Richards
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALOTT
26Shots on goal19
3.3Expected goals1.0
49Shot attempts46
23Faceoffs won32
4Power plays2
6Penalty minutes10
18Hits22
16Blocked shots11
13Giveaways12
8Takeaways8

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 – Segal8:39

    xG 0.60–0.08 (88%)attempts 8–7goals 1–1

  2. Ott – Burish – Benn8:12

    xG 0.48–0.13 (79%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  3. Barch – Petersen – Wandell2:39

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Richards – Eriksson – Neal13:03

    xG 0.18–0.32 (36%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWoywitka – Daley14:40

    xG 1.31–0.13 (91%)attempts 16–8goals 2–0

  2. Skrastins – Niskanen13:16

    xG 0.39–0.09 (82%)attempts 9–8goals 0–1

  3. Robidas – Grossmann14:04

    xG 0.34–0.35 (49%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. Kovalev – Regin – Shannon9:38

    xG 0.17–0.28 (38%)attempts 11–5goals 1–2

  2. Alfredsson – Spezza – Michalek10:07

    xG 0.15–0.34 (31%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. Ruutu – Neil – Kelly7:34

    xG 0.22–0.48 (32%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  4. Fisher – Foligno – Winchester8:10

    xG 0.06–0.70 (7%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGonchar – Kuba13:45

    xG 0.36–0.28 (56%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Carkner – Hale9:28

    xG 0.06–0.29 (17%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Gonchar – Hale3:07

    xG 0.07–0.50 (12%)attempts 2–3goals 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.

OTT 1.0 xGDAL 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 37/100 · #742 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.27 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 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 89% of the time.

OTT winsDAL wins

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

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