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Mon, Dec 13, 2010·HP Pavilion at San Jose, San Jose

Dallas Stars 3, San Jose Sharks 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 55% of the time.

SJS winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
DAL11111007032331
SJS08210013021233

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:17DALJamie BennAssists: Mike Ribeiro, Nicklas Grossmann · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P2 6:56SJSDerek JoslinAssists: Joe Thornton, Patrick Marleau · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 8:56SJSRyane CloweAssists: Benn Ferriero, Jason Demers · Deflected, 0.20 xG1–2
  4. P2 17:40DALMike RibeiroPPAssists: Stephane Robidas, Steve Ott · Deflected, 0.13 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. SJS Logan Couture stopped
  2. 2. DAL Jamie Benn scored
  3. 3. SJS Joe Pavelski scored
  4. 4. DAL Brad Richards scored
  5. 5. SJS Ryane Clowe stopped
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 14:23SJSJamie McGinn: Roughing2 min
  2. P2 17:00SJSJoe Pavelski: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P3 8:56SJSDan Boyle: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 14:41DALSteve Ott: 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0SJS
47% to win53% to win
← DAL attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Ribeiro won the faceoff against Couture
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALSJS
31Shots on goal33
2.4Expected goals2.2
61Shot attempts59
28Faceoffs won25
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
16Hits34
16Blocked shots16
8Giveaways15
4Takeaways7

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 – Benn9:21

    xG 0.43–0.27 (62%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  2. Ott – Segal – Burish9:10

    xG 0.38–0.29 (56%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  3. Sutherby – Gagnon – Wandell4:35

    xG 0.09–0.10 (45%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  4. Richards – Eriksson – Neal12:34

    xG 0.18–0.46 (28%)attempts 7–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRobidas – Grossmann17:33

    xG 1.00–0.63 (61%)attempts 14–18goals 1–0

  2. Robidas – Skrastins2:18

    xG 0.01–0.03 (34%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Robidas – Woywitka2:01

    xG 0.04–0.08 (37%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestMarleau – Pavelski – McCarthy3:06

    xG 0.15–0.08 (65%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  2. Pavelski – McGinn – McCarthy8:38

    xG 0.24–0.22 (52%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  3. Thornton – Heatley – Mitchell2:35

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  4. Mayers – Nichol – McGinn2:31

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Demers16:32

    xG 0.97–0.72 (57%)attempts 19–11goals 1–1

  2. Boyle – Joslin16:30

    xG 0.48–0.39 (55%)attempts 13–15goals 1–0

  3. Boyle – Wallin2:26

    xG 0.01–0.02 (45%)attempts 1–2goals 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.

SJS 2.2 xGDAL 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 57/100 · #496 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.73 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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, Dallas Stars win this game 55% of the time.

SJS winsDAL wins

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

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