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Tue, Jan 11, 2011·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Edmonton Oilers 2, Dallas Stars 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 55% of the time.

DAL winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM012011218241
DAL1611014320

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:32DALBrenden MorrowAssists: Mike Ribeiro, Philip Larsen · Snap, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 14:35DALJamie BennAssists: Steve Ott, Adam Burish · Wrist, 0.22 xG0–2
  3. P3 5:50EDMJean-Francois JacquesAssists: Steve MacIntyre, Ladislav Smid · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P3 7:38EDMRyan JonesAssists: Liam Reddox · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–2
  5. P3 8:51DALJames NealGWGAssists: Brad Richards, Loui Eriksson · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–3
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 4:51EDMSteve MacIntyre: Interference2 min
  2. P2 2:24DALNicklas Grossmann: Interference2 min
  3. P2 9:57EDMJean-Francois Jacques: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 16:55EDMKurtis Foster: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 16:55DALJamie Langenbrunner: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 17:25DALAdam Burish: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  7. P3 0:50DALSteve Ott: Interference2 min
  8. P3 15:33DALJamie Langenbrunner: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 15:33EDMLadislav Smid: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 0:00EDMKurtis Foster: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 0:00EDMKurtis Foster: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 0:00DALBrenden Morrow: 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMDAL
41Shots on goal20
3.1Expected goals2.8
66Shot attempts42
23Faceoffs won35
3Power plays2
15Penalty minutes15
26Hits32
7Blocked shots15
5Giveaways9
7Takeaways8

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestGagner – Omark – Paajarvi12:19

    xG 0.54–0.26 (67%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  2. Hemsky – Penner – Hall12:51

    xG 0.42–0.36 (54%)attempts 14–12goals 0–0

  3. Jones – Reddox – Cogliano11:03

    xG 0.51–0.55 (48%)attempts 11–7goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmid – Petry12:41

    xG 0.68–0.21 (77%)attempts 11–12goals 1–0

  2. Gilbert – Peckham17:26

    xG 0.58–0.56 (51%)attempts 16–10goals 0–1

  3. Foster – Chorney8:57

    xG 0.38–0.44 (46%)attempts 13–7goals 1–2

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestOtt – Burish – Benn3:29

    xG 0.61–0.18 (77%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  2. Morrow – Ribeiro – Benn6:38

    xG 0.24–0.16 (60%)attempts 5–6goals 1–0

  3. Langenbrunner – Morrow – Ribeiro5:07

    xG 0.14–0.34 (30%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  4. Barch – Sutherby – Wandell4:40

    xG 0.04–0.29 (11%)attempts 1–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestFistric – Larsen10:05

    xG 0.71–0.41 (64%)attempts 9–12goals 3–1

  2. Robidas – Grossmann15:11

    xG 0.29–0.46 (39%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  3. Woywitka – Daley16:36

    xG 0.34–0.87 (28%)attempts 10–18goals 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.

DAL 2.8 xGEDM 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 65/100 · #406 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.55 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 55% of the time.

DAL winsEDM wins

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

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

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