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Tue, Feb 1, 2011·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Vancouver Canucks 4, Dallas Stars 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 60% of the time.

DAL winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN0731118426
DAL081909126

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:26VANMikael SamuelssonPPAssists: Christian Ehrhoff, Daniel Sedin · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P2 3:05VANChristian EhrhoffPPGWGAssists: Daniel Sedin, Mikael Samuelsson · Slap, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P2 6:22DALLoui ErikssonAssists: Brad Richards, Kari Lehtonen · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P2 14:25VANRyan KeslerSHAssists: Jannik Hansen · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–1
  5. P3 14:57VANAlexandre BurrowsAssists: Henrik Sedin · Backhand, 0.24 xG4–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 3:41VANChristian Ehrhoff: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 11:17DALStephane Robidas: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 13:04VANRyan Kesler: Holding the stick2 min
  4. P1 17:27VANTanner Glass: Boarding2 min
  5. P1 19:41DALJames Neal: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 2:57DALAdam Burish: Roughing2 min · PPG
  7. P2 13:18VANLee Sweatt: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 18:04VANKevin Bieksa: 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANDAL
26Shots on goal26
2.3Expected goals2.9
55Shot attempts62
27Faceoffs won47
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
18Hits48
16Blocked shots16
6Giveaways7
8Takeaways7

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSedin – Sedin – Burrows11:13

    xG 0.89–0.33 (73%)attempts 17–9goals 1–1

  2. Malhotra – Torres – Hansen8:28

    xG 0.26–0.05 (84%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Glass – Hodgson – Volpatti2:54

    xG 0.06–0.02 (73%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Samuelsson – Kesler – Raymond11:38

    xG 0.18–0.22 (44%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Sweatt2:12

    xG 0.36–0.02 (94%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Ehrhoff – Sweatt12:19

    xG 0.48–0.17 (74%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  3. Hamhuis – Bieksa13:54

    xG 0.61–0.51 (54%)attempts 19–17goals 1–1

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestRichards – Eriksson – Neal11:45

    xG 0.50–0.15 (77%)attempts 16–7goals 0–0

  2. Ott – Burish – Gagnon5:03

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Ott – Burish – Morin3:39

    xG 0.07–0.05 (58%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Barch – Sutherby – Gagnon3:40

    xG 0.02–0.06 (26%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Skrastins – Niskanen11:25

    xG 0.15–0.15 (50%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  2. Daley – Niskanen3:01

    xG 0.07–0.09 (43%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Robidas – Grossmann13:32

    xG 0.16–0.21 (44%)attempts 8–12goals 1–0

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 2.9 xGVAN 2.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 29/100 · #834 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.98 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 60% of the time.

DAL winsVAN wins

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

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