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Sat, Feb 19, 2011·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Dallas Stars 2, Vancouver Canucks 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 50% of the time.

VAN winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL1110518224
VAN114113311538

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:46VANDaniel SedinAssists: Henrik Sedin · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:36DALJames NealAssists: Loui Eriksson · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P2 6:29VANRaffi TorresAssists: Aaron Rome · Slap, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P3 7:39VANDaniel SedinGWGAssists: Henrik Sedin, Alexandre Burrows · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–3
  5. P3 13:33DALBrenden MorrowAssists: Jamie Langenbrunner, Mike Ribeiro · Wrist, 0.35 xG2–3
  6. P3 15:53VANHenrik SedinAssists: Daniel Sedin, Alexandre Burrows · Deflected, 0.14 xG2–4
  7. P3 16:26VANRaffi TorresAssists: Manny Malhotra, Jannik Hansen · Deflected, 0.07 xG2–5
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 3:52DALBrenden Morrow: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 3:52VANRaffi Torres: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 9:16VANChristian Ehrhoff: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 10:24VANSami Salo: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P1 19:05DALKarlis Skrastins: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 14:37DALBrian Sutherby: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 8:31VANTanner Glass: Holding2 min
  8. P3 0:00DALTrevor Daley: Cross checking2 min
  9. P3 0:00VANAaron Rome: Cross checking2 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 SOG0VAN
47% to win53% to win
← DAL attackVAN 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.

DALVAN
24Shots on goal38
2.5Expected goals2.6
55Shot attempts66
33Faceoffs won29
3Power plays2
11Penalty minutes13
21Hits28
17Blocked shots16
5Giveaways6
6Takeaways6

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. bestLangenbrunner – Morrow – Ribeiro11:17

    xG 0.73–0.57 (56%)attempts 10–9goals 1–2

  2. Neal – Wandell – Vincour2:13

    xG 0.14–0.07 (67%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Sutherby – Williams – Wandell3:30

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Petersen – Wandell – Vincour2:53

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

Defence pairs

  1. bestSkrastins – Niskanen13:56

    xG 0.59–0.35 (63%)attempts 9–14goals 1–0

  2. Robidas – Fistric12:44

    xG 0.25–0.35 (42%)attempts 9–15goals 0–0

  3. Robidas – Skrastins2:58

    xG 0.23–0.36 (39%)attempts 4–3goals 0–3

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestMalhotra – Torres – Hansen10:22

    xG 0.38–0.21 (64%)attempts 11–8goals 2–0

  2. Samuelsson – Kesler – Raymond12:39

    xG 0.47–0.32 (60%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  3. Sedin – Sedin – Burrows12:16

    xG 0.75–0.62 (55%)attempts 20–7goals 3–2

  4. Tambellini – Glass – Oreskovich6:14

    xG 0.30–0.24 (56%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSalo – Oberg10:00

    xG 0.91–0.11 (89%)attempts 17–5goals 0–0

  2. Ehrhoff – Sauve14:25

    xG 0.61–0.38 (62%)attempts 21–12goals 2–1

  3. Salo – Ehrhoff5:24

    xG 0.07–0.06 (52%)attempts 4–3goals 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.

VAN 2.6 xGDAL 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 53/100 · #554 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.15 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 50% of the time.

VAN winsDAL wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).