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Thu, Mar 31, 2011·HP Pavilion at San Jose, San Jose

Dallas Stars 0, San Jose Sharks 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 89% of the time.

SJS winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL01001108029
SJS114217321652

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:12SJSDan BoyleGWGAssists: Joe Pavelski, Kyle Wellwood · Backhand, 0.30 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:30SJSLogan CouturePPAssists: Ryane Clowe, Dany Heatley · Backhand, 0.15 xG0–2
  3. P2 18:25SJSMarc-Edouard VlasicAssists: Joe Thornton, Devin Setoguchi · Slap, 0.02 xG0–3
  4. P3 2:30SJSPatrick MarleauAssists: Jamal Mayers, Ian White · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–4
  5. P3 12:26SJSPatrick MarleauAssists: Joe Thornton, Dany Heatley · Backhand, 0.10 xG0–5
  6. P3 14:18SJSBen EagerAssists: Jamal Mayers, Marc-Edouard Vlasic · Backhand, 0.11 xG0–6
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 19:56DALJeff Woywitka: Roughing2 min
  2. P2 3:26DALTrevor Daley: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 7:17SJSJoe Thornton: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 10:06SJSJamal Mayers: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 13:56SJSDevin Setoguchi: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 8:43DALTomas Vincour: Too many men on the ice2 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 20:00Benn won the faceoff against Pavelski
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALSJS
29Shots on goal52
1.9Expected goals5.0
56Shot attempts83
22Faceoffs won31
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
21Hits23
19Blocked shots17
15Giveaways21
6Takeaways12

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. bestBarch – Petersen – Wandell2:23

    xG 0.15–0.04 (79%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Petersen – Williams – Wandell2:05

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

  3. Langenbrunner – Richards – Eriksson2:41

    xG 0.17–0.15 (53%)attempts 3–6goals 0–1

  4. Morrow – Ribeiro – Benn8:58

    xG 0.31–0.35 (47%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Robidas – Woywitka2:39

    xG 0.12–0.10 (53%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

  2. Robidas – Goligoski5:34

    xG 0.27–0.33 (44%)attempts 4–6goals 0–1

  3. Daley – Fistric4:19

    xG 0.12–0.28 (30%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestThornton – Marleau – Setoguchi10:14

    xG 1.34–0.51 (72%)attempts 19–14goals 1–0

  2. Wellwood – Pavelski – Mitchell9:48

    xG 0.68–0.23 (75%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  3. Mayers – Eager – Desjardins7:40

    xG 0.46–0.13 (78%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  4. Heatley – Clowe – Couture10:40

    xG 0.21–0.23 (48%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWallin – White13:44

    xG 1.45–0.22 (87%)attempts 19–8goals 0–0

  2. Vlasic – Demers15:16

    xG 0.92–0.28 (77%)attempts 18–15goals 1–0

  3. Boyle – Murray16:27

    xG 0.82–0.53 (61%)attempts 25–12goals 2–0

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 5.0 xGDAL 1.9 xG
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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 5/100 · #1157 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.59 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 89% of the time.

SJS winsDAL wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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