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Tue, Apr 5, 2011·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Columbus Blue Jackets 0, Dallas Stars 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 68% of the time.

DAL winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ0100508023
DAL15011214330

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:00DALSteve OttPPGWGAssists: Brad Richards, Alex Goligoski · Deflected, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P3 19:07DALLoui ErikssonENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.57 xG0–2
  3. P3 19:40DALBrenden MorrowENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.43 xG0–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 4:25CBJSami Lepisto: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 13:18CBJDerick Brassard: Delaying game2 min
  3. P1 16:24DALJason Williams: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 18:41DALKari Lehtonen: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 16:10CBJSami Lepisto: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 17:48DALBrenden Morrow: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 17:48CBJCraig Rivet: Cross checking2 min
  8. P2 19:20CBJKristian Huselius: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 15:17CBJDerek Dorsett: Interference goalkeeper2 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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJDAL
23Shots on goal30
2.7Expected goals3.8
50Shot attempts65
21Faceoffs won21
2Power plays5
12Penalty minutes6
40Hits24
17Blocked shots12
8Giveaways9
5Takeaways12

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.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestMacKenzie – Boll – Calvert5:45

    xG 0.34–0.17 (67%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Umberger – Brassard – Voracek12:48

    xG 0.17–0.04 (80%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Pahlsson – Upshall – Dorsett8:23

    xG 0.31–0.21 (59%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  4. Huselius – Vermette – Kubalik9:04

    xG 0.07–0.26 (22%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTyutin – Clitsome3:18

    xG 0.26–0.11 (71%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Tyutin – Lepisto4:40

    xG 0.31–0.22 (58%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Rivet – Clitsome5:02

    xG 0.13–0.05 (73%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestMorrow – Ribeiro – Ott10:14

    xG 0.34–0.12 (74%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  2. Barch – Williams – Segal3:49

    xG 0.19–0.06 (77%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Langenbrunner – Petersen – Wandell10:21

    xG 0.28–0.18 (62%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  4. Richards – Eriksson – Benn10:58

    xG 0.22–0.30 (42%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRobidas – Skrastins14:37

    xG 0.48–0.15 (77%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  2. Robidas – Goligoski2:18

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Woywitka – Daley13:22

    xG 0.41–0.50 (45%)attempts 14–11goals 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 3.8 xGCBJ 2.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALCBJ

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 CBJ. Dots are goals.

Excitement 6/100 · #1123 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.64 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 68% of the time.

DAL winsCBJ wins

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

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