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Sat, Oct 29, 2011·American Airlines Center, Dallas

New Jersey Devils 1, Dallas Stars 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 72% of the time.

DAL winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD01111209132
DAL1904210323

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:51DALLoui ErikssonAssists: Steve Ott, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 12:00NJDPetr SykoraAssists: Patrik Elias · Slap, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P3 11:34DALVernon FiddlerGWGAssists: Radek Dvorak, Sheldon Souray · Wrap-around, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:57DALSheldon SourayENAssists: Alex Goligoski · Wrist, 0.47 xG1–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 12:04NJDPetr Sykora: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P2 3:54DALSheldon Souray: Delaying game2 min
  3. P2 18:12NJDRyan Carter: Interference2 min
  4. P3 4:32DALKrys Barch: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 13:04NJDDainius Zubrus: Interference2 min
  6. P3 13:04DALNicklas Grossmann: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 18:58DALMichael Ryder: Interference2 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.

NJD00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
45% to win55% to win
← NJD attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Parise won the faceoff against Ott
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDDAL
32Shots on goal23
1.7Expected goals2.8
60Shot attempts51
27Faceoffs won21
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
24Hits36
15Blocked shots18
9Giveaways7
6Takeaways11

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.

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestPalmieri – Tedenby – Henrique9:14

    xG 0.24–0.11 (69%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  2. Sykora – Elias – Zubrus11:23

    xG 0.46–0.34 (57%)attempts 21–8goals 1–1

  3. Janssen – Carter – Mills2:00

    xG 0.05–0.05 (51%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Kovalchuk – Parise – Clarkson12:17

    xG 0.16–0.30 (35%)attempts 12–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSalvador – Volchenkov14:22

    xG 0.64–0.19 (78%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  2. Fayne – Greene10:18

    xG 0.35–0.24 (59%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  3. Tallinder – Fayne2:15

    xG 0.02–0.07 (22%)attempts 2–2goals 0–1

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestOtt – Eriksson – Benn12:49

    xG 0.43–0.24 (64%)attempts 11–16goals 1–0

  2. Barch – Burish – Wandell5:11

    xG 0.03–0.07 (28%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Dvorak – Fiddler – Nystrom8:20

    xG 0.19–0.36 (35%)attempts 8–13goals 1–1

  4. Morrow – Ribeiro – Ryder13:46

    xG 0.20–0.58 (26%)attempts 8–18goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Goligoski – Pardy13:32

    xG 0.27–0.37 (42%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  2. Daley – Grossmann12:42

    xG 0.08–0.21 (27%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0

  3. Souray – Robidas14:29

    xG 0.19–0.34 (35%)attempts 12–14goals 1–1

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 xGNJD 1.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALNJD

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 NJD. Dots are goals.

Excitement 29/100 · #846 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.13 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 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, Dallas Stars win this game 72% of the time.

DAL winsNJD wins

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

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