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Tue, Nov 8, 2011·Verizon Center, Washington

Dallas Stars 5, Washington Capitals 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 69% of the time.

WSH winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL213013310536
WSH11011507232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:32DALMichael RyderAssists: Trevor Daley, Jamie Benn · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:43WSHAlexander SeminPPAssists: Nicklas Backstrom, Brooks Laich · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P1 17:16DALMichael RyderAssists: Jamie Benn, Loui Eriksson · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P2 15:56WSHJohn CarlsonAssists: Cody Eakin, Marcus Johansson · Slap, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. P3 0:24DALAdam BurishGWGAssists: Brenden Morrow · Backhand, 0.10 xG3–2
  6. P3 7:33DALJamie BennPPAssists: Adam Burish, Sheldon Souray · Slap, 0.06 xG4–2
  7. P3 8:05DALEric NystromAssists: Radek Dvorak · Wrist, 0.10 xG5–2
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 5:08WSHAlexander Semin: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 15:02DALBrenden Morrow: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 0:00DALTrevor Daley: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 0:00WSHJason Chimera: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 4:22WSHJohn Erskine: Boarding2 min
  6. P2 4:41DALMichael Ryder: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 18:24WSHDennis Wideman: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  8. P3 6:02WSHAlexander Semin: Tripping2 min · PPG
  9. P3 9:02DALJake Dowell: Fighting5 min
  10. P3 9:02WSHMatt Hendricks: Fighting5 min
  11. P3 9:30DALAdam Burish: Holding2 min
  12. P3 16:35DALSheldon Souray: Interference2 min
  13. P3 18:23WSHRoman Hamrlik: 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WSH
45% to win55% to win
← DAL attackWSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Benn won the faceoff against Laich
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALWSH
36Shots on goal32
2.3Expected goals1.3
54Shot attempts55
26Faceoffs won41
5Power plays4
15Penalty minutes17
20Hits21
15Blocked shots9
9Giveaways6
5Takeaways8

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. bestRyder – Eriksson – Benn11:33

    xG 0.66–0.30 (69%)attempts 17–8goals 2–0

  2. Petersen – Dowell – Wandell7:31

    xG 0.15–0.03 (83%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  3. Morrow – Ribeiro – Burish9:42

    xG 0.14–0.13 (52%)attempts 3–11goals 0–0

  4. Dvorak – Fiddler – Nystrom7:33

    xG 0.19–0.24 (44%)attempts 4–12goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDaley – Grossmann13:54

    xG 0.62–0.33 (66%)attempts 15–15goals 3–1

  2. Fistric – Goligoski14:20

    xG 0.14–0.19 (42%)attempts 6–15goals 0–0

  3. Souray – Robidas12:07

    xG 0.26–0.44 (37%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestChimera – Ward – Laich9:02

    xG 0.35–0.16 (68%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. Semin – Johansson – Eakin9:00

    xG 0.18–0.21 (46%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  3. Ovechkin – Brouwer – Backstrom9:47

    xG 0.21–0.30 (41%)attempts 10–9goals 0–1

  4. Knuble – Halpern – Hendricks5:19

    xG 0.01–0.10 (7%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Alzner13:13

    xG 0.37–0.29 (56%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  2. Erskine – Wideman14:57

    xG 0.42–0.38 (52%)attempts 16–13goals 0–0

  3. Hamrlik – Carlson12:54

    xG 0.09–0.43 (18%)attempts 11–13goals 1–2

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.

WSH 1.3 xGDAL 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 59/100 · #470 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.66 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 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 69% of the time.

WSH winsDAL wins

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

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