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Thu, Dec 1, 2011·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Ottawa Senators 2, Dallas Stars 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 55% of the time.

DAL winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT11304118235
DAL1904219332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:07OTTErik CondraAssists: Jared Cowen · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P1 9:38DALSteve OttPPAssists: Toby Petersen, Stephane Robidas · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P3 11:42OTTMilan MichalekAssists: Daniel Alfredsson, Nick Foligno · Snap, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P3 14:26DALRadek DvorakAssists: Mike Ribeiro, Tomas Vincour · Deflected, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P3 17:40DALEric NystromGWGAssists: Vernon Fiddler, Radek Dvorak · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 4:58OTTErik Condra: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 9:08OTTNick Foligno: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P1 13:37DALMark Fistric: Interference2 min
  4. P2 11:56OTTZenon Konopka: 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTDAL
35Shots on goal32
2.0Expected goals2.3
57Shot attempts66
21Faceoffs won30
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
32Hits25
19Blocked shots16
6Giveaways6
7Takeaways10

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. Konopka – Winchester – Butler4:59

    xG 0.13–0.09 (58%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  2. Alfredsson – Spezza – Michalek3:48

    xG 0.02–0.07 (21%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Spezza – Greening – Filatov10:57

    xG 0.28–0.38 (43%)attempts 10–9goals 0–1

  4. Alfredsson – Michalek – Foligno9:20

    xG 0.20–0.44 (31%)attempts 7–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhillips – Karlsson18:10

    xG 0.60–0.52 (53%)attempts 15–17goals 0–1

  2. Lee – Rundblad6:20

    xG 0.15–0.12 (55%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

  3. Karlsson – Rundblad2:18

    xG 0.00–0.17 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestRibeiro – Ott – Vincour12:55

    xG 0.46–0.13 (78%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  2. Barch – Petersen – Wandell6:00

    xG 0.45–0.12 (79%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  3. Dvorak – Fiddler – Nystrom12:34

    xG 0.34–0.20 (63%)attempts 11–11goals 1–1

  4. Ryder – Eriksson – Benn13:23

    xG 0.68–0.62 (52%)attempts 15–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestFistric – Larsen12:29

    xG 0.65–0.21 (76%)attempts 15–13goals 1–0

  2. Grossmann – Pardy15:14

    xG 0.42–0.18 (69%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  3. Souray – Pardy2:13

    xG 0.21–0.02 (92%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

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 2.3 xGOTT 2.0 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 59/100 · #483 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.77 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 14% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +40 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 55% of the time.

DAL winsOTT wins

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

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