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Thu, Dec 15, 2011·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

Dallas Stars 3, New York Islanders 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 52% of the time.

NYI winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL1901129329
NYI1518014227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:36DALLoui ErikssonAssists: Jamie Benn, Trevor Daley · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P1 16:38NYIMichael GrabnerAssists: Kyle Okposo, Frans Nielsen · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 18:24NYIKyle OkposoAssists: Marty Reasoner, Travis Hamonic · Tip-in, 0.25 xG1–2
  4. P3 1:07DALBrenden MorrowPPAssists: Steve Ott, Mike Ribeiro · Snap, 0.22 xG2–2
  5. P3 4:33DALJamie BennGWGAssists: Michael Ryder, Loui Eriksson · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–2
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 6:30NYIMatt Martin: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 10:46DALBrenden Morrow: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 18:28NYIMarty Reasoner: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 1:47NYIPA Parenteau: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 13:37DALBrenden Morrow: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  6. P2 18:38NYITim Wallace: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 0:57NYITim Wallace: Interference2 min · PPG
  8. P3 6:12NYIMatt Martin: Interference2 min
  9. P3 6:12DALSteve Ott: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 6:12NYITravis Hamonic: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 6:12DALSheldon Souray: Slashing2 min
  12. P3 11:28DALSteve Ott: Interference2 min
  13. P3 14:22NYITravis Hamonic: 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 SOG0NYI
45% to win55% to win
← DAL attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Fiddler won the faceoff against Bailey
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALNYI
29Shots on goal27
2.6Expected goals2.5
50Shot attempts50
32Faceoffs won26
6Power plays3
10Penalty minutes16
26Hits17
14Blocked shots11
5Giveaways11
16Takeaways19

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 – Benn7:30

    xG 0.24–0.10 (71%)attempts 10–3goals 2–0

  2. Dowell – Wandell – Vincour4:07

    xG 0.19–0.07 (72%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Dvorak – Fiddler – Nystrom7:30

    xG 0.46–0.45 (50%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Morrow – Ribeiro – Ott10:18

    xG 0.13–0.22 (37%)attempts 7–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDaley – Grossmann10:04

    xG 0.67–0.39 (63%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  2. Goligoski – Larsen14:03

    xG 0.53–0.40 (57%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

  3. Souray – Robidas10:53

    xG 0.14–0.47 (23%)attempts 10–9goals 0–1

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestNielsen – Okposo – Grabner9:43

    xG 0.50–0.16 (76%)attempts 15–6goals 1–1

  2. Rolston – Bailey – Ullstrom2:27

    xG 0.29–0.02 (93%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Parenteau – Moulson – Tavares12:21

    xG 0.35–0.23 (61%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  4. Reasoner – Wallace – Martin2:49

    xG 0.15–0.06 (70%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestReese – de Haan8:28

    xG 0.36–0.16 (69%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  2. Streit – Hamonic11:48

    xG 0.59–0.62 (49%)attempts 11–11goals 1–1

  3. Mottau – Jurcina12:01

    xG 0.29–0.66 (30%)attempts 6–11goals 0–1

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.

NYI 2.5 xGDAL 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 69/100 · #346 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.92 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 20% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 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 52% of the time.

NYI winsDAL wins

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

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