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Sat, Jan 7, 2012·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Edmonton Oilers 1, Dallas Stars 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 89% of the time.

DAL winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM190908126
DAL0919316434

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:19EDMTaylor HallAssists: Sam Gagner, Ladislav Smid · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–0
  2. P2 14:39DALJamie BennAssists: Trevor Daley, Loui Eriksson · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–1
  3. P3 7:03DALJamie BennGWGAssists: Adam Burish, Tom Wandell · Wrist, 0.29 xG1–2
  4. P3 13:39DALMike RibeiroAssists: Loui Eriksson · Backhand, 0.06 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:46DALMike RibeiroENAssists: Brenden Morrow, Loui Eriksson · Wrist, 0.72 xG1–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 13:04EDMSam Gagner: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P2 6:10DALSteve Ott: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 6:10EDMJosh Green: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 6:10DALSteve Ott: Illegal check to head2 min
  5. P2 9:02EDMTaylor Hall: Holding2 min
  6. P3 1:45DALJake Dowell: Too many men on the ice2 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMDAL
26Shots on goal34
2.2Expected goals5.0
55Shot attempts64
21Faceoffs won30
2Power plays2
9Penalty minutes9
30Hits20
10Blocked shots15
4Giveaways13
11Takeaways6

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHemsky – Gagner – Hall13:24

    xG 0.67–0.23 (74%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  2. Green – Belanger – Eager2:22

    xG 0.03–0.03 (55%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Smyth – Horcoff – Jones8:14

    xG 0.13–0.15 (47%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  4. Eager – Gagner – Hall2:00

    xG 0.00–0.33 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPeckham – Teubert8:30

    xG 0.90–0.60 (60%)attempts 14–9goals 1–1

  2. Smid – Peckham2:07

    xG 0.00–0.18 (0%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Sutton – Petry14:39

    xG 0.30–0.48 (38%)attempts 12–15goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestMorrow – Ribeiro – Eriksson14:11

    xG 0.75–0.17 (82%)attempts 15–6goals 1–0

  2. Ryder – Ott – Benn9:42

    xG 0.44–0.41 (52%)attempts 15–11goals 0–1

  3. Burish – Dowell – Wandell5:10

    xG 0.19–0.16 (53%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Dvorak – Fiddler – Nystrom10:19

    xG 0.32–0.79 (29%)attempts 10–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFistric – Pardy10:27

    xG 0.96–0.18 (85%)attempts 14–5goals 1–0

  2. Daley – Grossmann15:14

    xG 0.55–0.66 (45%)attempts 11–18goals 0–0

  3. Robidas – Goligoski17:47

    xG 0.64–0.81 (44%)attempts 20–14goals 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.

DAL 5.0 xGEDM 2.2 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 35/100 · #766 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.18 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 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 89% of the time.

DAL winsEDM wins

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

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