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Thu, Feb 9, 2012·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Dallas Stars 4, Columbus Blue Jackets 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 50% of the time.

CBJ winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL215110110435
CBJ01021107228

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:35DALJamie BennAssists: Stephane Robidas, Steve Ott · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P1 4:21DALAlex GoligoskiAssists: Tomas Vincour, Mike Ribeiro · Tip-in, 0.11 xG2–0
  3. P2 1:09DALStephane RobidasGWGAssists: Mike Ribeiro, Alex Goligoski · Slap, 0.02 xG3–0
  4. P2 8:32CBJVinny ProspalPPAssists: Fedor Tyutin, Derick Brassard · Deflected, 0.16 xG3–1
  5. P2 12:12CBJRick NashPPAssists: Derick Brassard, Fedor Tyutin · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:59DALJamie BennENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.60 xG4–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 6:32CBJJared Boll: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 19:05CBJDavid Savard: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 7:26DALSheldon Souray: Roughing2 min · PPG
  4. P2 8:56DALVernon Fiddler: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 11:26DALPhilip Larsen: Holding the stick2 min · PPG
  6. P3 14:10CBJJeff Carter: 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 SOG0CBJ
45% to win55% to win
← DAL attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Brassard won the faceoff against Ribeiro
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALCBJ
35Shots on goal28
2.6Expected goals2.5
60Shot attempts47
24Faceoffs won29
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
12Hits34
11Blocked shots19
1Giveaways7
8Takeaways9

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. bestOtt – Benn – Vincour11:13

    xG 0.63–0.14 (82%)attempts 16–6goals 1–0

  2. Ribeiro – Ryder – Eriksson12:49

    xG 0.31–0.47 (40%)attempts 14–7goals 1–0

  3. Petersen – Burish – Wandell6:32

    xG 0.02–0.20 (9%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  4. Dvorak – Fiddler – Nystrom10:41

    xG 0.09–0.29 (25%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Larsen13:32

    xG 0.80–0.42 (65%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  2. Souray – Robidas15:52

    xG 0.28–0.31 (48%)attempts 17–14goals 1–0

  3. Daley – Grossmann14:44

    xG 0.27–0.42 (39%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestProspal – Carter – Gillies11:14

    xG 0.42–0.29 (59%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

  2. Pahlsson – Vermette – Dorsett9:17

    xG 0.23–0.19 (55%)attempts 10–4goals 0–1

  3. MacKenzie – Boll – Russell3:29

    xG 0.01–0.02 (42%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Umberger – Nash – Brassard12:06

    xG 0.23–0.59 (28%)attempts 7–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Moore3:20

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  2. Tyutin – Johnson6:04

    xG 0.46–0.37 (56%)attempts 6–11goals 0–1

  3. Tyutin – Savard2:30

    xG 0.07–0.04 (67%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

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.

CBJ 2.5 xGDAL 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 63/100 · #420 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.15 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 50% of the time.

CBJ winsDAL wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+5
+6
+7

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