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Sat, Mar 31, 2012·HP Pavilion at San Jose, San Jose

Dallas Stars 0, San Jose Sharks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 89% of the time.

SJS winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL060808022
SJS21211507334

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:58SJSJoe PavelskiGWGAssists: Joe Thornton, Patrick Marleau · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:38SJSJason DemersPPAssists: Martin Havlat, Ryane Clowe · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–2
  3. P2 9:39SJSJoe PavelskiAssists: Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Joe Thornton · Tip-in, 0.16 xG0–3
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 4:35DALRyan Garbutt: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 7:29SJSTJ Galiardi: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 10:12DALSheldon Souray: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 16:50DALSteve Ott: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. P2 6:11SJSTorrey Mitchell: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 8:56DALVernon Fiddler: Boarding2 min
  7. P2 9:05SJSLogan Couture: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  8. P2 12:42SJSAndrew Desjardins: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 12:42DALJake Dowell: Fighting5 min
  10. P3 9:07DALRyan Garbutt: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 9:07DALRyan Garbutt: Fighting5 min
  12. P3 9:07SJSTorrey Mitchell: Fighting5 min
  13. P3 9:55DALAdam Burish: Slashing2 min
  14. P3 9:55DALSteve Ott: Misconduct10 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 SOG0SJS
45% to win55% to win
← DAL attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Burish won the faceoff against Couture
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALSJS
22Shots on goal34
0.8Expected goals3.0
46Shot attempts57
23Faceoffs won30
3Power plays6
32Penalty minutes16
42Hits17
15Blocked shots13
6Giveaways12
4Takeaways12

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. bestMorrow – Petersen – Dowell3:23

    xG 0.11–0.00 (98%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Morrow – Ribeiro – Ott2:12

    xG 0.10–0.01 (90%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Ryder – Eriksson – Benn3:01

    xG 0.08–0.04 (64%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Ott – Burish – Benn5:47

    xG 0.07–0.09 (46%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDaley – Fistric14:20

    xG 0.34–0.13 (72%)attempts 19–3goals 0–0

  2. Goligoski – Larsen13:55

    xG 0.16–0.19 (46%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  3. Souray – Robidas10:09

    xG 0.12–0.16 (44%)attempts 7–9goals 0–1

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestThornton – Marleau – Pavelski7:10

    xG 0.31–0.09 (77%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  2. Moore – Mitchell – Galiardi8:35

    xG 0.23–0.16 (60%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Winnik – Desjardins – Wingels7:30

    xG 0.19–0.13 (59%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  4. Havlat – Clowe – Couture8:26

    xG 0.09–0.12 (42%)attempts 2–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoyle – Demers2:05

    xG 0.57–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Boyle – Vlasic9:45

    xG 0.30–0.23 (56%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  3. Vlasic – Braun3:18

    xG 0.12–0.05 (70%)attempts 2–2goals 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.

SJS 3.0 xGDAL 0.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 7/100 · #1144 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.64 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 89% of the time.

SJS winsDAL wins

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

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