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Thu, Apr 5, 2012·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Dallas Stars 0, Nashville Predators 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 72% of the time.

NSH winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL0808012028
NSH0908214231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 4:28NSHFrancis BouillonGWGAssists: Patric Hornqvist, Andrei Kostitsyn · Backhand, 0.23 xG0–1
  2. P3 18:00NSHPatric HornqvistAssists: Brandon Yip, Mike Fisher · Wrist, 0.26 xG0–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 2:44NSHBrandon Yip: Interference2 min
  2. P2 12:39NSHHal Gill: Interference2 min
  3. P2 17:19DALBrenden Morrow: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 9:52NSHAndrei Kostitsyn: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 13:12DALRyan Garbutt: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 19:05NSHMike Fisher: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 SOG0NSH
45% to win55% to win
← DAL attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Benn won the faceoff against Fisher
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALNSH
28Shots on goal31
1.3Expected goals2.4
59Shot attempts48
27Faceoffs won32
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
13Hits14
10Blocked shots23
5Giveaways8
3Takeaways8

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. bestBurish – Wandell – Garbutt4:52

    xG 0.16–0.05 (76%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Morrow – Ribeiro – Eriksson13:42

    xG 0.44–0.58 (43%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0

  3. Ryder – Ott – Benn11:33

    xG 0.27–0.62 (31%)attempts 13–8goals 0–1

  4. Dvorak – Fiddler – Nystrom8:35

    xG 0.14–0.56 (20%)attempts 6–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Daley – Larsen2:18

    xG 0.03–0.09 (25%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Goligoski – Larsen15:18

    xG 0.45–0.54 (46%)attempts 21–10goals 0–0

  3. Daley – Fistric7:59

    xG 0.12–0.35 (26%)attempts 3–11goals 0–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestGaustad – Tootoo – Yip5:13

    xG 0.25–0.12 (68%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  2. Hornqvist – Spaling – Bourque7:37

    xG 0.25–0.13 (66%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Legwand – Radulov – Bourque3:38

    xG 0.13–0.04 (78%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Fisher – Erat – Kostitsyn8:37

    xG 0.12–0.04 (74%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBouillon – Klein14:47

    xG 0.98–0.49 (67%)attempts 18–17goals 1–0

  2. Gill – Josi11:03

    xG 0.43–0.05 (90%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  3. Suter – Weber15:32

    xG 0.64–0.37 (64%)attempts 13–16goals 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.

NSH 2.4 xGDAL 1.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 7/100 · #1135 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.69 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 72% of the time.

NSH winsDAL wins

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

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