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Mon, Jan 28, 2013·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Dallas Stars 1, 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
DAL0915011125
CBJ0311717227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:13DALPhilip LarsenPPAssists: Alex Goligoski, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P2 17:47CBJDerek DorsettAssists: Fedor Tyutin, Artem Anisimov · Snap, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P3 1:22CBJVinny ProspalGWGAssists: James Wisniewski, Jack Johnson · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–2
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 3:03DALPhilip Larsen: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 11:22CBJBrandon Dubinsky: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P1 16:06DALEric Nystrom: Interference2 min
  4. P1 18:29DALJordie Benn: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 2:41CBJArtem Anisimov: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 8:44DALVernon Fiddler: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 8:44DALVernon Fiddler: High sticking2 min
  8. P2 9:26DALTom Wandell: Closing hand on puck2 min
  9. P2 18:46CBJNikita Nikitin: Cross checking2 min
  10. P3 10:31CBJNikita Nikitin: Holding2 min
  11. P3 19:55CBJNikita Nikitin: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 19:55DALJamie Benn: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 19:55DALJamie Benn: Boarding2 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
43% to win57% to win
← DAL attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Anisimov won the faceoff against Benn
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALCBJ
25Shots on goal27
1.5Expected goals1.4
44Shot attempts46
28Faceoffs won29
4Power plays7
16Penalty minutes10
18Hits22
14Blocked shots10
2Giveaways4
3Takeaways2

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. bestJagr – Eriksson – Benn11:32

    xG 0.42–0.08 (84%)attempts 13–3goals 0–0

  2. Whitney – Ryder – Eakin10:03

    xG 0.31–0.20 (61%)attempts 12–11goals 0–1

  3. Morrow – Wandell – Garbutt2:55

    xG 0.10–0.06 (63%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Fiddler – Nystrom – Vincour6:07

    xG 0.01–0.24 (4%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Larsen13:57

    xG 0.55–0.19 (74%)attempts 15–8goals 0–1

  2. Daley – Benn11:29

    xG 0.13–0.07 (64%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Robidas – Dillon11:52

    xG 0.17–0.41 (29%)attempts 9–10goals 0–1

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestDubinsky – Brassard – Calvert6:38

    xG 0.19–0.12 (62%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Boll – Letestu – Gillies4:28

    xG 0.09–0.03 (77%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Prospal – Foligno – Johansen8:11

    xG 0.07–0.21 (26%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

  4. Umberger – Dorsett – Anisimov11:41

    xG 0.16–0.46 (25%)attempts 5–14goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Aucoin – Moore10:33

    xG 0.17–0.18 (49%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  2. Wisniewski – Johnson15:28

    xG 0.32–0.35 (48%)attempts 12–16goals 1–0

  3. Tyutin – Nikitin14:03

    xG 0.17–0.38 (31%)attempts 7–10goals 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.

CBJ 1.4 xGDAL 1.5 xG
00.511.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 47/100 · #381 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.51 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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
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-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+5
+6
+7

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