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Tue, Feb 12, 2013·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Dallas Stars 4, Edmonton Oilers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 57% of the time.

EDM winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL0919311429
EDM11101609136

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:59EDMTaylor HallAssists: Jordan Eberle · Snap, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:23DALBrenden DillonAssists: Stephane Robidas, Derek Roy · Snap, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P3 0:44DALEric NystromGWGAssists: Vernon Fiddler · Snap, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P3 15:25DALJaromir JagrAssists: Trevor Daley, Jamie Benn · Snap, 0.08 xG3–1
  5. P3 17:17DALRyan GarbuttAssists: Vernon Fiddler · Snap, 0.30 xG4–1
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 4:08DALMichael Ryder: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 7:29EDMNail Yakupov: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 15:03EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 15:03DALAaron Rome: Interference2 min
  5. P1 16:59DALCody Eakin: Delaying game smothering puck2 min
  6. P2 8:14EDMBen Eager: Holding2 min
  7. P2 17:35DALAaron Rome: Delaying game smothering puck2 min
  8. P3 4:42EDMMark Fistric: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 4:42DALVernon Fiddler: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 13:35DALCody Eakin: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 14:44EDMSam Gagner: Tripping2 min
  12. P3 19:40DALRyan Garbutt: Hooking2 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 SOG0EDM
43% to win57% to win
← DAL attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Benn won the faceoff against Nugent-Hopkins
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALEDM
29Shots on goal36
3.1Expected goals3.5
56Shot attempts59
27Faceoffs won30
3Power plays5
14Penalty minutes10
25Hits26
13Blocked shots14
9Giveaways14
7Takeaways9

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. bestFiddler – Nystrom – Garbutt7:13

    xG 0.79–0.27 (75%)attempts 10–6goals 2–0

  2. Ryder – Roy – Eriksson7:55

    xG 0.64–0.20 (76%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  3. Smith – Eakin – Vincour8:39

    xG 0.27–0.20 (58%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Jagr – Morrow – Benn11:25

    xG 0.35–0.73 (32%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRobidas – Dillon13:04

    xG 0.64–0.28 (69%)attempts 15–7goals 1–1

  2. Goligoski – Larsen14:29

    xG 0.48–0.36 (57%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  3. Daley – Rome11:13

    xG 0.56–0.88 (39%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestEberle – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins12:29

    xG 1.21–0.53 (70%)attempts 19–11goals 0–1

  2. Belanger – Hartikainen – Paajarvi4:25

    xG 0.20–0.14 (58%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Belanger – Eager – Petrell2:17

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  4. Eager – Petrell – VandeVelde3:53

    xG 0.03–0.12 (18%)attempts 1–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Schultz12:47

    xG 0.49–0.41 (55%)attempts 11–16goals 0–2

  2. Potter – Smid9:04

    xG 0.37–0.41 (47%)attempts 4–7goals 1–0

  3. Fistric – Petry11:34

    xG 0.41–0.71 (37%)attempts 13–12goals 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.

EDM 3.5 xGDAL 3.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 47/100 · #384 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.50 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 21% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50EDM 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, Edmonton Oilers win this game 57% of the time.

EDM winsDAL wins

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

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