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Tue, Apr 23, 2013·HP Pavilion at San Jose, San Jose

Dallas Stars 2, San Jose Sharks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 64% of the time.

SJS winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL11114011226
SJS113011213337

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:53SJSRaffi TorresPPAssists: Scott Gomez, Martin Havlat · Backhand, 0.22 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:32DALAntoine RousselAssists: Cody Eakin, Ryan Garbutt · Wrist, 0.33 xG1–1
  3. P2 0:17DALLoui ErikssonPPAssists: Alex Goligoski, Ray Whitney · Backhand, 0.31 xG2–1
  4. P3 14:23SJSJoe PavelskiAssists: Brad Stuart, Joe Thornton · Tip-in, 0.08 xG2–2
  5. P3 14:53SJSLogan CoutureGWGAssists: Patrick Marleau, Justin Braun · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 6:00DALTom Wandell: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 11:58DALCody Eakin: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P1 17:48SJSScott Hannan: Elbowing2 min
  4. P1 18:28SJSBrad Stuart: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. P1 0:00SJSMarc-Edouard Vlasic: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 0:00DALStephane Robidas: Too many men on the ice2 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
43% to win57% to win
← DAL attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pavelski won the faceoff against Fiddler
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALSJS
26Shots on goal37
3.5Expected goals4.4
63Shot attempts81
22Faceoffs won31
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes6
27Hits26
28Blocked shots23
14Giveaways13
4Takeaways9

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. bestRoussel – Eakin – Garbutt8:41

    xG 0.97–0.19 (84%)attempts 17–7goals 1–0

  2. Whitney – Eriksson – Benn15:37

    xG 0.75–0.71 (51%)attempts 21–16goals 0–1

  3. Smith – Eakin – Garbutt2:31

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  4. Wandell – Smith – MacDermid2:49

    xG 0.00–0.33 (0%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Dillon19:38

    xG 1.81–0.67 (73%)attempts 25–16goals 1–1

  2. Robidas – Daley17:10

    xG 0.49–0.87 (36%)attempts 20–31goals 0–1

  3. Rome – Larsen10:06

    xG 0.15–0.96 (13%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestTorres – Pavelski – Wingels8:15

    xG 0.41–0.33 (55%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  2. Marleau – Havlat – Couture11:37

    xG 0.23–0.37 (38%)attempts 5–14goals 1–0

  3. Gomez – Burish – Desjardins5:29

    xG 0.51–0.94 (35%)attempts 10–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoyle – Irwin4:33

    xG 0.65–0.03 (95%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Vlasic – Braun14:00

    xG 0.66–0.35 (65%)attempts 15–12goals 1–0

  3. Hannan – Boyle2:42

    xG 0.31–0.02 (93%)attempts 3–4goals 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 4.4 xGDAL 3.5 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 64/100 · #269 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.86 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 16% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +40 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 64% 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).