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Thu, Oct 17, 2013·American Airlines Center, Dallas

San Jose Sharks 3, Dallas Stars 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 63% of the time.

DAL winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
SJS21117011060335
DAL11221009001431

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:09SJSTyler KennedyUnassisted · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–0
  2. P1 16:44DALTyler SeguinAssists: Jamie Benn, Stephane Robidas · Wrist, 0.52 xG1–1
  3. P1 17:52SJSMatt NietoAssists: Joe Pavelski, Tommy Wingels · Slap, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P2 1:53DALTrevor DaleyAssists: Cody Eakin, Ray Whitney · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–2
  5. P2 12:30SJSPatrick MarleauAssists: Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Antti Niemi · Wrap-around, 0.17 xG3–2
  6. P2 12:58DALCody EakinAssists: Alex Chiasson, Ray Whitney · Snap, 0.24 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. DAL Jamie Benn stopped
  2. 2. SJS Joe Pavelski stopped
  3. 3. DAL Tyler Seguin stopped
  4. 4. SJS Logan Couture stopped
  5. 5. DAL Alex Chiasson scored
  6. 6. SJS Brent Burns stopped
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 3:53DALRay Whitney: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 10:59SJSJames Sheppard: High sticking double minor4 min
  3. P1 18:15DALShawn Horcoff: Interference2 min
  4. P2 18:41DALShawn Horcoff: Holding2 min
  5. P2 19:40SJSMatt Irwin: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 19:40DALAntoine Roussel: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 19:40SJSMatt Irwin: Boarding2 min
  8. P3 9:41DALBrenden Dillon: Cross checking2 min
  9. OT 3:58DALSergei Gonchar: Cross checking2 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
48% to win52% to win
← SJS attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Fiddler won the faceoff against Couture
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSDAL
35Shots on goal31
3.7Expected goals2.9
86Shot attempts65
33Faceoffs won34
5Power plays3
11Penalty minutes15
13Hits19
18Blocked shots24
8Giveaways11
9Takeaways6

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.

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. Marleau – Kennedy – Couture10:21

    xG 0.34–0.34 (50%)attempts 9–12goals 2–0

  2. Pavelski – Wingels – Hertl4:32

    xG 0.11–0.14 (44%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Pavelski – Wingels – Nieto4:43

    xG 0.10–0.14 (41%)attempts 6–4goals 1–1

  4. Desjardins – Kearns – Sheppard7:57

    xG 0.07–0.31 (18%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHannan – Stuart2:08

    xG 0.29–0.10 (75%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  2. Stuart – Irwin6:04

    xG 0.13–0.12 (52%)attempts 7–6goals 2–1

  3. Vlasic – Braun12:23

    xG 0.38–0.41 (48%)attempts 11–11goals 1–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestWhitney – Chiasson – Eakin10:44

    xG 0.55–0.11 (84%)attempts 12–9goals 2–0

  2. Peverley – Benn – Seguin12:03

    xG 0.92–0.60 (61%)attempts 13–15goals 1–0

  3. Fiddler – Roussel – Garbutt7:40

    xG 0.11–0.37 (23%)attempts 2–9goals 0–2

  4. Cole – Horcoff – Nichushkin7:17

    xG 0.15–0.51 (22%)attempts 8–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRobidas – Dillon16:43

    xG 0.94–0.46 (67%)attempts 15–14goals 2–0

  2. Gonchar – Goligoski11:39

    xG 0.18–0.28 (39%)attempts 6–14goals 0–0

  3. Daley – Benn16:01

    xG 0.76–0.91 (45%)attempts 23–22goals 0–2

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.

DAL 2.9 xGSJS 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALSJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 62/100 · #418 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.82 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +20 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 63% of the time.

DAL winsSJS wins

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

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