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Sun, Nov 3, 2013·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Dallas Stars 4, Ottawa Senators 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 53% of the time.

OTT winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
DAL11911216021439
OTT0921619020336

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:03DALRay WhitneyAssists: Tyler Seguin, Alex Chiasson · Slap, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P2 0:30DALValeri NichushkinAssists: Brenden Dillon, Cody Eakin · Snap, 0.06 xG2–0
  3. P2 7:41OTTErik KarlssonAssists: Bobby Ryan, Kyle Turris · Snap, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P2 16:40OTTJason SpezzaPPAssists: Kyle Turris, Erik Karlsson · Snap, 0.20 xG2–2
  5. P3 3:11DALAntoine RousselUnassisted · Deflected, 0.06 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:50OTTBobby RyanAssists: Milan Michalek, Jason Spezza · Snap, 0.18 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. OTT Milan Michalek stopped
  2. 2. DAL Tyler Seguin stopped
  3. 3. OTT Jason Spezza stopped
  4. 4. DAL Jamie Benn scored
  5. 5. OTT Bobby Ryan stopped
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 5:49OTTPatrick Wiercioch: Holding2 min
  2. P1 6:55DALAlex Chiasson: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 12:41OTTPatrick Wiercioch: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 2:57OTTChris Neil: High sticking double minor4 min
  5. P2 9:32DALAlex Chiasson: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 16:03DALAlex Goligoski: Roughing2 min · PPG
  7. P3 9:25DALTrevor Daley: Interference2 min
  8. OT 5:00OTTClarke MacArthur: 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 SOG0OTT
48% to win52% to win
← DAL attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Eakin won the faceoff against Smith
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALOTT
39Shots on goal36
2.1Expected goals2.2
61Shot attempts62
24Faceoffs won39
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
15Hits29
15Blocked shots11
6Giveaways14
10Takeaways12

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. bestHorcoff – Roussel – Garbutt7:34

    xG 0.34–0.10 (78%)attempts 12–6goals 1–1

  2. Whitney – Chiasson – Seguin7:19

    xG 0.34–0.16 (68%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  3. Benn – Eakin – Nichushkin8:08

    xG 0.29–0.11 (72%)attempts 9–9goals 1–0

  4. Whitney – Chiasson – Eakin2:25

    xG 0.04–0.01 (87%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRobidas – Dillon15:16

    xG 0.61–0.42 (59%)attempts 18–9goals 2–1

  2. Gonchar – Daley11:18

    xG 0.27–0.19 (58%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  3. Goligoski – Benn15:03

    xG 0.23–0.29 (44%)attempts 14–14goals 1–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestNeil – Michalek – Smith6:13

    xG 0.24–0.05 (83%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Spezza – Greening – Zibanejad6:09

    xG 0.18–0.05 (77%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Michalek – Smith – Zibanejad5:17

    xG 0.09–0.15 (37%)attempts 10–6goals 0–1

  4. MacArthur – Ryan – Turris13:56

    xG 0.41–0.49 (45%)attempts 11–10goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKarlsson – Cowen18:24

    xG 0.54–0.45 (54%)attempts 16–14goals 1–1

  2. Phillips – Wiercioch10:52

    xG 0.46–0.51 (47%)attempts 13–15goals 0–1

  3. Methot – Borowiecki10:50

    xG 0.06–0.19 (24%)attempts 9–11goals 0–1

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.

OTT 2.2 xGDAL 2.1 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 89/100 · #100 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.28 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +46 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 53% of the time.

OTT winsDAL wins

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

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