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Sun, Nov 17, 2013·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Dallas Stars 2, Vancouver Canucks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 78% of the time.

VAN winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL1706110223
VAN013020110143

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:33DALValeri NichushkinAssists: Tyler Seguin, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P3 1:42DALErik ColeGWGAssists: Cody Eakin, Alex Chiasson · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–0
  3. P3 3:06VANHenrik SedinPPAssists: Ryan Kesler, Kevin Bieksa · Wrist, 0.26 xG2–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 10:48DALJamie Benn: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 0:25DALJamie Benn: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 0:46VANAlexander Edler: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 6:27DALShawn Horcoff: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 9:22DALAlex Goligoski: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 14:07VANHenrik Sedin: Interference2 min
  7. P3 2:48DALRyan Garbutt: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  8. P3 19:55VANAlexandre Burrows: 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VAN
48% to win52% to win
← DAL attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Seguin won the faceoff against Kesler
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALVAN
23Shots on goal43
1.8Expected goals3.5
42Shot attempts83
34Faceoffs won28
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
12Hits13
22Blocked shots10
7Giveaways4
6Takeaways7

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. bestCole – Chiasson – Eakin10:29

    xG 0.66–0.37 (64%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

  2. Benn – Seguin – Nichushkin13:21

    xG 0.42–0.40 (51%)attempts 10–16goals 1–0

  3. Horcoff – Fiddler – Peverley7:10

    xG 0.16–0.22 (42%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

  4. Morin – Roussel – Garbutt6:22

    xG 0.14–0.42 (25%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGonchar – Benn11:24

    xG 0.33–0.24 (58%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

  2. Daley – Goligoski14:21

    xG 0.59–0.67 (47%)attempts 12–19goals 1–0

  3. Robidas – Dillon16:23

    xG 0.56–0.71 (44%)attempts 12–19goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSedin – Sedin – Burrows11:30

    xG 0.77–0.37 (67%)attempts 15–6goals 0–1

  2. Booth – Santorelli – Kassian7:42

    xG 0.32–0.09 (78%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  3. Higgins – Kesler – Richardson2:07

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  4. Richardson – Booth – Kassian3:03

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBieksa – Edler5:12

    xG 0.32–0.01 (98%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Hamhuis – Tanev13:15

    xG 0.50–0.34 (59%)attempts 18–6goals 0–0

  3. Edler – Garrison11:08

    xG 0.64–0.55 (54%)attempts 16–10goals 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.

VAN 3.5 xGDAL 1.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 16/100 · #995 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.88 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 78% of the time.

VAN winsDAL wins

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

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