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Thu, Dec 5, 2013·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Dallas Stars 2, Toronto Maple Leafs 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 67% of the time.

TOR winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DAL01501221706250
TOR07181712324

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:58TORNazem KadriAssists: James van Riemsdyk, Phil Kessel · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P3 1:52DALErik ColeAssists: Shawn Horcoff, Valeri Nichushkin · Tip-in, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P3 6:58TORNazem KadriPPAssists: Cody Franson, Phil Kessel · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P3 17:14DALShawn HorcoffPPAssists: Kevin Connauton, Sergei Gonchar · Tip-in, 0.11 xG2–2
  5. OT 4:18TORTrevor SmithGWGAssists: Jake Gardiner, Dion Phaneuf · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 11:11TORDion Phaneuf: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 11:11DALJamie Benn: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 13:12TORCody Franson: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 6:36TORNazem Kadri: Interference2 min
  5. P2 11:25DALVernon Fiddler: Holding2 min
  6. P3 6:18DALAlex Goligoski: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 7:51TORMark Fraser: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 15:18TORJay McClement: Tripping2 min · PPG

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 SOG0TOR
48% to win52% to win
← DAL attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Seguin won the faceoff against Kadri
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALTOR
50Shots on goal24
3.3Expected goals2.3
95Shot attempts45
46Faceoffs won27
4Power plays2
6Penalty minutes10
41Hits37
10Blocked shots22
10Giveaways19
8Takeaways16

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. bestWhitney – Chiasson – Eakin9:59

    xG 0.54–0.09 (85%)attempts 15–5goals 0–0

  2. Cole – Horcoff – Nichushkin10:37

    xG 0.51–0.14 (78%)attempts 12–5goals 1–0

  3. Fiddler – Jeffrey – Roussel5:54

    xG 0.27–0.15 (64%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  4. Peverley – Benn – Seguin11:36

    xG 0.65–0.63 (51%)attempts 21–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGonchar – Connauton8:41

    xG 0.48–0.14 (77%)attempts 16–3goals 0–0

  2. Gonchar – Oleksiak4:33

    xG 0.27–0.08 (77%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  3. Goligoski – Connauton2:12

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–2goals 1–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestKessel – van Riemsdyk – Kadri14:26

    xG 0.90–0.38 (70%)attempts 13–17goals 1–0

  2. McClement – McLaren – D'Amigo2:12

    xG 0.07–0.01 (84%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. McClement – Kulemin – Ashton5:10

    xG 0.11–0.12 (47%)attempts 4–5goals 0–1

  4. Kulemin – Ashton – Holland3:21

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhaneuf – Gardiner2:14

    xG 0.37–0.02 (95%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Franson – Gardiner16:10

    xG 0.43–0.51 (46%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

  3. Phaneuf – Gunnarsson12:38

    xG 0.69–0.86 (44%)attempts 9–24goals 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.

TOR 2.3 xGDAL 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 76/100 · #237 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.06 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +42 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 67% of the time.

TOR winsDAL wins

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

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