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Thu, Dec 19, 2013·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Vancouver Canucks 1, Dallas Stars 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 54% of the time.

DAL winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN1701407128
DAL2131518426

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:34DALJamie BennAssists: Tyler Seguin, Kevin Connauton · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:49DALColton SceviourGWGAssists: Rich Peverley, Erik Cole · Tip-in, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P1 7:38VANChris HigginsAssists: Mike Santorelli, Kevin Bieksa · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P2 16:56DALErik ColeAssists: Rich Peverley · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–3
  5. P3 2:23DALValeri NichushkinAssists: Erik Cole, Tyler Seguin · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 11:06VANRyan Kesler: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 13:08DALRyan Garbutt: Delaying game2 min
  3. P1 16:32VANDaniel Sedin: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 13:43DALShawn Horcoff: Boarding2 min
  5. P2 19:38DALRyan Garbutt: Interference2 min
  6. P3 4:51VANJannik Hansen: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 7:12VANJannik Hansen: Delaying game2 min
  8. P3 15:30VANTom Sestito: Misconduct10 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANDAL
28Shots on goal26
2.1Expected goals1.9
56Shot attempts54
28Faceoffs won23
3Power plays4
18Penalty minutes6
25Hits20
17Blocked shots13
7Giveaways8
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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSedin – Sedin – Hansen9:52

    xG 0.70–0.18 (80%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  2. Sestito – Dalpe – Weise5:52

    xG 0.06–0.16 (27%)attempts 6–6goals 0–1

  3. Higgins – Kesler – Santorelli9:57

    xG 0.11–0.38 (22%)attempts 10–14goals 1–0

  4. Richardson – Booth – Kassian10:38

    xG 0.15–0.62 (20%)attempts 6–11goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Tanev11:19

    xG 0.67–0.40 (63%)attempts 16–11goals 0–1

  2. Hamhuis – Bieksa3:34

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Alberts – Tanev2:59

    xG 0.13–0.03 (80%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestCole – Peverley – Sceviour8:20

    xG 0.62–0.09 (87%)attempts 14–3goals 2–1

  2. Roussel – Eakin – Garbutt8:24

    xG 0.24–0.24 (50%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Whitney – Horcoff – Chiasson6:40

    xG 0.12–0.15 (45%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  4. Benn – Seguin – Nichushkin10:44

    xG 0.41–0.53 (44%)attempts 11–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGaunce – Connauton10:32

    xG 0.43–0.18 (70%)attempts 11–8goals 3–1

  2. Goligoski – Dillon14:05

    xG 0.65–0.43 (60%)attempts 22–9goals 0–0

  3. Gonchar – Benn16:21

    xG 0.37–0.63 (37%)attempts 10–15goals 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.

DAL 1.9 xGVAN 2.1 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 25/100 · #869 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.80 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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, Vancouver Canucks win this game 54% of the time.

DAL winsVAN wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).