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Sat, Dec 21, 2013·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Dallas Stars 2, San Jose Sharks 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 52% of the time.

SJS winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
DAL114117010050246
SJS010112111061339

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:48DALRay WhitneyAssists: Shawn Horcoff · Backhand, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P2 4:47DALAntoine RousselAssists: Alex Goligoski, Alex Chiasson · Deflected, 0.14 xG2–0
  3. P2 11:47SJSJason DemersAssists: Tyler Kennedy, Andrew Desjardins · Slap, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P3 4:24SJSJoe PavelskiAssists: Joe Thornton, Marc-Edouard Vlasic · Backhand, 0.06 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. SJS Joe Pavelski stopped
  2. 2. DAL Tyler Seguin stopped
  3. 3. SJS Logan Couture stopped
  4. 4. DAL Rich Peverley stopped
  5. 5. SJS Patrick Marleau stopped
  6. 6. DAL Jamie Benn stopped
  7. 7. SJS Dan Boyle stopped
  8. 8. DAL Erik Cole stopped
  9. 9. SJS Joe Thornton scored
  10. 10. DAL Ray Whitney stopped
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 1:29DALVernon Fiddler: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 11:50SJSMartin Havlat: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 14:03DALAlex Goligoski: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 16:13SJSMike Brown: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 1:52DALKevin Connauton: Interference2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0SJS
48% to win52% to win
← DAL attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Thornton won the faceoff against Seguin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALSJS
46Shots on goal39
2.8Expected goals2.8
71Shot attempts61
33Faceoffs won26
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
13Hits27
13Blocked shots12
8Giveaways12
14Takeaways15

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 – Peverley – Sceviour8:54

    xG 0.96–0.48 (67%)attempts 11–8goals 0–1

  2. Roussel – Chiasson – Eakin10:26

    xG 0.60–0.46 (56%)attempts 15–10goals 1–0

  3. Whitney – Horcoff – Fiddler8:08

    xG 0.33–0.48 (41%)attempts 13–3goals 1–0

  4. Benn – Seguin – Nichushkin14:50

    xG 0.30–0.50 (38%)attempts 10–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGaunce – Benn2:58

    xG 0.67–0.06 (91%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Goligoski – Benn2:14

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Gonchar – Benn6:24

    xG 0.15–0.16 (47%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestMcCarthy – Wingels – Nieto6:08

    xG 0.49–0.16 (75%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

  2. Thornton – Marleau – Pavelski11:50

    xG 0.68–0.84 (45%)attempts 17–13goals 1–0

  3. Kennedy – Brown – Desjardins5:46

    xG 0.09–0.29 (24%)attempts 2–6goals 1–2

  4. Havlat – McCarthy – Nieto3:53

    xG 0.15–0.46 (25%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Demers8:39

    xG 0.78–0.59 (57%)attempts 10–10goals 2–0

  2. Vlasic – Braun3:22

    xG 0.20–0.03 (86%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Stuart – Braun10:24

    xG 0.41–0.26 (61%)attempts 12–8goals 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.

SJS 2.8 xGDAL 2.8 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 63/100 · #393 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.43 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 14% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +25 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 52% of the time.

SJS winsDAL wins

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

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