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Mon, Jan 6, 2014·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

Dallas Stars 3, New York Islanders 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 75% of the time.

NYI winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL2101706323
NYI014411318743

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:01DALJamie BennUnassisted · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:48DALErik ColeAssists: Alex Chiasson, Rich Peverley · Slap, 0.03 xG2–0
  3. P2 1:41NYIRyan StromePPAssists: Thomas Vanek, John Tavares · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P2 7:29NYIJohn TavaresAssists: Thomas Vanek · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–2
  5. P2 9:29NYIPeter ReginAssists: Josh Bailey, Thomas Hickey · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–3
  6. P2 15:28DALValeri NichushkinPPAssists: Rich Peverley, Ray Whitney · Snap, 0.16 xG3–3
  7. P2 19:32NYIBrock NelsonGWGAssists: Casey Cizikas, Calvin de Haan · Snap, 0.09 xG3–4
  8. P3 1:24NYIBrian StraitAssists: John Tavares, Calvin de Haan · Snap, 0.04 xG3–5
  9. P3 6:19NYIJohn TavaresPPAssists: Frans Nielsen, Andrew MacDonald · Backhand, 0.13 xG3–6
  10. P3 16:53NYIJohn TavaresPPAssists: Andrew MacDonald, Casey Cizikas · Snap, 0.17 xG3–7
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 10:20NYIThomas Vanek: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 0:24DALAntoine Roussel: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 13:33NYICasey Cizikas: Holding2 min · PPG
  4. P2 15:57DALRyan Garbutt: Holding2 min
  5. P2 19:55NYIThomas Vanek: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 19:55DALJamie Benn: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 3:38NYICasey Cizikas: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  8. P3 5:18DALRay Whitney: Hooking2 min · PPG
  9. P3 15:13DALAlex Chiasson: Slashing2 min · PPG
  10. P3 15:29DALRyan Garbutt: High sticking2 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 SOG0NYI
48% to win52% to win
← DAL attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cizikas won the faceoff against Eakin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALNYI
23Shots on goal43
2.6Expected goals4.2
39Shot attempts67
27Faceoffs won45
3Power plays5
12Penalty minutes8
15Hits26
15Blocked shots9
15Giveaways7
7Takeaways12

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. Benn – Seguin – Nichushkin11:00

    xG 0.40–0.49 (44%)attempts 5–13goals 1–0

  2. Cole – Peverley – Chiasson7:16

    xG 0.16–0.37 (30%)attempts 6–5goals 1–1

  3. Roussel – Eakin – Garbutt7:37

    xG 0.28–0.50 (36%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  4. Whitney – Horcoff – Fiddler9:20

    xG 0.11–0.36 (24%)attempts 3–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Daley – Benn15:01

    xG 0.30–0.51 (37%)attempts 10–12goals 1–0

  2. Gonchar – Connauton13:55

    xG 0.31–0.66 (32%)attempts 6–13goals 0–1

  3. Goligoski – Dillon12:52

    xG 0.43–0.85 (34%)attempts 6–12goals 1–2

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestVanek – Tavares – Nelson11:45

    xG 0.77–0.48 (62%)attempts 16–7goals 2–0

  2. McDonald – Martin – Cizikas12:14

    xG 0.36–0.14 (72%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Nielsen – Regin – Bailey6:42

    xG 0.38–0.33 (53%)attempts 9–5goals 1–1

  4. Clutterbuck – Grabner – Strome7:40

    xG 0.16–0.16 (49%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHickey – Donovan10:15

    xG 0.67–0.12 (85%)attempts 13–3goals 2–2

  2. Hamonic – de Haan16:11

    xG 0.60–0.36 (62%)attempts 20–8goals 0–0

  3. Strait – MacDonald11:31

    xG 0.54–0.32 (63%)attempts 8–7goals 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.

NYI 4.2 xGDAL 2.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 86/100 · #142 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.80 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 18% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 75% of the time.

NYI winsDAL wins

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

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