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Thu, Jan 9, 2014·Prudential Center, Newark

Dallas Stars 0, New Jersey Devils 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 55% of the time.

NJD winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL080909026
NJD010112012134

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 8:17NJDMichael RyderGWGAssists: Travis Zajac, Ryane Clowe · Snap, 0.10 xG0–1
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 5:01NJDBryce Salvador: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 18:27DALJordie Benn: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 10:36DALJordie Benn: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P2 14:56NJDStephen Gionta: High sticking double minor4 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 SOG0NJD
48% to win52% to win
← DAL attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zajac won the faceoff against Peverley
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALNJD
26Shots on goal34
3.0Expected goals2.8
51Shot attempts47
33Faceoffs won33
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
15Hits8
5Blocked shots18
3Giveaways2
5Takeaways5

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. bestPeverley – Benn – Seguin7:18

    xG 0.65–0.17 (79%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. Benn – Seguin – Nichushkin4:52

    xG 0.27–0.03 (89%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Whitney – Fiddler – Chiasson7:20

    xG 0.06–0.19 (23%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  4. Cole – Eakin – Nichushkin6:15

    xG 0.00–0.23 (0%)attempts 1–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDaley – Goligoski14:31

    xG 0.89–0.26 (77%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  2. Benn – Dillon14:42

    xG 0.29–0.65 (31%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  3. Gonchar – Connauton12:33

    xG 0.43–0.92 (32%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestRyder – Clowe – Henrique9:10

    xG 0.51–0.34 (60%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  2. Bernier – Gionta – Carter10:29

    xG 0.80–0.85 (48%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  3. Jagr – Zubrus – Zajac15:51

    xG 0.53–0.68 (44%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSalvador – Volchenkov14:02

    xG 1.05–0.15 (88%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  2. Zidlicky – Gelinas4:50

    xG 0.30–0.09 (78%)attempts 6–2goals 1–0

  3. Zidlicky – Merrill10:09

    xG 0.65–0.77 (46%)attempts 6–10goals 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.

NJD 2.8 xGDAL 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 1/100 · #1207 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.60 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 55% of the time.

NJD winsDAL wins

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

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