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Tue, Jan 14, 2014·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Edmonton Oilers 2, Dallas Stars 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 62% of the time.

DAL winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM11011508233
DAL3121919530

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:14DALErik ColeAssists: Trevor Daley, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P1 3:40EDMJustin SchultzAssists: Taylor Hall, Andrew Ference · Backhand, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P1 8:35DALRyan GarbuttAssists: Ray Whitney, Kevin Connauton · Wrist, 0.43 xG1–2
  4. P1 10:22DALJamie BennPPGWGAssists: Tyler Seguin, Alex Goligoski · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–3
  5. P2 1:10DALCody EakinAssists: Antoine Roussel, Ryan Garbutt · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–4
  6. P2 10:28EDMSam GagnerPPAssists: Taylor Hall, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Backhand, 0.13 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:21DALTrevor DaleyENAssists: Ryan Garbutt · Wrist, 0.54 xG2–5
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 2:59DALBrenden Dillon: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:59EDMRyan Jones: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 9:45EDMSam Gagner: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P2 3:22DALErik Cole: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 9:30DALJamie Benn: Interference2 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
48% to win52% to win
← EDM attackDAL attack →
  1. Press play, or drag along the timeline.
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMDAL
33Shots on goal30
3.5Expected goals4.2
68Shot attempts58
24Faceoffs won28
2Power plays1
7Penalty minutes9
25Hits19
14Blocked shots18
7Giveaways4
10Takeaways7

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHemsky – Gordon – Perron9:07

    xG 0.77–0.24 (76%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  2. Smyth – Jones – Gazdic4:16

    xG 0.25–0.11 (69%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Perron – Eberle – Arcobello5:23

    xG 0.17–0.03 (85%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  4. Eberle – Arcobello – Yakupov7:07

    xG 0.20–0.58 (26%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPetry – Marincin17:16

    xG 1.35–1.22 (53%)attempts 19–18goals 0–1

  2. Schultz – Belov12:08

    xG 0.38–0.38 (50%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  3. Ference – Schultz20:21

    xG 0.74–1.22 (38%)attempts 19–17goals 1–2

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestCole – Benn – Seguin14:56

    xG 1.50–0.72 (67%)attempts 22–16goals 1–1

  2. Horcoff – Peverley – Nichushkin10:08

    xG 0.27–0.22 (55%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Roussel – Eakin – Garbutt11:02

    xG 0.40–0.66 (38%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

  4. Whitney – Fiddler – Chiasson10:12

    xG 0.12–0.89 (12%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGonchar – Connauton15:34

    xG 0.71–0.52 (57%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  2. Daley – Goligoski15:14

    xG 0.76–0.63 (55%)attempts 12–15goals 1–1

  3. Benn – Dillon16:25

    xG 0.51–0.98 (34%)attempts 18–22goals 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 4.2 xGEDM 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 52/100 · #534 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.02 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 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, Dallas Stars win this game 62% of the time.

DAL winsEDM wins

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

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