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Mon, Jan 20, 2014·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Dallas Stars 1, Nashville Predators 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 51% of the time.

NSH winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL11106019136
NSH2911113423

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:45DALCody EakinPPAssists: Rich Peverley, Ray Whitney · Slap, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:35NSHNick SpalingAssists: Roman Josi, David Legwand · Wrist, 0.22 xG1–1
  3. P1 17:16NSHShea WeberGWGAssists: Eric Nystrom, Gabriel Bourque · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P2 19:28NSHRoman JosiAssists: Paul Gaustad, Eric Nystrom · Snap, 0.13 xG1–3
  5. P3 3:46NSHMike FisherAssists: Colin Wilson, Patric Hornqvist · Snap, 0.20 xG1–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 3:06NSHDavid Legwand: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  2. P1 14:21DALCody Eakin: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 12:31DALAntoine Roussel: Holding2 min
  4. P2 16:58DALAntoine Roussel: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 16:58NSHKevin Klein: Fighting5 min
  6. P3 17:03NSHDavid Legwand: Holding2 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 SOG0NSH
48% to win52% to win
← DAL attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Fisher won the faceoff against Fiddler
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALNSH
36Shots on goal23
2.3Expected goals2.3
63Shot attempts44
29Faceoffs won35
2Power plays2
9Penalty minutes9
13Hits21
14Blocked shots13
10Giveaways9
3Takeaways7

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 – Benn – Seguin6:07

    xG 0.47–0.04 (92%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Benn – Chiasson – Eakin3:57

    xG 0.40–0.09 (83%)attempts 7–2goals 0–1

  3. Peverley – Roussel – Seguin4:05

    xG 0.23–0.04 (87%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Horcoff – Peverley – Jeffrey6:11

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Dillon11:56

    xG 0.58–0.12 (83%)attempts 13–7goals 0–1

  2. Gonchar – Rome13:48

    xG 0.70–0.26 (73%)attempts 18–11goals 0–0

  3. Daley – Goligoski5:04

    xG 0.41–0.04 (91%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestFisher – Hornqvist – Wilson9:35

    xG 0.53–0.14 (79%)attempts 13–6goals 1–0

  2. Cullen – Clune – Stalberg5:16

    xG 0.18–0.15 (54%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  3. Gaustad – Clune – Stalberg2:40

    xG 0.20–0.18 (53%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Legwand – Spaling – Smith13:35

    xG 0.28–0.44 (39%)attempts 8–13goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeber – Josi19:07

    xG 0.84–0.73 (53%)attempts 16–20goals 3–0

  2. Bartley – Jones13:45

    xG 0.31–0.46 (40%)attempts 8–16goals 0–0

  3. Klein – Ellis14:25

    xG 0.06–0.43 (11%)attempts 5–13goals 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.

NSH 2.3 xGDAL 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 26/100 · #856 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.83 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 37% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 51% of the time.

NSH winsDAL wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).