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Wed, Feb 5, 2014·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Dallas Stars 1, San Jose Sharks 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 68% of the time.

SJS winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DAL06081600120
SJS09180212221

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 18:06SJSMartin HavlatAssists: Scott Hannan, James Sheppard · Deflected, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P3 6:27DALValeri NichushkinAssists: Trevor Daley, Tyler Seguin · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. OT 1:52SJSTommy WingelsGWGAssists: Martin Havlat, Scott Hannan · Slap, 0.17 xG1–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 18:34SJSScott Hannan: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 5:10DALRich Peverley: Holding2 min
  3. P3 12:12DALErik Cole: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 16:13DALErik Cole: Tripping2 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 SOG0SJS
48% to win52% to win
← DAL attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Desjardins won the faceoff against Fiddler
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALSJS
20Shots on goal21
1.6Expected goals2.5
48Shot attempts57
38Faceoffs won36
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
20Hits24
21Blocked shots18
14Giveaways22
7Takeaways11

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 – Seguin5:12

    xG 0.15–0.00 (99%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Cole – Eakin – Nichushkin5:39

    xG 0.19–0.07 (72%)attempts 4–4goals 0–1

  3. Whitney – Horcoff – Chiasson9:24

    xG 0.12–0.10 (56%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  4. Benn – Seguin – Nichushkin8:24

    xG 0.37–0.49 (43%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Gonchar – Connauton12:40

    xG 0.24–0.36 (40%)attempts 5–11goals 0–1

  2. Benn – Dillon17:54

    xG 0.39–0.65 (38%)attempts 13–17goals 0–0

  3. Daley – Goligoski17:50

    xG 0.46–0.90 (34%)attempts 17–20goals 1–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestPavelski – Wingels – Nieto8:26

    xG 0.37–0.03 (92%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  2. Burish – Brown – Desjardins7:54

    xG 0.41–0.14 (75%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Havlat – Pavelski – Wingels4:21

    xG 0.08–0.04 (69%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Havlat – Kearns – Sheppard6:14

    xG 0.09–0.18 (32%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHannan – Irwin13:55

    xG 0.54–0.04 (93%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  2. Boyle – Vlasic14:12

    xG 0.44–0.28 (61%)attempts 18–11goals 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 2.5 xGDAL 1.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 44/100 · #637 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.41 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +30 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 68% 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).