Skip to content
Ice Lab

Thu, Mar 20, 2014·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Dallas Stars 2, Philadelphia Flyers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 77% of the time.

PHI winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL01211716235
PHI21201324429

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:23PHIMark StreitAssists: Claude Giroux · Slap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:21PHIWayne SimmondsPPAssists: Scott Hartnell, Jakub Voracek · Wrist, 0.50 xG0–2
  3. P2 12:48DALJamie BennPPAssists: Tyler Seguin, Alex Goligoski · Wrist, 0.29 xG1–2
  4. P3 12:21PHIWayne SimmondsGWGAssists: Vincent Lecavalier, Brayden Schenn · Snap, 0.05 xG1–3
  5. P3 12:51DALJamie BennAssists: Tyler Seguin, Alex Chiasson · Wrist, 0.34 xG2–3
  6. P3 16:48PHIMichael RafflAssists: Sean Couturier, Kimmo Timonen · Backhand, 0.12 xG2–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 12:27DALRyan Garbutt: Elbowing2 min · PPG
  2. P1 18:10DALJordie Benn: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 10:19PHIZac Rinaldo: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 11:48PHIMichael Raffl: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P2 17:52PHIWayne Simmonds: 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 SOG0PHI
48% to win52% to win
← DAL attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Giroux won the faceoff against Eakin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALPHI
35Shots on goal29
4.0Expected goals2.3
69Shot attempts65
27Faceoffs won35
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
25Hits33
23Blocked shots24
6Giveaways6
1Takeaways5

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. bestBenn – Chiasson – Seguin12:53

    xG 1.17–0.43 (73%)attempts 13–13goals 1–0

  2. Cole – Sceviour – Eakin12:20

    xG 0.66–0.11 (85%)attempts 16–8goals 0–1

  3. Fiddler – Roussel – Garbutt10:54

    xG 0.36–0.15 (71%)attempts 12–13goals 0–1

  4. Whitney – Mueller – Nichushkin4:49

    xG 0.03–0.21 (13%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBenn – Dillon17:46

    xG 0.86–0.29 (75%)attempts 17–11goals 1–1

  2. Daley – Goligoski18:25

    xG 0.89–0.62 (59%)attempts 16–23goals 0–1

  3. Gonchar – Rome9:48

    xG 0.53–0.42 (56%)attempts 12–13goals 0–1

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestHartnell – Giroux – Voracek10:04

    xG 0.32–0.09 (79%)attempts 14–9goals 1–0

  2. Downie – Read – Couturier9:26

    xG 0.37–0.51 (42%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  3. Hall – Rinaldo – Raffl3:55

    xG 0.02–0.29 (7%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  4. Lecavalier – Simmonds – Schenn9:51

    xG 0.30–0.61 (33%)attempts 12–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMacDonald – Schenn14:41

    xG 0.37–0.25 (60%)attempts 10–15goals 0–0

  2. Timonen – Coburn13:04

    xG 0.71–0.93 (43%)attempts 17–11goals 1–1

  3. Streit – Grossmann16:01

    xG 0.24–0.71 (25%)attempts 21–19goals 1–0

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.

PHI 2.3 xGDAL 4.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 43/100 · #644 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.06 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50PHI 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 77% of the time.

PHI winsDAL wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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