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Sat, Mar 22, 2014·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Ottawa Senators 1, Dallas Stars 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 68% of the time.

DAL winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT1701208127
DAL017114213344

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:27OTTErik KarlssonAssists: Colin Greening · Slap, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P2 15:07DALCody EakinAssists: Valeri Nichushkin, Jordie Benn · Backhand, 0.23 xG1–1
  3. P3 4:52DALTrevor DaleyGWGAssists: Ray Whitney, Colton Sceviour · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–2
  4. P3 6:58DALJamie BennAssists: Tyler Seguin, Jordie Benn · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–3
Penalties (22)
  1. P1 5:44OTTChris Neil: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 5:44DALAaron Rome: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 14:41OTTJason Spezza: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 16:41DALJordie Benn: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 1:52OTTCody Ceci: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 5:56OTTKyle Turris: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 10:55OTTBobby Ryan: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 13:53DALBrenden Dillon: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 13:53OTTClarke MacArthur: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 2:23DALTrevor Daley: Holding2 min
  11. P3 2:47OTTKyle Turris: Slashing2 min
  12. P3 11:51DALBrenden Dillon: Holding2 min
  13. P3 12:32DALCody Eakin: Interference2 min
  14. P3 12:32OTTClarke MacArthur: Hooking2 min
  15. P3 14:12DALBrenden Dillon: High sticking2 min
  16. P3 14:12OTTChris Neil: Fighting5 min
  17. P3 14:12DALRyan Garbutt: Fighting5 min
  18. P3 14:12OTTChris Neil: Interference2 min
  19. P3 14:12DALRyan Garbutt: Diving2 min
  20. P3 14:45DALVernon Fiddler: Roughing2 min
  21. P3 14:45OTTMilan Michalek: Roughing2 min
  22. P3 0:00DALBrenden Dillon: Cross checking2 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
48% to win52% to win
← OTT attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Turris won the faceoff against Seguin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTDAL
27Shots on goal44
2.6Expected goals3.7
60Shot attempts70
30Faceoffs won29
4Power plays5
28Penalty minutes28
23Hits22
16Blocked shots14
9Giveaways13
8Takeaways7

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestSpezza – Hemsky – Michalek9:00

    xG 0.64–0.17 (79%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  2. Neil – Greening – Smith6:32

    xG 0.55–0.15 (78%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  3. Condra – Hoffman – Zibanejad6:13

    xG 0.16–0.08 (66%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. MacArthur – Ryan – Turris8:18

    xG 0.20–0.28 (41%)attempts 5–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMethot – Karlsson14:43

    xG 0.96–0.55 (64%)attempts 17–16goals 1–1

  2. Phillips – Ceci7:17

    xG 0.35–0.20 (64%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  3. Gryba – Cowen10:30

    xG 0.25–0.82 (23%)attempts 6–15goals 0–1

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestWhitney – Sceviour – Eakin8:49

    xG 0.74–0.35 (68%)attempts 11–6goals 1–1

  2. Horcoff – Mueller – Chiasson4:50

    xG 0.26–0.32 (45%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  3. Benn – Seguin – Nichushkin10:10

    xG 0.23–0.42 (35%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  4. Fiddler – Roussel – Garbutt7:24

    xG 0.12–0.42 (22%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDaley – Goligoski13:03

    xG 1.13–0.72 (61%)attempts 20–13goals 1–0

  2. Gonchar – Benn2:46

    xG 0.03–0.05 (35%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  3. Benn – Dillon14:52

    xG 0.30–0.34 (47%)attempts 16–12goals 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.

DAL 3.7 xGOTT 2.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 21/100 · #926 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.10 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 68% of the time.

DAL winsOTT wins

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

-7
-6
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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