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Tue, Apr 1, 2014·Verizon Center, Washington

Dallas Stars 5, Washington Capitals 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 56% of the time.

WSH winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL11421527536
WSH012010013035

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:08DALTyler SeguinGWGAssists: Jamie Benn · Tip-in, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P2 9:16DALRay WhitneyAssists: Alex Chiasson, Alex Goligoski · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–0
  3. P2 9:50DALDustin JeffreyAssists: Alex Chiasson, Trevor Daley · Wrist, 0.15 xG3–0
  4. P3 9:55DALDustin JeffreyAssists: Ray Whitney, Alex Chiasson · Wrist, 0.10 xG4–0
  5. P3 14:50DALRyan GarbuttSHAssists: Vernon Fiddler · Backhand, 0.22 xG5–0
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 8:39DALTrevor Daley: Holding2 min
  2. P1 9:11WSHJohn Carlson: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 0:59WSHMike Green: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 10:47WSHJoel Ward: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 18:38DALCody Eakin: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 13:54DALBrenden Dillon: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 16:15DALAlex Chiasson: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 17:44DALCody Eakin: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 18:43WSHEric Fehr: 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 SOG0WSH
48% to win52% to win
← DAL attackWSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Eakin won the faceoff against Beagle
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALWSH
36Shots on goal35
3.1Expected goals2.7
59Shot attempts68
27Faceoffs won33
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
22Hits24
20Blocked shots11
4Giveaways6
7Takeaways10

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. bestWhitney – Jeffrey – Chiasson5:48

    xG 0.62–0.19 (76%)attempts 8–4goals 3–0

  2. Horcoff – Fiddler – Sceviour9:25

    xG 0.55–0.44 (55%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  3. Benn – Seguin – Nichushkin10:30

    xG 0.56–0.50 (53%)attempts 13–13goals 1–0

  4. Roussel – Eakin – Garbutt11:37

    xG 0.11–0.33 (26%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBenn – Dillon12:10

    xG 0.43–0.15 (75%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  2. Gonchar – Nemeth10:36

    xG 0.45–0.21 (68%)attempts 11–11goals 1–0

  3. Daley – Goligoski17:05

    xG 0.89–1.14 (44%)attempts 14–25goals 2–0

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestBrouwer – Johansson – Kuznetsov3:17

    xG 0.35–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Ovechkin – Grabovski – Beagle6:54

    xG 0.30–0.20 (59%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1

  3. Beagle – Brown – Wilson2:00

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  4. Chimera – Ward – Fehr9:57

    xG 0.37–0.38 (50%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreen – Orlov15:48

    xG 0.67–0.32 (68%)attempts 16–10goals 0–1

  2. Carlson – Orlov2:26

    xG 0.15–0.05 (75%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Alzner – Carlson11:19

    xG 0.60–0.63 (49%)attempts 15–14goals 0–1

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.

WSH 2.7 xGDAL 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 3/100 · #1132 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.56 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 56% of the time.

WSH winsDAL wins

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

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