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Fri, Oct 24, 2014·Prudential Center, Newark

Dallas Stars 3, New Jersey Devils 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 55% of the time.

NJD winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
DAL014211010022337
NJD1906110020227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:21NJDEric GelinasAssists: Jacob Josefson · Slap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:28DALJamie BennPPAssists: Tyler Seguin, Jason Spezza · Snap, 0.19 xG1–1
  3. P2 15:48DALPatrick EavesAssists: Alex Goligoski, Cody Eakin · Snap, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P3 8:18NJDDamien BrunnerAssists: Patrik Elias, Ryane Clowe · Snap, 0.18 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. NJD Michael Cammalleri stopped
  2. 2. DAL Jason Spezza scored
  3. 3. NJD Jaromir Jagr stopped
  4. 4. DAL Jamie Benn scored
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 2:29NJDEric Gelinas: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P2 6:54NJDBryce Salvador: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 6:54DALAntoine Roussel: Fighting5 min
  4. P3 8:34NJDAdam Henrique: Hooking2 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 SOG0NJD
46% to win54% to win
← DAL attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Henrique won the faceoff against Eakin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALNJD
37Shots on goal27
2.5Expected goals2.2
50Shot attempts44
36Faceoffs won35
2Power plays0
5Penalty minutes9
17Hits16
8Blocked shots6
4Giveaways10
2Takeaways5

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. bestHemsky – Fiddler – Eaves10:07

    xG 0.78–0.00 (100%)attempts 17–2goals 0–0

  2. Cole – Horcoff – Sceviour10:35

    xG 0.34–0.46 (42%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  3. Roussel – Eakin – Garbutt9:42

    xG 0.27–0.50 (35%)attempts 5–10goals 0–2

  4. Spezza – Benn – Seguin15:52

    xG 0.42–0.72 (37%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Benn – Dillon19:14

    xG 0.85–0.84 (50%)attempts 18–12goals 0–1

  2. Daley – Goligoski20:08

    xG 0.49–0.65 (43%)attempts 13–15goals 1–0

  3. Jokipakka – Oleksiak11:40

    xG 0.26–0.49 (34%)attempts 9–9goals 0–1

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestRuutu – Gionta – Josefson5:31

    xG 0.37–0.05 (88%)attempts 6–3goals 1–0

  2. Elias – Clowe – Brunner5:41

    xG 0.45–0.20 (69%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  3. Elias – Cammalleri – Brunner5:21

    xG 0.17–0.04 (81%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Jagr – Cammalleri – Zajac8:18

    xG 0.24–0.26 (48%)attempts 7–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreene – Severson19:18

    xG 0.76–0.47 (62%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

  2. Zidlicky – Merrill5:03

    xG 0.29–0.34 (46%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Salvador – Zidlicky13:57

    xG 0.50–0.61 (45%)attempts 12–13goals 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.

NJD 2.2 xGDAL 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 54/100 · #522 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.66 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +29 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 55% of the time.

NJD winsDAL wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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+7

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