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Sun, Dec 21, 2014·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Dallas Stars 6, Edmonton Oilers 5 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 82% of the time.

EDM winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
DAL211114216043645
EDM1124905032529

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:58EDMTaylor HallPPAssists: Teddy Purcell, Jordan Eberle · Snap, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P1 6:36DALShawn HorcoffAssists: Jyrki Jokipakka, Colton Sceviour · Wrist, 0.41 xG1–1
  3. P1 10:20DALErik ColeAssists: Ales Hemsky, Alex Goligoski · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P2 0:11EDMTeddy PurcellAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Taylor Hall · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. P2 2:44EDMMark ArcobelloAssists: Jeff Petry, Andrew Ference · Wrist, 0.29 xG2–3
  6. P2 9:19EDMMark ArcobelloAssists: Steven Pinizzotto, Matt Hendricks · Snap, 0.29 xG2–4
  7. P2 13:17EDMTaylor HallAssists: Teddy Purcell · Snap, 0.19 xG2–5
  8. P2 19:39DALJamie BennPPAssists: Jason Spezza, Tyler Seguin · Snap, 0.05 xG3–5
  9. P3 0:52DALTyler SeguinAssists: John Klingberg, Alex Goligoski · Wrist, 0.33 xG4–5
  10. P3 9:13DALTyler SeguinAssists: Jamie Benn, Ales Hemsky · Wrist, 0.27 xG5–5

Shootout

  1. 1. DAL Jason Spezza stopped
  2. 2. EDM Taylor Hall stopped
  3. 3. DAL Tyler Seguin scored
  4. 4. EDM David Perron stopped
  5. 5. DAL Jamie Benn stopped
  6. 6. EDM Jordan Eberle scored
  7. 7. DAL Trevor Daley stopped
  8. 8. EDM Matt Hendricks stopped
  9. 9. DAL Ales Hemsky stopped
  10. 10. EDM Ryan Nugent-Hopkins stopped
  11. 11. DAL Vernon Fiddler scored
  12. 12. EDM Teddy Purcell scored
  13. 13. DAL Jordie Benn stopped
  14. 14. EDM Mark Arcobello stopped
  15. 15. DAL Shawn Horcoff scored
  16. 16. EDM Anton Lander stopped
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 2:48DALJamie Benn: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  2. P2 8:36EDMBoyd Gordon: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 8:36DALAntoine Roussel: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 13:31DALJason Demers: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 13:31EDMNail Yakupov: Holding the stick2 min
  6. P2 18:34EDMBoyd Gordon: Holding2 min · PPG
  7. P3 1:40EDMTyler Pitlick: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  8. P3 5:36EDMAndrew Ference: 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 SOG0EDM
46% to win54% to win
← DAL attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Eakin won the faceoff against Nugent-Hopkins
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALEDM
45Shots on goal29
4.5Expected goals2.2
83Shot attempts50
29Faceoffs won39
3Power plays1
9Penalty minutes13
24Hits37
12Blocked shots18
6Giveaways13
11Takeaways8

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. bestHorcoff – Fiddler – Sceviour9:11

    xG 0.74–0.13 (85%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  2. Hemsky – Benn – Seguin5:29

    xG 0.51–0.06 (89%)attempts 12–2goals 1–0

  3. Cole – Hemsky – Morin5:04

    xG 0.29–0.15 (66%)attempts 9–4goals 1–0

  4. Spezza – Benn – Seguin7:57

    xG 0.22–0.14 (61%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDaley – Jokipakka13:54

    xG 1.16–0.50 (70%)attempts 16–16goals 2–0

  2. Demers – Benn14:43

    xG 0.73–0.45 (62%)attempts 10–6goals 0–1

  3. Goligoski – Klingberg15:56

    xG 0.98–0.75 (57%)attempts 26–17goals 2–2

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHendricks – Pinizzotto – Arcobello2:43

    xG 0.51–0.08 (87%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

  2. Purcell – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins14:33

    xG 0.49–0.44 (53%)attempts 13–15goals 2–0

  3. Gordon – Perron – Eberle10:18

    xG 0.11–0.29 (28%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

  4. Lander – Pitlick – Yakupov9:46

    xG 0.28–1.03 (21%)attempts 11–9goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. Ference – Petry16:44

    xG 0.75–0.81 (48%)attempts 16–17goals 1–2

  2. Ference – Fayne2:22

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  3. Schultz – Hunt14:16

    xG 0.85–1.16 (42%)attempts 17–18goals 2–1

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.

EDM 2.2 xGDAL 4.5 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 99/100 · #8 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.41 · 10 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 3% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +32 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 82% of the time.

EDM winsDAL wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).