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Thu, Jan 8, 2015·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Dallas Stars 2, Nashville Predators 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 77% of the time.

NSH winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DAL06270700220
NSH18170811324

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:27NSHShea WeberAssists: Mike Ribeiro, Roman Josi · Slap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P2 12:51DALJason SpezzaAssists: Shawn Horcoff, Jason Demers · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P2 16:47NSHMiikka SalomakiAssists: Roman Josi, Calle Jarnkrok · Wrist, 0.35 xG1–2
  4. P2 19:58DALTrevor DaleyAssists: Jamie Benn, Cody Eakin · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. OT 0:17NSHShea WeberGWGAssists: Mike Fisher, Colin Wilson · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 9:21NSHSeth Jones: Holding2 min
  2. P2 2:59DALAles Hemsky: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 10:42NSHCraig Smith: Interference2 min
  4. P2 17:09DALAntoine Roussel: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 4:57NSHMattias Ekholm: 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NSH
46% to win54% to win
← DAL attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Eakin won the faceoff against Ribeiro
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALNSH
20Shots on goal24
1.3Expected goals2.7
42Shot attempts56
31Faceoffs won32
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
18Hits20
21Blocked shots15
10Giveaways10
4Takeaways9

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. bestCole – Spezza – Seguin6:48

    xG 0.39–0.17 (70%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Horcoff – Moen – Hemsky3:34

    xG 0.19–0.03 (88%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Benn – Eakin – Ritchie7:01

    xG 0.21–0.23 (49%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

  4. Horcoff – Moen – Fiddler3:52

    xG 0.03–0.09 (26%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDemers – Benn15:41

    xG 0.38–0.13 (74%)attempts 12–13goals 0–1

  2. Daley – Goligoski2:20

    xG 0.19–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 1–0

  3. Goligoski – Klingberg14:29

    xG 0.17–0.99 (15%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestJokinen – Jarnkrok – Salomaki9:08

    xG 0.77–0.06 (93%)attempts 9–4goals 1–0

  2. Ribeiro – Smith – Forsberg11:40

    xG 0.52–0.21 (71%)attempts 14–10goals 1–1

  3. Fisher – Wilson – Arcobello10:03

    xG 0.40–0.26 (61%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  4. Gaustad – Stalberg – Bourque10:50

    xG 0.67–0.65 (51%)attempts 8–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeber – Josi18:29

    xG 1.71–0.79 (69%)attempts 20–19goals 2–2

  2. Ellis – Ekholm8:25

    xG 0.43–0.00 (100%)attempts 14–2goals 0–0

  3. Bartley – Jones10:32

    xG 0.38–0.20 (65%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

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.

NSH 2.7 xGDAL 1.3 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 58/100 · #474 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.74 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +26 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 77% of the time.

NSH winsDAL wins

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

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