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Tue, Jan 13, 2015·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Ottawa Senators 4, Dallas Stars 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 52% of the time.

DAL winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT311014116441
DAL1941505529

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:57OTTMike HoffmanAssists: Bobby Ryan · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:30OTTClarke MacArthurPPAssists: David Legwand, Mark Stone · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–0
  3. P1 16:08DALAles HemskyAssists: Alex Goligoski, Anders Lindback · Slap, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P1 17:55OTTJared CowenAssists: Mark Stone · Wrist, 0.16 xG3–1
  5. P2 2:38DALTrevor DaleyAssists: Travis Moen, Shawn Horcoff · Slap, 0.03 xG3–2
  6. P2 8:42DALJohn KlingbergAssists: Colton Sceviour, Travis Moen · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–3
  7. P2 17:19DALErik ColePPAssists: Alex Goligoski, Jason Demers · Tip-in, 0.15 xG3–4
  8. P2 19:50DALJohn KlingbergGWGAssists: Ales Hemsky, Erik Cole · Snap, 0.15 xG3–5
  9. P3 6:00OTTMilan MichalekPPAssists: Alex Chiasson, Bobby Ryan · Wrist, 0.20 xG4–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 8:43DALTrevor Daley: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 10:08OTTDavid Legwand: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P2 11:38DALAles Hemsky: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P2 15:38OTTErik Karlsson: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. P3 5:34DALJordie Benn: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P3 9:28OTTBobby Ryan: 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
46% to win54% to win
← OTT attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Eakin won the faceoff against Turris
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTDAL
41Shots on goal29
3.4Expected goals3.2
73Shot attempts54
27Faceoffs won42
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
19Hits24
12Blocked shots21
11Giveaways17
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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestLegwand – Michalek – Stone6:46

    xG 0.67–0.23 (74%)attempts 12–10goals 1–1

  2. MacArthur – Turris – Chiasson8:04

    xG 0.30–0.20 (60%)attempts 11–6goals 0–1

  3. Michalek – Chiasson – Pageau2:25

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  4. Condra – Pageau – Lazar5:41

    xG 0.14–0.27 (33%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMethot – Karlsson17:41

    xG 0.70–0.37 (65%)attempts 27–13goals 0–0

  2. Cowen – Ceci12:51

    xG 0.44–0.15 (75%)attempts 15–4goals 2–2

  3. Phillips – Gryba11:46

    xG 0.56–1.12 (33%)attempts 11–16goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestBenn – Seguin – Ritchie12:44

    xG 0.80–0.10 (89%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Spezza – Hemsky – Roussel2:37

    xG 0.22–0.05 (82%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Cole – Spezza – Hemsky8:49

    xG 0.33–0.43 (43%)attempts 7–11goals 1–1

  4. Horcoff – Moen – Sceviour8:05

    xG 0.36–0.65 (36%)attempts 10–13goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDaley – Goligoski12:16

    xG 0.79–0.21 (79%)attempts 11–14goals 1–0

  2. Daley – Schlemko6:06

    xG 0.25–0.08 (75%)attempts 6–6goals 1–0

  3. Benn – Klingberg9:46

    xG 0.44–0.42 (51%)attempts 10–9goals 2–0

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 3.2 xGOTT 3.4 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 89/100 · #106 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.99 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 18% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 52% of the time.

DAL winsOTT wins

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

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