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Thu, Jan 15, 2015·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Winnipeg Jets 2, Dallas Stars 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 93% of the time.

DAL winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG1110615222
DAL09022116147

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:53WPGMichael FrolikAssists: Mathieu Perreault · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P3 7:34WPGEvander KaneSHGWGAssists: Mark Stuart · Wrist, 0.25 xG2–0
  3. P3 18:44DALTrevor DaleyAssists: Antoine Roussel, Jason Spezza · Slap, 0.10 xG2–1
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 5:04WPGAndrew Ladd: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 10:18WPGMathieu Perreault: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 6:47WPGDustin Byfuglien: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 11:19WPGToby Enstrom: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 11:19DALRyan Garbutt: Holding the stick2 min
  6. P2 12:17DALTrevor Daley: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 19:28DALTyler Seguin: Charging2 min
  8. P3 0:36WPGDustin Byfuglien: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 5:24WPGBlake Wheeler: High sticking2 min
  10. P3 5:24WPGBlake Wheeler: High sticking2 min
  11. P3 9:54WPGMark Stuart: 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGDAL
22Shots on goal47
1.9Expected goals5.4
37Shot attempts97
21Faceoffs won47
2Power plays7
16Penalty minutes6
34Hits23
27Blocked shots9
9Giveaways14
11Takeaways10

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestHalischuk – Kane – Lowry6:15

    xG 0.31–0.07 (81%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  2. Frolik – Perreault – Scheifele10:18

    xG 0.31–0.25 (55%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  3. Thorburn – Slater – Peluso5:02

    xG 0.06–0.41 (12%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

  4. Ladd – Wheeler – Little11:09

    xG 0.42–1.55 (21%)attempts 10–21goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Byfuglien – Chiarot14:34

    xG 0.67–0.63 (52%)attempts 18–20goals 0–0

  2. Enstrom – Bogosian12:33

    xG 0.26–0.83 (24%)attempts 7–17goals 0–0

  3. Harrison – Stuart8:53

    xG 0.18–0.94 (16%)attempts 2–13goals 1–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestRoussel – Eakin – Garbutt8:26

    xG 1.61–0.07 (96%)attempts 20–1goals 0–0

  2. Horcoff – Moen – Sceviour5:21

    xG 0.42–0.20 (67%)attempts 8–4goals 0–1

  3. Roussel – Seguin – Garbutt2:19

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  4. Benn – Seguin – Ritchie6:52

    xG 0.24–0.23 (51%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDaley – Goligoski3:46

    xG 0.66–0.04 (95%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Demers – Benn8:33

    xG 0.78–0.26 (75%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  3. Daley – Oleksiak5:33

    xG 0.36–0.10 (79%)attempts 10–5goals 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.

DAL 5.4 xGWPG 1.9 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 17/100 · #998 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.90 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 93% of the time.

DAL winsWPG wins

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

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