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Thu, Jan 29, 2015·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Dallas Stars 6, Ottawa Senators 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 71% of the time.

OTT winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL312016313641
OTT2808112328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:37DALJamie BennPPAssists: John Klingberg, Patrick Eaves · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:36DALColton SceviourAssists: Vernon Fiddler, Trevor Daley · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–0
  3. P1 11:58DALAles HemskyPPAssists: Trevor Daley, Colton Sceviour · Slap, 0.03 xG3–0
  4. P1 16:02OTTMika ZibanejadAssists: Bobby Ryan, Clarke MacArthur · Backhand, 0.18 xG3–1
  5. P1 18:30OTTBobby RyanPPAssists: Cody Ceci · Wrist, 0.31 xG3–2
  6. P3 2:45OTTAlex ChiassonAssists: Kyle Turris · Tip-in, 0.09 xG3–3
  7. P3 10:51DALJohn KlingbergGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.11 xG4–3
  8. P3 19:08DALTrevor DaleyENAssists: Cody Eakin · Wrist, 0.46 xG5–3
  9. P3 19:33DALJamie BennENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.44 xG6–3
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 4:05DALShawn Horcoff: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 7:11OTTMarc Methot: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P1 10:48OTTEric Gryba: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P1 18:22DALRyan Garbutt: Holding the stick2 min · PPG
  5. P2 6:57DALRyan Garbutt: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 10:27OTTJean-Gabriel Pageau: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 14:25DALAles Hemsky: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 17:34DALJamie Benn: Slashing2 min
  9. P2 17:34OTTErik Karlsson: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 19:02DALTyler Seguin: 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 SOG0OTT
46% to win54% to win
← DAL attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Spezza won the faceoff against Turris
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALOTT
41Shots on goal28
3.8Expected goals2.5
65Shot attempts54
39Faceoffs won27
3Power plays5
12Penalty minutes8
27Hits28
19Blocked shots9
9Giveaways11
6Takeaways6

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 – Spezza – Hemsky11:46

    xG 0.40–0.32 (56%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  2. Roussel – Eakin – Garbutt10:21

    xG 0.24–0.17 (58%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  3. Moen – Fiddler – Sceviour5:10

    xG 0.08–0.23 (26%)attempts 3–5goals 0–1

  4. Eaves – Benn – Seguin11:18

    xG 0.43–0.84 (34%)attempts 11–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDaley – Schlemko5:33

    xG 0.53–0.13 (80%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  2. Goligoski – Klingberg15:10

    xG 0.54–0.48 (53%)attempts 18–10goals 0–1

  3. Daley – Demers3:43

    xG 0.07–0.15 (31%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestMacArthur – Ryan – Zibanejad11:56

    xG 0.82–0.29 (74%)attempts 14–11goals 1–1

  2. Michalek – Turris – Stone7:25

    xG 0.38–0.29 (57%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Hoffman – Chiasson – Pageau3:57

    xG 0.12–0.04 (72%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Turris – Hoffman – Chiasson4:56

    xG 0.33–0.29 (53%)attempts 7–6goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCowen – Ceci10:33

    xG 0.79–0.27 (74%)attempts 12–11goals 2–0

  2. Methot – Karlsson18:52

    xG 0.71–0.63 (53%)attempts 17–16goals 0–1

  3. Phillips – Gryba12:18

    xG 0.22–0.45 (32%)attempts 12–10goals 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.

OTT 2.5 xGDAL 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 93/100 · #76 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.75 · 9 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 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 71% of the time.

OTT winsDAL wins

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

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