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Sat, Mar 28, 2015·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Dallas Stars 4, Vancouver Canucks 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 65% of the time.

VAN winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DAL11001321215440
VAN1911011502336

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:54DALJamie BennAssists: Tyler Seguin, Jason Demers · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:18VANNick BoninoAssists: Radim Vrbata, Chris Tanev · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:10VANChris HigginsPPAssists: Dan Hamhuis, Chris Tanev · Deflected, 0.23 xG1–2
  4. P3 7:55DALPatrick EavesAssists: Jason Spezza, Alex Goligoski · Wrist, 0.33 xG2–2
  5. P3 14:25DALTyler SeguinAssists: Trevor Daley, Cody Eakin · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–2
  6. P3 18:48VANRadim VrbataPPAssists: Nick Bonino, Daniel Sedin · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–3
  7. OT 4:13DALJohn KlingbergGWGAssists: Trevor Daley, Cody Eakin · Wrist, 0.02 xG4–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 2:55DALAntoine Roussel: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:55VANDerek Dorsett: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 6:52VANDan Hamhuis: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 8:37DALAlex Goligoski: Slashing2 min · PPG
  5. P2 15:16VANRadim Vrbata: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 15:16DALAlex Goligoski: Embellishment2 min
  7. P3 10:32DALJason Demers: Holding2 min
  8. P3 18:28DALTyler Seguin: Slashing2 min · PPG

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 SOG0VAN
46% to win54% to win
← DAL attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Fiddler won the faceoff against Sedin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALVAN
40Shots on goal36
3.1Expected goals2.3
63Shot attempts58
35Faceoffs won30
1Power plays3
13Penalty minutes9
14Hits20
9Blocked shots11
9Giveaways7
5Takeaways10

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. bestBenn – Eakin – Seguin14:36

    xG 0.78–0.05 (94%)attempts 19–4goals 1–0

  2. Spezza – Hemsky – Eaves9:39

    xG 0.98–0.28 (78%)attempts 12–10goals 1–0

  3. Horcoff – McKenzie – Ritchie11:10

    xG 0.22–0.37 (38%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  4. Fiddler – Roussel – Garbutt6:15

    xG 0.16–0.32 (33%)attempts 5–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Klingberg16:39

    xG 1.28–0.34 (79%)attempts 21–11goals 1–0

  2. Demers – Jokipakka9:42

    xG 0.55–0.22 (72%)attempts 14–7goals 1–0

  3. Daley – Nemeth16:40

    xG 0.60–0.39 (61%)attempts 14–17goals 1–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestHansen – Horvat – Kenins7:38

    xG 0.39–0.30 (57%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  2. Vrbata – Higgins – Bonino12:17

    xG 0.58–0.50 (53%)attempts 21–12goals 1–1

  3. Hansen – Dorsett – Horvat6:14

    xG 0.14–0.17 (46%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Dorsett – Matthias – Vey5:21

    xG 0.09–0.31 (23%)attempts 2–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Weber2:44

    xG 0.32–0.05 (87%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. Edler – Tanev16:05

    xG 0.61–0.59 (51%)attempts 18–17goals 1–1

  3. Hamhuis – Weber14:39

    xG 0.37–0.60 (38%)attempts 16–12goals 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.

VAN 2.3 xGDAL 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 92/100 · #81 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.56 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 18% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +44 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 65% of the time.

VAN winsDAL wins

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

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