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Fri, Nov 27, 2015·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Vancouver Canucks 2, Dallas Stars 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 56% of the time.

DAL winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
VAN01417113020236
DAL181605061325

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:27DALJamie BennPPAssists: Patrick Sharp, Tyler Seguin · Tip-in, 0.20 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:10VANDaniel SedinAssists: Jannik Hansen · Wrist, 0.23 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:52DALJason SpezzaPPAssists: John Klingberg, Patrick Sharp · Slap, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P3 15:50VANHenrik SedinPPAssists: Daniel Sedin, Radim Vrbata · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. DAL Tyler Seguin scored
  2. 2. VAN Alexandre Burrows stopped
  3. 3. DAL Jason Spezza stopped
  4. 4. VAN Radim Vrbata stopped
  5. 5. DAL Jamie Benn stopped
  6. 6. VAN Chris Higgins stopped
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 1:07DALAntoine Roussel: Interference2 min
  2. P1 6:22DALJamie Benn: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 6:22DALJamie Benn: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 14:10VANDaniel Sedin: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P2 7:34VANLuca Sbisa: Interference2 min
  6. P2 11:25VANSven Baertschi: Tripping2 min · PPG
  7. P2 19:54DALColton Sceviour: Interference2 min
  8. P3 6:36DALAlex Goligoski: Delaying game2 min
  9. P3 7:08VANAlexandre Burrows: High sticking2 min
  10. P3 13:20DALAles Hemsky: Interference2 min
  11. P3 14:55DALJamie Benn: Tripping2 min · PPG
  12. OT 2:31VANJannik Hansen: Too many men on the ice2 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
47% to win54% to win
← VAN attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Seguin won the faceoff against Sedin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANDAL
36Shots on goal25
2.9Expected goals2.6
68Shot attempts49
24Faceoffs won37
7Power plays5
10Penalty minutes14
21Hits21
14Blocked shots15
15Giveaways19
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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSedin – Sedin – Hansen9:16

    xG 0.52–0.03 (94%)attempts 9–4goals 1–0

  2. Vrbata – Higgins – McCann7:04

    xG 0.51–0.21 (71%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  3. Prust – Cracknell – Dorsett10:24

    xG 0.41–0.31 (57%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  4. Burrows – Baertschi – Horvat6:00

    xG 0.16–0.33 (33%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Tanev14:09

    xG 0.78–0.16 (83%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  2. Sbisa – Bartkowski14:28

    xG 0.47–0.39 (55%)attempts 12–12goals 1–0

  3. Hamhuis – Weber10:48

    xG 0.56–0.55 (50%)attempts 17–11goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestSpezza – Eaves – Janmark7:01

    xG 0.38–0.19 (67%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Hemsky – Fiddler – Sceviour6:30

    xG 0.07–0.27 (21%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  3. Roussel – Eakin – Nichushkin8:52

    xG 0.23–0.45 (34%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  4. Sharp – Benn – Seguin10:51

    xG 0.15–0.74 (17%)attempts 5–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Benn – Jokipakka9:30

    xG 0.24–0.40 (37%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  2. Oduya – Demers13:36

    xG 0.28–0.45 (38%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  3. Goligoski – Klingberg11:47

    xG 0.23–0.55 (30%)attempts 12–16goals 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.

DAL 2.6 xGVAN 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 79/100 · #239 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.13 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +41 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 56% of the time.

DAL winsVAN wins

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

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