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Sat, Jan 16, 2016·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Dallas Stars 3, San Jose Sharks 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 60% of the time.

SJS winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DAL1130821301335
SJS0162141613439

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:15DALAles HemskyAssists: Mattias Janmark, Antoine Roussel · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P2 3:54SJSMarc-Edouard VlasicAssists: Joe Thornton, Tomas Hertl · Snap, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:07SJSChris TierneyPPAssists: Tommy Wingels, Matt Nieto · Slap, 0.34 xG1–2
  4. P3 0:33DALTyler SeguinAssists: Jamie Benn · Snap, 0.08 xG2–2
  5. P3 7:51SJSMarc-Edouard VlasicPPAssists: Dylan DeMelo, Joonas Donskoi · Slap, 0.05 xG2–3
  6. P3 8:03DALJason SpezzaAssists: Jamie Benn, Tyler Seguin · Snap, 0.04 xG3–3
  7. OT 1:12SJSTomas HertlGWGAssists: Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Logan Couture · Snap, 0.09 xG3–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 16:41SJSJoonas Donskoi: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P2 9:13DALAlex Goligoski: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P3 1:49SJSTomas Hertl: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P3 6:25DALJamie Benn: Tripping2 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 SOG0SJS
47% to win54% to win
← DAL attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Thornton won the faceoff against Fiddler
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALSJS
35Shots on goal39
2.2Expected goals2.7
63Shot attempts59
33Faceoffs won39
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
17Hits29
14Blocked shots20
14Giveaways18
1Takeaways8

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. bestSpezza – Benn – Seguin5:42

    xG 0.37–0.04 (90%)attempts 7–4goals 2–0

  2. Sharp – Eakin – Nichushkin4:25

    xG 0.12–0.07 (65%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Moen – Fiddler – Sceviour6:12

    xG 0.07–0.14 (34%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

  4. Spezza – Sharp – Nichushkin9:19

    xG 0.48–0.56 (46%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Klingberg13:14

    xG 0.39–0.24 (62%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

  2. Demers – Nemeth6:50

    xG 0.23–0.09 (72%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Oduya – Klingberg6:55

    xG 0.25–0.14 (64%)attempts 9–3goals 0–1

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestBrown – Tierney – Karlsson4:13

    xG 0.47–0.28 (63%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Marleau – Ward – Nieto12:03

    xG 0.28–0.14 (66%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  3. Thornton – Pavelski – Hertl15:12

    xG 0.62–0.51 (54%)attempts 13–12goals 1–1

  4. Couture – Wingels – Donskoi10:10

    xG 0.40–0.49 (45%)attempts 9–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMartin – Burns15:25

    xG 0.77–0.43 (64%)attempts 20–18goals 0–0

  2. Burns – Dillon2:57

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Martin – Dillon2:12

    xG 0.01–0.03 (20%)attempts 2–1goals 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.

SJS 2.7 xGDAL 2.2 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 92/100 · #91 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.53 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +32 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 60% of the time.

SJS winsDAL wins

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

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