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Tue, Oct 18, 2016·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Dallas Stars 2, Nashville Predators 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 69% of the time.

NSH winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL016110111237
NSH04114010128

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:55DALAdam CracknellAssists: Curtis McKenzie, Johnny Oduya · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P2 4:27NSHMike FisherPPAssists: Filip Forsberg, Ryan Johansen · Wrist, 0.25 xG1–1
  3. P3 9:15DALJason SpezzaGWGAssists: Antoine Roussel · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 12:04NSHRyan Johansen: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 3:55DALPatrick Sharp: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 4:48NSHRyan Ellis: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 4:48DALLauri Korpikoski: Interference2 min
  5. P2 14:41DALBrett Ritchie: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 0:34DALJohnny Oduya: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 4:15NSHRoman Josi: Holding the stick2 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 SOG0NSH
44% to win56% to win
← DAL attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Faksa won the faceoff against Sissons
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALNSH
37Shots on goal28
3.1Expected goals2.0
70Shot attempts56
33Faceoffs won31
2Power plays3
8Penalty minutes6
18Hits22
20Blocked shots18
4Giveaways10
4Takeaways6

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 – Roussel – Faksa10:54

    xG 0.57–0.20 (74%)attempts 13–6goals 1–0

  2. Korpikoski – Cracknell – McKenzie6:38

    xG 0.40–0.17 (71%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  3. Eaves – Benn – Seguin10:22

    xG 0.54–0.44 (55%)attempts 21–9goals 0–0

  4. Sharp – Ritchie – Shore12:32

    xG 0.21–0.41 (34%)attempts 9–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOleksiak – Lindell10:36

    xG 0.48–0.14 (77%)attempts 11–11goals 1–0

  2. Oduya – Johns13:20

    xG 0.50–0.20 (71%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

  3. Hamhuis – Klingberg18:12

    xG 0.59–0.65 (48%)attempts 24–19goals 0–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestBass – Jarnkrok – Sissons4:32

    xG 0.10–0.02 (85%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  2. Johansen – Forsberg – Fiala10:01

    xG 0.22–0.21 (51%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Ribeiro – Smith – Arvidsson8:07

    xG 0.32–0.53 (37%)attempts 11–16goals 0–0

  4. Fisher – Neal – Wilson10:57

    xG 0.40–0.81 (33%)attempts 10–17goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. Subban – Josi16:32

    xG 0.58–0.66 (47%)attempts 14–22goals 0–0

  2. Carle – Weber9:10

    xG 0.25–0.41 (38%)attempts 10–12goals 0–1

  3. Ellis – Ekholm17:13

    xG 0.41–0.68 (37%)attempts 18–20goals 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.

NSH 2.0 xGDAL 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 32/100 · #793 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.16 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 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 69% of the time.

NSH winsDAL wins

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

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