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Tue, Nov 1, 2016·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Dallas Stars 2, Columbus Blue Jackets 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 76% of the time.

CBJ winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DAL01811011000238
CBJ091111711328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 3:50CBJNick FolignoAssists: Zach Werenski, Brandon Saad · Snap, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P2 10:13DALJason SpezzaAssists: Johnny Oduya, Stephen Johns · Snap, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P3 1:13DALTyler SeguinAssists: Jamie Benn, John Klingberg · Snap, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:44CBJSam GagnerPPAssists: Cam Atkinson, Zach Werenski · Slap, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. OT 0:46CBJSeth JonesGWGAssists: Brandon Saad, Alexander Wennberg · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 7:09CBJNick Foligno: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 7:09DALAntoine Roussel: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 8:30CBJJosh Anderson: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 14:05DALGemel Smith: Holding2 min
  5. P2 8:12CBJBoone Jenner: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 16:08CBJWilliam Karlsson: Holding the stick2 min
  7. P3 13:42CBJBrandon Dubinsky: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 19:00DALJohnny Oduya: 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 SOG0CBJ
44% to win56% to win
← DAL attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dubinsky won the faceoff against Faksa
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALCBJ
38Shots on goal28
4.0Expected goals2.4
73Shot attempts55
28Faceoffs won34
4Power plays2
9Penalty minutes13
13Hits14
16Blocked shots18
1Giveaways2
3Takeaways1

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. bestEaves – Benn – Seguin12:28

    xG 0.50–0.14 (78%)attempts 15–9goals 1–0

  2. Spezza – Roussel – Faksa8:49

    xG 0.54–0.20 (73%)attempts 15–4goals 0–1

  3. Cracknell – Ritchie – Smith7:39

    xG 0.15–0.12 (55%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  4. Hudler – Korpikoski – Shore10:11

    xG 0.08–0.86 (8%)attempts 5–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOduya – Johns16:12

    xG 1.34–0.32 (81%)attempts 18–9goals 1–1

  2. Klingberg – Lindell15:10

    xG 0.45–0.30 (60%)attempts 17–12goals 1–0

  3. Hamhuis – Benn12:24

    xG 0.47–0.54 (46%)attempts 16–15goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestHartnell – Gagner – Sedlak8:55

    xG 0.44–0.15 (75%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  2. Atkinson – Jenner – Karlsson6:58

    xG 0.63–0.35 (64%)attempts 11–13goals 0–1

  3. Dubinsky – Atkinson – Jenner3:03

    xG 0.14–0.11 (56%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  4. Foligno – Saad – Wennberg11:09

    xG 0.22–0.23 (49%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Murray15:01

    xG 0.58–0.42 (58%)attempts 15–17goals 0–0

  2. Savard – Nutivaara10:16

    xG 0.69–0.54 (56%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

  3. Jones – Werenski17:20

    xG 0.43–0.46 (49%)attempts 14–22goals 1–1

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.

CBJ 2.4 xGDAL 4.0 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 81/100 · #199 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.19 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 5% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +46 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 76% of the time.

CBJ winsDAL wins

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

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