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Fri, Nov 25, 2016·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Vancouver Canucks 1, Dallas Stars 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 50% of the time.

DAL winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN11205014131
DAL01021107228

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:01VANJayson MegnaAssists: Bo Horvat · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P2 9:32DALRadek FaksaAssists: Esa Lindell, Brett Ritchie · Tip-in, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P2 15:58DALEsa LindellGWGAssists: Jamie Benn, John Klingberg · Tip-in, 0.02 xG1–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 9:12VANLuca Sbisa: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 9:12DALAntoine Roussel: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 10:54VANMichael Chaput: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 1:15DALPatrick Eaves: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 18:03DALPatrick Sharp: Hooking2 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
44% to win56% to win
← VAN attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sedin won the faceoff against Seguin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANDAL
31Shots on goal28
2.0Expected goals1.9
69Shot attempts52
32Faceoffs won31
2Power plays1
7Penalty minutes9
18Hits22
10Blocked shots24
12Giveaways16
2Takeaways7

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 – Sutter15:10

    xG 0.73–0.48 (60%)attempts 17–9goals 0–0

  2. Skille – LaBate – Gaunce4:20

    xG 0.24–0.06 (79%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Burrows – Megna – Horvat12:57

    xG 0.37–0.36 (51%)attempts 16–12goals 0–1

  4. Eriksson – Chaput – Granlund13:34

    xG 0.11–0.54 (17%)attempts 12–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudbranson – Hutton16:17

    xG 0.77–0.22 (78%)attempts 17–11goals 0–1

  2. Sbisa – Tryamkin12:23

    xG 0.15–0.42 (26%)attempts 11–12goals 0–1

  3. Edler – Stecher17:49

    xG 0.34–0.69 (33%)attempts 21–18goals 1–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestSpezza – Cracknell – Shore2:09

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  2. Roussel – Ritchie – Faksa10:55

    xG 0.33–0.26 (56%)attempts 5–10goals 1–0

  3. Spezza – Sharp – Korpikoski2:43

    xG 0.04–0.01 (80%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Korpikoski – Cracknell – Shore3:17

    xG 0.07–0.08 (46%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlingberg – Lindell16:18

    xG 0.72–0.64 (53%)attempts 17–17goals 2–0

  2. Oleksiak – Lindell2:40

    xG 0.05–0.02 (69%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Benn – Oleksiak15:42

    xG 0.49–0.53 (48%)attempts 14–24goals 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.

DAL 1.9 xGVAN 2.0 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 18/100 · #986 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.95 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 35% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 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 50% of the time.

DAL winsVAN wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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