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Sat, Dec 31, 2016·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Florida Panthers 3, Dallas Stars 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 84% of the time.

DAL winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA3220907338
DAL06110020136

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:06FLAVincent TrocheckAssists: Jaromir Jagr, Seth Griffith · Wrist, 0.29 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:32FLAJussi JokinenPPGWGAssists: Vincent Trocheck, Reilly Smith · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–0
  3. P1 16:40FLAJaromir JagrPPAssists: Jonathan Marchessault, Keith Yandle · Snap, 0.07 xG3–0
  4. P2 16:32DALPatrick EavesPPAssists: Jamie Benn, Tyler Seguin · Wrist, 0.36 xG3–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 15:26DALJamie Benn: High sticking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 15:46DALLauri Korpikoski: Delaying game2 min · PPG
  3. P2 9:20FLAJaromir Jagr: Interference2 min
  4. P2 16:00FLAJaromir Jagr: Slashing2 min · PPG
  5. P3 1:17FLAAaron Ekblad: Holding2 min
  6. P3 10:48FLASeth Griffith: Delaying game2 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
44% to win56% to win
← FLA attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Spezza won the faceoff against Trocheck
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLADAL
38Shots on goal36
2.2Expected goals4.5
54Shot attempts89
34Faceoffs won28
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
20Hits21
26Blocked shots8
8Giveaways9
5Takeaways4

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestJagr – Trocheck – Griffith13:35

    xG 0.75–0.42 (64%)attempts 15–13goals 1–0

  2. Sgarbossa – Marchessault – Malgin9:06

    xG 0.15–0.26 (37%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Thornton – MacKenzie – McKegg6:21

    xG 0.08–0.22 (26%)attempts 1–7goals 0–0

  4. Jokinen – Smith – Bjugstad11:44

    xG 0.78–1.22 (39%)attempts 23–24goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMatheson – Ekblad16:01

    xG 1.10–0.71 (61%)attempts 20–18goals 1–0

  2. Kindl – Pysyk12:31

    xG 0.40–0.19 (68%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  3. Yandle – Demers17:08

    xG 0.39–1.16 (25%)attempts 20–26goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestEaves – Korpikoski – Shore9:06

    xG 0.43–0.10 (81%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. McKenzie – Ritchie – Faksa9:07

    xG 0.54–0.26 (67%)attempts 15–8goals 0–0

  3. Spezza – Benn – Seguin11:31

    xG 0.76–0.97 (44%)attempts 14–21goals 0–1

  4. Sharp – Hudler – Eakin6:25

    xG 0.07–0.29 (20%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlingberg – Lindell16:05

    xG 0.94–0.47 (67%)attempts 24–15goals 0–0

  2. Oduya – Benn12:43

    xG 0.79–0.57 (58%)attempts 18–17goals 0–0

  3. Hamhuis – Oleksiak13:13

    xG 0.36–0.29 (55%)attempts 9–7goals 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 4.5 xGFLA 2.2 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 17/100 · #1006 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.80 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 84% of the time.

DAL winsFLA wins

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

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