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Mon, Jan 16, 2017·KeyBank Center, Buffalo

Dallas Stars 1, Buffalo Sabres 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 87% of the time.

BUF winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL19011012132
BUF2131818429

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:19BUFTyler EnnisUnassisted · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:34BUFJake McCabePPGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P1 15:14DALRadek FaksaAssists: Jiri Hudler · Deflected, 0.30 xG1–2
  4. P2 7:07BUFJack EichelPPAssists: Sam Reinhart, Kyle Okposo · Wrist, 0.33 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:50BUFJack EichelENUnassisted · Backhand, 0.72 xG1–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 7:12DALBrett Ritchie: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 11:17DALRadek Faksa: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 5:17DALTyler Seguin: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  4. P2 14:33BUFBrian Gionta: 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BUF
44% to win56% to win
← DAL attackBUF attack →
  1. P1 20:00O'Reilly won the faceoff against Seguin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALBUF
32Shots on goal29
2.6Expected goals5.3
61Shot attempts56
26Faceoffs won37
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
12Hits14
17Blocked shots15
12Giveaways4
3Takeaways2

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. bestSharp – Eakin – Shore4:36

    xG 0.41–0.04 (90%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Hudler – Korpikoski – Faksa8:45

    xG 0.67–0.50 (57%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  3. Spezza – Benn – Ritchie3:14

    xG 0.11–0.04 (76%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Sharp – Roussel – Eakin6:54

    xG 0.41–0.33 (55%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlingberg – Lindell18:44

    xG 1.51–0.98 (61%)attempts 26–16goals 1–1

  2. Oduya – Johns13:18

    xG 0.50–0.19 (72%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  3. Hamhuis – Benn12:23

    xG 0.25–0.66 (28%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

Buffalo Sabres

Forward lines

  1. bestOkposo – Ennis – O'Reilly9:18

    xG 0.53–0.36 (60%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  2. Moulson – O'Reilly – Carrier4:57

    xG 0.12–0.10 (54%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  3. Foligno – Reinhart – Eichel12:33

    xG 0.81–0.87 (48%)attempts 14–16goals 0–0

  4. Gionta – Kane – Girgensons9:23

    xG 0.01–0.38 (4%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFranson – Bogosian16:55

    xG 0.78–0.45 (63%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  2. Falk – Fedun12:19

    xG 0.31–0.63 (33%)attempts 5–13goals 0–0

  3. McCabe – Ristolainen17:03

    xG 0.53–1.19 (31%)attempts 15–25goals 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.

BUF 5.3 xGDAL 2.6 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BUFDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 24/100 · #901 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.71 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50BUF 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +13 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 87% of the time.

BUF winsDAL wins

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

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