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Tue, Feb 7, 2017·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Dallas Stars 1, Toronto Maple Leafs 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 66% of the time.

TOR winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL01607117140
TOR11011717334

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:09TORJake GardinerAssists: Mitch Marner, Tyler Bozak · Snap, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 17:32TORAuston MatthewsGWGAssists: Jake Gardiner · Snap, 0.02 xG0–2
  3. P3 4:00DALTyler SeguinPPAssists: Cody Eakin · Slap, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P3 7:26TORNikita ZaitsevPPAssists: Nazem Kadri, Morgan Rielly · Snap, 0.11 xG1–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 18:02TORNazem Kadri: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 18:02TORNazem Kadri: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 7:18DALAntoine Roussel: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 12:27DALTyler Seguin: Holding2 min
  5. P3 3:58TORZach Hyman: Holding2 min · PPG
  6. P3 4:53DALCody Eakin: Cross checking2 min
  7. P3 5:47DALAdam Cracknell: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  8. P3 6:57DALRadek Faksa: Delaying game face off violation2 min
  9. P3 14:31TORConnor Carrick: 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 SOG0TOR
44% to win56% to win
← DAL attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kadri won the faceoff against Eakin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALTOR
40Shots on goal34
4.2Expected goals3.1
75Shot attempts62
31Faceoffs won33
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
30Hits22
14Blocked shots16
4Giveaways17
4Takeaways3

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. bestBenn – Eakin – Seguin4:06

    xG 0.42–0.08 (85%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. Eaves – Benn – Eakin8:17

    xG 0.59–0.30 (66%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  3. Sharp – Faksa – Shore8:22

    xG 0.44–0.21 (68%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  4. Hudler – Ritchie – Shore2:02

    xG 0.19–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohns – Nemeth9:16

    xG 0.69–0.27 (72%)attempts 14–9goals 0–1

  2. Nemeth – Klingberg3:02

    xG 0.02–0.04 (30%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Klingberg – Lindell15:25

    xG 0.58–0.70 (45%)attempts 14–12goals 0–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestvan Riemsdyk – Bozak – Marner9:02

    xG 0.96–0.45 (68%)attempts 18–10goals 1–0

  2. Hyman – Brown – Matthews10:03

    xG 0.75–0.38 (66%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

  3. Martin – Smith – Soshnikov5:57

    xG 0.00–0.17 (0%)attempts 1–7goals 0–0

  4. Komarov – Kadri – Nylander8:06

    xG 0.35–0.55 (39%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGardiner – Carrick11:27

    xG 1.22–0.54 (69%)attempts 17–14goals 2–0

  2. Polak – Hunwick11:26

    xG 0.27–0.57 (32%)attempts 10–16goals 0–0

  3. Rielly – Zaitsev15:27

    xG 0.51–1.26 (29%)attempts 11–19goals 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.

TOR 3.1 xGDAL 4.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 16/100 · #1012 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.76 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 66% of the time.

TOR winsDAL wins

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

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