Sun, Mar 12, 2017·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose
Dallas Stars 1, San Jose Sharks 5
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 51% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAL | 115 | 08 | 07 | 130 |
| SJS | 26 | 212 | 18 | 526 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 3:56SJSPatrick MarleauAssists: Logan Couture, Justin Braun · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–1
- P1 12:54DALRemi ElieAssists: Ales Hemsky · Wrist, 0.28 xG1–1
- P1 17:14SJSJoe PavelskiGWGAssists: Paul Martin, Joe Thornton · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–2
- P2 2:46SJSJoel WardAssists: Logan Couture, Paul Martin · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–3
- P2 12:26SJSJoe PavelskiSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–4
- P3 3:04SJSChris TierneyAssists: Dylan DeMelo, Marcus Sorensen · Wrist, 0.23 xG1–5
Penalties (7)
- P1 19:05SJSBrent Burns: Tripping2 min
- P1 19:21DALPatrick Sharp: High sticking2 min
- P2 6:46DALStephen Johns: Slashing2 min
- P2 11:48SJSMicheal Haley: Holding the stick2 min
- P2 14:09DALTyler Seguin: High sticking2 min
- P3 3:34DALRemi Elie: Holding2 min
- P3 16:50DALJohn Klingberg: Holding2 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Thornton won the faceoff against Faksa
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach 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
- bestHemsky – Eakin – Elie6:57
xG 0.74–0.29 (72%)attempts 10–4goals 1–0
- Sharp – Faksa – Shore10:07
xG 0.45–0.33 (58%)attempts 10–7goals 0–1
- Spezza – Seguin – Elie3:44
xG 0.11–0.07 (61%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0
- Cracknell – McKenzie – Ritchie8:36
xG 0.17–0.13 (56%)attempts 13–3goals 0–1
Defence pairs
- bestHamhuis – Johns9:30
xG 0.79–0.05 (94%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0
- Johns – Lindell4:43
xG 0.28–0.08 (78%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0
- Klingberg – Oleksiak3:26
xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0
San Jose Sharks
Forward lines
- Thornton – Pavelski – Hansen9:46
xG 0.46–0.41 (53%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0
- Haley – Sorensen – Tierney8:41
xG 0.34–0.32 (52%)attempts 7–13goals 1–0
- Marleau – Ward – Couture10:51
xG 0.27–0.49 (35%)attempts 6–14goals 2–0
- Boedker – Donskoi – Hertl9:51
xG 0.26–0.73 (26%)attempts 5–14goals 0–1
Defence pairs
- Dillon – DeMelo12:12
xG 0.45–0.56 (45%)attempts 10–15goals 1–0
- Vlasic – Braun11:55
xG 0.22–0.41 (35%)attempts 7–15goals 1–0
- Martin – Burns14:57
xG 0.56–0.96 (37%)attempts 8–18goals 2–1
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
SJS's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line SJS is favoured, below it DAL. Dots are goals.
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 51% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (SJS − DAL), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).