Mon, Mar 20, 2017·American Airlines Center, Dallas
San Jose Sharks 0, Dallas Stars 1
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 56% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SJS | 08 | 011 | 011 | 030 |
| DAL | 06 | 18 | 06 | 120 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P2 14:54DALCurtis McKenzieGWGAssists: Adam Cracknell, Jiri Hudler · Tip-in, 0.08 xG0–1
Penalties (4)
- P1 3:52DALPatrick Sharp: Cross checking2 min
- P1 18:19SJSBrent Burns: Hooking2 min
- P3 2:11DALRemi Elie: Roughing2 min
- P3 7:25SJSMarc-Edouard Vlasic: Slashing2 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 20:00Eakin won the faceoff against Couture
- 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.
San Jose Sharks
Forward lines
- bestDonskoi – Hertl – Meier3:55
xG 0.33–0.00 (100%)attempts 10–0goals 0–0
- Thornton – Pavelski – Hertl6:20
xG 0.32–0.11 (74%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0
- Haley – Sorensen – Meier4:00
xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0
- Thornton – Marleau – Pavelski7:11
xG 0.27–0.18 (60%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestSchlemko – Dillon12:29
xG 0.95–0.52 (65%)attempts 19–12goals 0–1
- Vlasic – Braun13:57
xG 0.39–0.28 (58%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0
- Braun – Dillon2:01
xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0
Dallas Stars
Forward lines
- bestHudler – Cracknell – McKenzie7:26
xG 0.64–0.26 (71%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0
- Sharp – Faksa – Shore12:24
xG 0.66–0.87 (43%)attempts 16–15goals 0–0
- Hemsky – Benn – Eakin10:18
xG 0.10–0.43 (19%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0
- Seguin – Ritchie – Elie12:50
xG 0.14–0.58 (20%)attempts 4–17goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestHamhuis – Pateryn13:36
xG 0.50–0.43 (54%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0
- Nemeth – Oleksiak15:27
xG 1.03–1.06 (49%)attempts 19–20goals 1–0
- Klingberg – Lindell16:47
xG 0.13–0.78 (14%)attempts 9–26goals 0–0
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.
DAL's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line DAL is favoured, below it SJS. 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, San Jose Sharks win this game 56% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (DAL − SJS), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).