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Sun, Mar 26, 2017·Prudential Center, Newark

Dallas Stars 2, New Jersey Devils 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 65% of the time.

NJD winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DAL01001111011232
NJD18080500121

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:02NJDBlake ColemanUnassisted · Snap, 0.19 xG0–1
  2. P3 13:24DALAles HemskyPPAssists: Stephen Johns, Devin Shore · Snap, 0.21 xG1–1
  3. OT 0:20DALTyler SeguinPPGWGAssists: Jamie Benn, John Klingberg · Snap, 0.13 xG2–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 19:58NJDDalton Prout: Holding2 min
  2. P2 6:03NJDAndy Greene: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 15:12NJDDamon Severson: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 15:12DALCurtis McKenzie: Fighting5 min
  5. P3 12:09NJDAdam Henrique: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P3 19:06NJDSteven Santini: Cross checking2 min · PPG

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 SOG0NJD
44% to win56% to win
← DAL attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zajac won the faceoff against Eakin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALNJD
32Shots on goal21
2.4Expected goals1.6
58Shot attempts33
29Faceoffs won28
4Power plays0
5Penalty minutes13
19Hits17
6Blocked shots15
6Giveaways8
6Takeaways9

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. bestFaksa – Shore – Dickinson10:13

    xG 0.48–0.17 (74%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  2. Seguin – Ritchie – Elie9:37

    xG 0.28–0.03 (89%)attempts 11–2goals 0–0

  3. Hemsky – Benn – Seguin3:35

    xG 0.28–0.14 (67%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Eakin – Ritchie – Elie2:27

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPateryn – Oleksiak15:34

    xG 0.45–0.11 (80%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  2. Hamhuis – Johns15:47

    xG 0.32–0.19 (63%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  3. Klingberg – Lindell17:55

    xG 0.45–0.60 (43%)attempts 14–16goals 0–1

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestPietila – Coleman – Wood2:04

    xG 0.28–0.06 (83%)attempts 2–2goals 1–0

  2. Zajac – Palmieri – Hall14:04

    xG 0.55–0.33 (62%)attempts 8–15goals 0–0

  3. Henrique – Bennett – Wood7:57

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  4. Bennett – Pietila – Coleman2:37

    xG 0.07–0.05 (58%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMerrill – Severson4:53

    xG 0.46–0.13 (78%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  2. Greene – Santini4:34

    xG 0.17–0.01 (96%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Severson – Santini2:33

    xG 0.10–0.03 (78%)attempts 2–1goals 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.

NJD 1.6 xGDAL 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 61/100 · #435 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.83 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 9% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +37 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 65% of the time.

NJD winsDAL wins

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

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