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Thu, Oct 26, 2017·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Dallas Stars 4, Edmonton Oilers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 53% of the time.

EDM winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL11221416432
EDM214110211535

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:31EDMConnor McDavidAssists: Ryan Strome, Leon Draisaitl · Wrist, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:34DALJamie BennAssists: Alexander Radulov, Dan Hamhuis · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:35EDMPatrick MaroonAssists: Darnell Nurse, Leon Draisaitl · Deflected, 0.01 xG1–2
  4. P2 2:58DALAlexander RadulovPPAssists: Tyler Seguin, Devin Shore · Snap, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P2 13:46EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsAssists: Kris Russell, Milan Lucic · Wrap-around, 0.10 xG2–3
  6. P2 16:19DALJamie BennPPAssists: Alexander Radulov, John Klingberg · Wrist, 0.46 xG3–3
  7. P3 10:25DALEsa LindellPPAssists: Jason Spezza, Dan Hamhuis · Snap, 0.12 xG4–3
  8. P3 12:16EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsAssists: Milan Lucic · Wrist, 0.08 xG4–4
  9. P3 17:33EDMMatt BenningGWGAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Darnell Nurse · Slap, 0.04 xG4–5
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 2:56DALMarc Methot: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 8:22EDMRyan Strome: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 1:53EDMMark Letestu: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 13:55EDMEric Gryba: Fighting5 min · PPG
  5. P2 13:55DALAntoine Roussel: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 14:42EDMDrake Caggiula: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 17:34DALMartin Hanzal: Interference2 min
  8. P3 3:03EDMConnor McDavid: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 6:09DALTyler Seguin: Slashing2 min
  10. P3 8:37EDMDarnell Nurse: Slashing2 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 SOG0EDM
46% to win54% to win
← DAL attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Seguin won the faceoff against McDavid
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALEDM
32Shots on goal35
3.2Expected goals3.0
68Shot attempts76
45Faceoffs won31
5Power plays3
11Penalty minutes15
26Hits30
25Blocked shots22
11Giveaways13
9Takeaways12

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. bestSpezza – Shore – Janmark5:49

    xG 0.58–0.07 (90%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Radulov – Benn – Seguin9:45

    xG 0.38–0.30 (56%)attempts 12–10goals 1–1

  3. Hanzal – Ritchie – Elie3:44

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 0–6goals 0–0

  4. Pitlick – Faksa – Elie4:09

    xG 0.06–0.13 (30%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPateryn – Lindell3:09

    xG 0.07–0.01 (89%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  2. Methot – Klingberg15:42

    xG 0.55–0.58 (49%)attempts 21–21goals 1–2

  3. Oleksiak – Lindell7:34

    xG 0.57–0.82 (41%)attempts 10–16goals 0–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestJokinen – Khaira – Slepyshev6:51

    xG 0.63–0.09 (87%)attempts 13–3goals 0–0

  2. Letestu – Kassian – Caggiula3:59

    xG 0.31–0.02 (93%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  3. Kassian – Strome – Caggiula4:24

    xG 0.13–0.02 (86%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Lucic – Letestu – Nugent-Hopkins5:33

    xG 0.16–0.14 (52%)attempts 9–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Klefbom15:51

    xG 0.79–0.57 (58%)attempts 12–20goals 1–0

  2. Russell – Benning8:56

    xG 0.65–0.43 (60%)attempts 20–4goals 0–0

  3. Russell – Nurse2:34

    xG 0.20–0.04 (85%)attempts 3–3goals 1–0

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.

EDM 3.0 xGDAL 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 97/100 · #46 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.87 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 18% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +38 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 53% of the time.

EDM winsDAL wins

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

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