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Mon, Oct 30, 2017·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Dallas Stars 2, Vancouver Canucks 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 58% of the time.

VAN winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DAL091100713229
VAN01601111101139

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 3:11DALTyler SeguinPPAssists: Alexander Radulov, Jamie Benn · Snap, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P3 6:00VANSam GagnerPPAssists: Thomas Vanek, Daniel Sedin · Wrist, 0.31 xG1–1
  3. OT 2:32DALAlexander RadulovGWGAssists: Mattias Janmark · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 0:29DALAlexander Radulov: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 7:11VANSven Baertschi: Interference2 min
  3. P1 13:53DALJamie Oleksiak: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 18:07DALMarc Methot: Slashing2 min
  5. P1 0:00VANThomas Vanek: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 2:12VANThomas Vanek: Tripping2 min · PPG
  7. P2 8:18VANSven Baertschi: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 4:25DALMarc Methot: Interference2 min · PPG
  9. P3 11:55VANJacob Markstrom: Tripping2 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 SOG0VAN
46% to win54% to win
← DAL attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Seguin won the faceoff against Sutter
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALVAN
29Shots on goal39
3.0Expected goals3.5
40Shot attempts65
26Faceoffs won38
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
19Hits18
15Blocked shots6
3Giveaways11
4Takeaways8

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. bestShore – Janmark – Elie5:21

    xG 0.42–0.28 (60%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  2. Spezza – Ritchie – Elie2:14

    xG 0.12–0.17 (41%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Radulov – Benn – Seguin12:30

    xG 0.38–0.52 (42%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  4. Roussel – Shore – Janmark3:23

    xG 0.07–0.27 (21%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Pateryn10:52

    xG 0.53–0.27 (66%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  2. Pateryn – Lindell2:35

    xG 0.15–0.18 (46%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  3. Methot – Klingberg15:36

    xG 0.44–0.73 (37%)attempts 5–18goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestDorsett – Sutter – Granlund12:10

    xG 0.65–0.02 (97%)attempts 13–3goals 0–0

  2. Sedin – Sedin – Virtanen6:38

    xG 0.40–0.17 (71%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Vanek – Burmistrov – Megna2:55

    xG 0.11–0.02 (88%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Gagner – Baertschi – Horvat7:15

    xG 0.27–0.27 (50%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTanev – Hutton13:37

    xG 0.85–0.17 (83%)attempts 15–6goals 0–0

  2. Biega – Pouliot12:23

    xG 0.54–0.02 (96%)attempts 11–2goals 0–0

  3. Del Zotto – Gudbranson12:37

    xG 0.51–1.17 (30%)attempts 14–16goals 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.

VAN 3.5 xGDAL 3.0 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 50/100 · #632 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.64 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 42% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +31 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 58% of the time.

VAN winsDAL wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).