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Fri, Nov 10, 2017·American Airlines Center, Dallas

New York Islanders 0, Dallas Stars 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 77% of the time.

DAL winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI040604014
DAL31321006529

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:32DALJohn KlingbergGWGAssists: Jamie Benn, Tyler Seguin · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:58DALGemel SmithAssists: Alexander Radulov, John Klingberg · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P1 16:58DALEsa LindellAssists: John Klingberg, Martin Hanzal · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–3
  4. P2 6:54DALMattias JanmarkSHUnassisted · Slap, 0.17 xG0–4
  5. P2 16:00DALJason SpezzaPPAssists: Esa Lindell, Dan Hamhuis · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 1:16DALAlexander Radulov: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 1:21NYIAnders Lee: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 9:06DALAlexander Radulov: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 5:55DALAlexander Radulov: Holding2 min
  5. P2 14:11NYIAnthony Beauvillier: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P3 1:01NYIAnders Lee: Delaying game2 min
  7. P3 10:27NYIScott Mayfield: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 13:50DALMattias Janmark: 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
46% to win54% to win
← NYI attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Seguin won the faceoff against Quine
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIDAL
14Shots on goal29
1.4Expected goals2.7
36Shot attempts68
20Faceoffs won35
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
13Hits15
23Blocked shots10
7Giveaways7
6Takeaways5

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.

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. Bailey – Tavares – Lee8:22

    xG 0.20–0.23 (47%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

  2. Ladd – Quine – Beauvillier6:34

    xG 0.13–0.17 (43%)attempts 6–6goals 0–1

  3. Chimera – Clutterbuck – Cizikas7:03

    xG 0.18–0.34 (35%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

  4. Eberle – Nelson – Barzal9:48

    xG 0.29–0.57 (34%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHickey – Pulock9:07

    xG 0.40–0.04 (91%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Leddy – Pulock4:07

    xG 0.09–0.10 (47%)attempts 2–3goals 0–1

  3. de Haan – Mayfield13:32

    xG 0.41–0.58 (42%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestSpezza – Hanzal – Elie7:02

    xG 0.56–0.01 (98%)attempts 17–3goals 1–0

  2. Radulov – Benn – Smith7:37

    xG 0.16–0.12 (56%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  3. Roussel – Ritchie – Faksa8:15

    xG 0.21–0.20 (51%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  4. Seguin – Shore – Janmark11:05

    xG 0.40–0.48 (45%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Pateryn15:22

    xG 0.96–0.19 (83%)attempts 22–10goals 0–0

  2. Klingberg – Lindell13:45

    xG 0.37–0.43 (46%)attempts 16–8goals 2–0

  3. Johns – Oleksiak14:15

    xG 0.26–0.48 (35%)attempts 10–11goals 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.

DAL 2.7 xGNYI 1.4 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALNYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 3/100 · #1245 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.49 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 77% of the time.

DAL winsNYI wins

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

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