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Sat, Nov 18, 2017·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Edmonton Oilers 3, Dallas Stars 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 63% of the time.

DAL winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM21018012330
DAL2102625621

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:36DALAntoine RousselAssists: Jamie Benn, John Klingberg · Snap, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:57DALAlexander RadulovAssists: Antoine Roussel, Esa Lindell · Snap, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P1 16:54EDMDrake CaggiulaSHAssists: Connor McDavid · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P1 17:46EDMConnor McDavidPPAssists: Milan Lucic, Mark Letestu · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P2 0:42EDMDrake CaggiulaAssists: Darnell Nurse, Connor McDavid · Wrist, 0.18 xG3–2
  6. P2 7:57DALDevin ShoreAssists: Tyler Seguin · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–3
  7. P2 18:39DALRadek FaksaGWGAssists: Tyler Pitlick, Jamie Oleksiak · Snap, 0.16 xG3–4
  8. P3 13:30DALJamie BennAssists: Antoine Roussel, Alexander Radulov · Snap, 0.26 xG3–5
  9. P3 18:12DALJason SpezzaPPAssists: Ben Bishop · Wrist, 0.14 xG3–6
Penalties (21)
  1. P1 2:04EDMEric Gryba: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 7:58DALRadek Faksa: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 7:58EDMMilan Lucic: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 7:58EDMLeon Draisaitl: Slashing2 min
  5. P1 7:58DALGreg Pateryn: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 11:39EDMConnor McDavid: Hooking2 min
  7. P1 15:17EDMDarnell Nurse: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  8. P1 17:12DALAlexander Radulov: Slashing2 min · PPG
  9. P1 0:00DALJamie Oleksiak: Fighting5 min
  10. P1 0:00EDMPatrick Maroon: Fighting5 min
  11. P1 0:00EDMMatt Benning: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  12. P1 0:00EDMMatt Benning: Misconduct10 min
  13. P1 0:00DALAntoine Roussel: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  14. P1 0:00DALAntoine Roussel: Misconduct10 min
  15. P2 3:37DALBrett Ritchie: Too many men on the ice2 min
  16. P2 19:03EDMLeon Draisaitl: High sticking2 min
  17. P3 7:15DALJamie Benn: High sticking2 min
  18. P3 10:01EDMLeon Draisaitl: Hooking2 min
  19. P3 16:44EDMMilan Lucic: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  20. P3 16:44EDMMilan Lucic: Roughing2 min
  21. P3 16:44DALJohn Klingberg: Roughing2 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMDAL
30Shots on goal21
2.4Expected goals3.0
57Shot attempts41
28Faceoffs won33
3Power plays6
38Penalty minutes32
17Hits18
9Blocked shots19
6Giveaways9
4Takeaways6

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestLetestu – Kassian – Khaira6:19

    xG 0.21–0.09 (69%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Cammalleri – Strome – Puljujarvi9:32

    xG 0.32–0.21 (60%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  3. Lucic – Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl9:51

    xG 0.25–0.36 (41%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  4. Maroon – McDavid – Caggiula6:38

    xG 0.09–0.77 (11%)attempts 3–8goals 0–4

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Nurse16:36

    xG 0.42–0.31 (58%)attempts 17–6goals 1–0

  2. Klefbom – Benning9:47

    xG 0.44–0.45 (50%)attempts 11–5goals 0–3

  3. Russell – Gryba7:17

    xG 0.44–0.84 (35%)attempts 11–7goals 0–1

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestRadulov – Benn – Roussel5:24

    xG 0.55–0.01 (98%)attempts 5–2goals 3–0

  2. Pitlick – Faksa – Elie7:45

    xG 0.30–0.16 (66%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  3. Seguin – Ritchie – Janmark2:25

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Spezza – Hanzal – Janmark2:38

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Pateryn12:58

    xG 0.56–0.17 (77%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  2. Klingberg – Lindell11:18

    xG 0.31–0.23 (58%)attempts 6–8goals 2–0

  3. Johns – Oleksiak12:48

    xG 0.62–0.68 (48%)attempts 8–19goals 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.

DAL 3.0 xGEDM 2.4 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 85/100 · #194 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.76 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 33% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 63% of the time.

DAL winsEDM wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+3
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+5
+6
+7

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