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Wed, Dec 13, 2017·Barclays Center, Brooklyn

Dallas Stars 5, New York Islanders 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 61% of the time.

NYI winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL21421013527
NYI01505214234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:37DALTyler PitlickAssists: Dan Hamhuis, Jamie Benn · Backhand, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:46DALAlexander RadulovAssists: Jason Spezza, Mattias Janmark · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–0
  3. P2 1:01DALRemi ElieGWGAssists: Devin Shore, John Klingberg · Wrist, 0.33 xG3–0
  4. P2 9:21DALJamie BennAssists: Julius Honka · Wrist, 0.07 xG4–0
  5. P3 0:21DALTyler PitlickAssists: John Klingberg, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.12 xG5–0
  6. P3 1:06NYIAnders LeeAssists: Josh Bailey, John Tavares · Wrist, 0.26 xG5–1
  7. P3 16:28NYIAnders LeePPAssists: John Tavares, Josh Bailey · Wrist, 0.39 xG5–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 8:07NYIScott Mayfield: Holding the stick2 min
  2. P2 10:25DALTyler Seguin: High sticking2 min
  3. P3 3:15NYIJason Chimera: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 3:15DALKari Lehtonen: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 15:51DALRemi Elie: Tripping2 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 SOG0NYI
46% to win54% to win
← DAL attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Barzal won the faceoff against Faksa
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALNYI
27Shots on goal34
2.3Expected goals2.8
44Shot attempts53
24Faceoffs won34
1Power plays2
6Penalty minutes4
27Hits25
8Blocked shots9
12Giveaways14
7Takeaways5

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 – Radulov – Janmark9:44

    xG 0.54–0.33 (63%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  2. Benn – Seguin – Shore2:23

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Hanzal – Ritchie – Smith7:54

    xG 0.44–0.43 (50%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Benn – Pitlick – Faksa10:19

    xG 0.31–0.36 (46%)attempts 5–10goals 3–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlingberg – Lindell14:12

    xG 0.61–0.47 (56%)attempts 12–12goals 2–0

  2. Johns – Honka9:36

    xG 0.36–0.30 (55%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  3. Johns – Lindell2:35

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestLadd – Eberle – Barzal11:46

    xG 0.68–0.38 (64%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Chimera – Clutterbuck – Beauvillier4:42

    xG 0.34–0.09 (79%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Cizikas – Nelson – Ho-Sang4:53

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Bailey – Tavares – Lee13:36

    xG 0.68–0.59 (53%)attempts 15–10goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestde Haan – Mayfield5:41

    xG 0.37–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 0–0

  2. Pelech – Pulock4:24

    xG 0.23–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. de Haan – Pelech11:56

    xG 0.41–0.32 (56%)attempts 9–9goals 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.

NYI 2.8 xGDAL 2.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 60/100 · #525 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.59 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 61% of the time.

NYI winsDAL wins

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

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