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Sat, Jan 6, 2018·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Edmonton Oilers 1, Dallas Stars 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 62% of the time.

DAL winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM01401618138
DAL31119113533

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:21DALAlexander RadulovAssists: Tyler Seguin, John Klingberg · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:54DALJamie BennGWGAssists: Alexander Radulov · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P1 16:32DALTyler SeguinAssists: Alexander Radulov, John Klingberg · Tip-in, 0.15 xG0–3
  4. P2 4:27DALMattias JanmarkUnassisted · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–4
  5. P3 2:04EDMLeon DraisaitlPPAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Connor McDavid · Slap, 0.08 xG1–4
  6. P3 10:04DALJohn KlingbergAssists: Tyler Seguin, Mattias Janmark · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 1:20DALGreg Pateryn: Holding2 min
  2. P1 3:46EDMAndrej Sekera: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 5:29DALMartin Hanzal: High sticking2 min
  4. P3 1:14DALTyler Pitlick: Delaying game2 min · PPG
  5. P3 9:26EDMConnor McDavid: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 9:26DALDan Hamhuis: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 15:35EDMLeon Draisaitl: 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 20:00Seguin won the faceoff against Nugent-Hopkins
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMDAL
38Shots on goal33
2.4Expected goals3.1
67Shot attempts67
24Faceoffs won40
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
18Hits10
19Blocked shots16
5Giveaways11
2Takeaways2

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. bestKassian – Khaira – Draisaitl6:08

    xG 0.44–0.11 (80%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Lucic – McDavid – Puljujarvi13:38

    xG 0.61–0.52 (54%)attempts 13–15goals 0–0

  3. Cammalleri – Nugent-Hopkins – Strome10:34

    xG 0.51–0.53 (49%)attempts 14–12goals 0–1

  4. Letestu – Slepyshev – Caggiula4:44

    xG 0.07–0.11 (38%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSekera – Benning13:15

    xG 0.67–0.55 (55%)attempts 18–12goals 0–1

  2. Larsson – Nurse14:38

    xG 0.13–0.65 (17%)attempts 8–19goals 0–2

  3. Russell – Klefbom15:48

    xG 0.60–1.24 (33%)attempts 18–20goals 0–1

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestRadulov – Benn – Seguin9:55

    xG 1.33–0.32 (81%)attempts 21–13goals 2–0

  2. Spezza – Ritchie – Janmark8:07

    xG 0.37–0.07 (85%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  3. Roussel – Pitlick – Faksa12:32

    xG 0.53–0.70 (43%)attempts 10–15goals 0–0

  4. Hanzal – Shore – Elie8:29

    xG 0.04–0.45 (8%)attempts 3–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlingberg – Lindell12:31

    xG 1.10–0.39 (74%)attempts 17–12goals 2–0

  2. Hamhuis – Pateryn16:35

    xG 0.84–0.76 (52%)attempts 18–19goals 0–0

  3. Johns – Honka12:26

    xG 0.30–0.69 (30%)attempts 10–15goals 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 3.1 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 13/100 · #1094 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.58 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 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 62% of the time.

DAL winsEDM wins

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

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