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Mon, Jan 15, 2018·TD Garden, Boston

Dallas Stars 3, Boston Bruins 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 60% of the time.

BOS winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DAL0122100812332
BOS0101131900232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 3:49DALStephen JohnsAssists: Remi Elie, Brett Ritchie · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P2 8:15DALAlexander RadulovAssists: Jamie Benn · Backhand, 0.21 xG2–0
  3. P2 16:28BOSZdeno CharaAssists: Charlie McAvoy, Riley Nash · Slap, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P3 11:21BOSRyan SpoonerAssists: David Krejci, Matt Grzelcyk · Tip-in, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. OT 2:59DALTyler SeguinGWGAssists: John Klingberg, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 6:29BOSTorey Krug: Interference2 min
  2. P1 10:13DALAlexander Radulov: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P1 14:45DALRadek Faksa: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 13:44DALTyler Seguin: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 0:00DALAntoine Roussel: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 11:45BOSBrad Marchand: 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BOS
46% to win54% to win
← DAL attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Faksa won the faceoff against Nash
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALBOS
32Shots on goal32
2.4Expected goals1.8
48Shot attempts55
33Faceoffs won36
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
32Hits32
13Blocked shots9
6Giveaways7
13Takeaways5

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. bestRadulov – Benn – Seguin13:27

    xG 0.69–0.25 (73%)attempts 13–12goals 1–0

  2. Ritchie – Smith – Elie5:40

    xG 0.27–0.03 (91%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

  3. Roussel – Pitlick – Faksa8:13

    xG 0.46–0.29 (61%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  4. Hanzal – Shore – Janmark9:21

    xG 0.00–0.26 (0%)attempts 1–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Pateryn17:02

    xG 0.59–0.23 (72%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

  2. Johns – Honka9:02

    xG 0.45–0.15 (75%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

  3. Klingberg – Lindell16:28

    xG 0.40–0.58 (41%)attempts 10–18goals 1–2

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestKrejci – Spooner – DeBrusk9:20

    xG 0.37–0.27 (58%)attempts 17–4goals 1–1

  2. Kuraly – Schaller – Acciari4:00

    xG 0.03–0.06 (29%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Backes – Nash – Heinen8:56

    xG 0.13–0.25 (34%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  4. Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak14:24

    xG 0.31–0.68 (32%)attempts 12–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Krug – Carlo12:13

    xG 0.48–0.43 (53%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  2. Grzelcyk – Carlo4:54

    xG 0.12–0.11 (54%)attempts 7–2goals 1–0

  3. Chara – Carlo2:52

    xG 0.02–0.01 (64%)attempts 1–3goals 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.

BOS 1.8 xGDAL 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 79/100 · #281 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.99 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 42% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +36 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 60% of the time.

BOS winsDAL wins

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

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