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Fri, Feb 9, 2018·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Pittsburgh Penguins 3, Dallas Stars 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 55% of the time.

DAL winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
PIT21307115020337
DAL19012210051436

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:07PITRiley SheahanAssists: Zachary Aston-Reese, Ian Cole · Backhand, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:54PITCarl HagelinSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.00 xG2–0
  3. P1 17:57DALTyler SeguinAssists: Jamie Benn, Dillon Heatherington · Slap, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P3 2:46DALJohn KlingbergAssists: Alexander Radulov, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. P3 6:47DALDan HamhuisAssists: Greg Pateryn, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:47PITJustin SchultzAssists: Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. DAL Alexander Radulov stopped
  2. 2. PIT Evgeni Malkin stopped
  3. 3. DAL Tyler Seguin scored
  4. 4. PIT Sidney Crosby stopped
  5. 5. DAL Jason Spezza stopped
  6. 6. PIT Phil Kessel stopped
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 0:43DALEsa Lindell: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 2:30PITOlli Maatta: Interference2 min
  3. P1 6:45PITRiley Sheahan: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 9:29DALAntoine Roussel: Cross checking2 min
  5. P1 9:29PITEvgeni Malkin: Cross checking2 min
  6. P1 9:43PITBrian Dumoulin: High sticking2 min
  7. P1 12:17DALAntoine Roussel: Cross checking2 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.

PIT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITDAL
37Shots on goal36
2.7Expected goals2.9
72Shot attempts61
26Faceoffs won38
2Power plays3
8Penalty minutes6
26Hits40
14Blocked shots22
12Giveaways14
1Takeaways5

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.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestMalkin – Kessel – Hagelin11:59

    xG 0.46–0.18 (72%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

  2. Sheahan – Sheary – Aston-Reese9:11

    xG 0.32–0.13 (72%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  3. Malkin – Reaves – Kessel2:04

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Crosby – Rust – Guentzel13:02

    xG 0.78–0.84 (48%)attempts 20–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLetang – Oleksiak2:24

    xG 0.43–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  2. Oleksiak – Maatta3:41

    xG 0.26–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Cole – Oleksiak9:42

    xG 0.12–0.11 (52%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestRadulov – Benn – Seguin13:05

    xG 0.91–0.63 (59%)attempts 18–20goals 3–0

  2. Shore – Janmark – Dickinson3:59

    xG 0.25–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Spezza – Ritchie – Elie4:08

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  4. Spezza – Shore – Janmark4:46

    xG 0.15–0.23 (40%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Pateryn17:54

    xG 0.89–0.56 (61%)attempts 19–28goals 1–0

  2. Johns – Heatherington10:23

    xG 0.22–0.26 (45%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  3. Klingberg – Lindell17:11

    xG 0.51–0.63 (45%)attempts 14–12goals 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 2.9 xGPIT 2.7 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALPIT

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 PIT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 91/100 · #132 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.36 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 19% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +40 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 55% of the time.

DAL winsPIT wins

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

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