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Sat, Feb 24, 2018·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Winnipeg Jets 5, Dallas Stars 3

Expected result

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

DAL winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG0135905527
DAL11119116336

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:10DALTyler PitlickAssists: Radek Faksa · Snap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P2 0:49WPGNikolaj EhlersAssists: Dustin Byfuglien · Slap, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 6:33WPGToby EnstromAssists: Jack Roslovic, Dustin Byfuglien · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P2 8:01WPGMark ScheifelePPAssists: Blake Wheeler, Dustin Byfuglien · Snap, 0.13 xG3–1
  5. P2 11:59WPGPatrik LaineGWGAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Michael Hutchinson · Snap, 0.05 xG4–1
  6. P2 18:47WPGPatrik LaineAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers · Snap, 0.07 xG5–1
  7. P2 19:27DALTyler SeguinAssists: Alexander Radulov, Jamie Benn · Slap, 0.06 xG5–2
  8. P3 19:13DALAlexander RadulovAssists: Tyler Seguin · Wrist, 0.04 xG5–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 13:05WPGBen Chiarot: Interference2 min
  2. P1 19:23WPGToby Enstrom: Interference2 min
  3. P2 0:09DALJamie Benn: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 2:46DALGreg Pateryn: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  5. P2 7:03DALTyler Seguin: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 4:46WPGPatrik Laine: Too many men on the ice2 min
  7. P3 11:53WPGToby Enstrom: Tripping2 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGDAL
27Shots on goal36
2.1Expected goals2.5
50Shot attempts71
43Faceoffs won32
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
17Hits25
21Blocked shots13
8Giveaways7
10Takeaways5

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestWheeler – Scheifele – Connor13:10

    xG 0.44–0.34 (57%)attempts 11–17goals 0–2

  2. Little – Perreault – Roslovic11:51

    xG 0.35–0.43 (45%)attempts 9–13goals 1–0

  3. Copp – Ehlers – Laine9:41

    xG 0.27–0.35 (44%)attempts 12–10goals 2–0

  4. Hendricks – Armia – Petan6:25

    xG 0.08–0.36 (18%)attempts 7–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Myers – Morrissey14:55

    xG 0.29–0.29 (50%)attempts 13–15goals 0–1

  2. Kulikov – Chiarot13:03

    xG 0.34–0.80 (30%)attempts 10–17goals 1–0

  3. Enstrom – Byfuglien17:53

    xG 0.44–0.91 (32%)attempts 13–23goals 2–1

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestRitchie – Shore – Janmark2:41

    xG 0.37–0.01 (97%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. Radulov – Benn – Seguin6:17

    xG 0.52–0.20 (73%)attempts 11–6goals 2–1

  3. Spezza – Ritchie – Smith5:54

    xG 0.37–0.15 (71%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  4. Seguin – Janmark – Elie6:51

    xG 0.19–0.06 (76%)attempts 10–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMethot – Johns15:43

    xG 0.56–0.36 (61%)attempts 24–12goals 1–1

  2. Hamhuis – Pateryn14:44

    xG 0.63–0.46 (58%)attempts 16–13goals 1–0

  3. Klingberg – Lindell16:51

    xG 0.54–0.44 (55%)attempts 17–17goals 1–2

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 2.5 xGWPG 2.1 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 69/100 · #419 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.15 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 22% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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.

DAL winsWPG wins

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

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