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Fri, Mar 16, 2018·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Dallas Stars 2, Ottawa Senators 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 54% of the time.

OTT winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DAL19071702225
OTT060621112325

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:36DALTyler SeguinPPAssists: Jamie Benn, Alexander Radulov · Snap, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P3 2:20OTTMarian GaborikPPAssists: Ryan Dzingel, Thomas Chabot · Snap, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P3 16:50OTTMatt DucheneAssists: Erik Karlsson, Mike Hoffman · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P3 18:12DALTyler PitlickAssists: Dan Hamhuis, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–2
  5. OT 3:26OTTMike HoffmanGWGAssists: Matt Duchene, Erik Karlsson · Slap, 0.06 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 10:25OTTThomas Chabot: Slashing2 min · PPG
  2. P1 11:13OTTMark Borowiecki: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 11:13DALGreg Pateryn: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 15:05DALMattias Janmark: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 9:48DALDan Hamhuis: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 19:04DALTyler Pitlick: High sticking double minor4 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 SOG0OTT
46% to win54% to win
← DAL attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Seguin won the faceoff against Smith
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALOTT
25Shots on goal25
2.5Expected goals2.3
53Shot attempts52
32Faceoffs won33
1Power plays4
13Penalty minutes7
36Hits36
12Blocked shots13
7Giveaways8
4Takeaways3

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 – Seguin13:03

    xG 0.58–0.47 (55%)attempts 20–13goals 0–0

  2. Shore – Dickinson – Elie6:03

    xG 0.15–0.04 (80%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Spezza – Smith – Janmark7:25

    xG 0.31–0.22 (59%)attempts 6–4goals 0–1

  4. Roussel – Pitlick – Faksa10:12

    xG 0.25–0.23 (52%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Pateryn16:26

    xG 0.93–0.47 (67%)attempts 17–13goals 1–0

  2. Klingberg – Lindell18:22

    xG 0.66–0.54 (55%)attempts 22–12goals 0–0

  3. Johns – Honka9:12

    xG 0.13–0.07 (66%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestBurrows – Ryan – Pageau5:14

    xG 0.30–0.10 (74%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  2. Hoffman – Duchene – Dzingel14:54

    xG 0.65–0.54 (55%)attempts 16–12goals 1–0

  3. Gaborik – O'Brien – McCormick2:40

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  4. Burrows – O'Brien – McCormick2:39

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKarlsson – Chabot12:09

    xG 0.64–0.32 (66%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  2. Borowiecki – Ceci7:24

    xG 0.06–0.02 (73%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Borowiecki – Claesson4:04

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 2–0goals 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.

OTT 2.3 xGDAL 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 71/100 · #390 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.95 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +39 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 54% of the time.

OTT winsDAL wins

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

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