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Tue, Apr 3, 2018·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Dallas Stars 4, San Jose Sharks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 61% of the time.

SJS winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL0516312423
SJS21801201231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:21SJSLogan CouturePPAssists: Brent Burns, Tomas Hertl · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:16SJSTimo MeierAssists: Brent Burns, Joe Pavelski · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P2 19:29DALJamie BennAssists: John Klingberg, Tyler Seguin · Wrist, 0.25 xG1–2
  4. P3 14:43DALGemel SmithAssists: Devin Shore · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. P3 16:54DALJamie BennGWGUnassisted · Backhand, 0.17 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:36DALJamie BennENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.46 xG4–2
Penalties (2)
  1. P1 8:15DALMarc Methot: Roughing2 min · PPG
  2. P1 10:10SJSTimo Meier: 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0SJS
46% to win54% to win
← DAL attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Gambrell won the faceoff against Faksa
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALSJS
23Shots on goal31
2.3Expected goals1.7
58Shot attempts57
26Faceoffs won30
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
27Hits15
15Blocked shots21
7Giveaways5
5Takeaways10

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. bestBenn – Seguin – Ritchie6:21

    xG 0.77–0.19 (80%)attempts 13–7goals 2–0

  2. Radulov – Faksa – Elie4:43

    xG 0.27–0.03 (91%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Spezza – Roussel – Janmark3:15

    xG 0.27–0.05 (84%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Pitlick – Shore – Smith3:30

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlingberg – Lindell10:43

    xG 1.11–0.20 (85%)attempts 19–7goals 1–0

  2. Hamhuis – Honka4:55

    xG 0.40–0.34 (54%)attempts 4–7goals 2–0

  3. Methot – Pateryn7:43

    xG 0.11–0.14 (45%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestTierney – Karlsson – Labanc11:25

    xG 0.42–0.15 (74%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  2. Ward – Sorensen – Gambrell8:03

    xG 0.28–0.04 (87%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  3. Pavelski – Donskoi – Meier13:34

    xG 0.36–0.17 (68%)attempts 9–13goals 1–0

  4. Couture – Boedker – Hertl13:33

    xG 0.50–0.89 (36%)attempts 16–18goals 0–3

Defence pairs

  1. bestDillon – DeMelo15:07

    xG 0.18–0.05 (79%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

  2. Martin – Burns16:13

    xG 0.81–0.69 (54%)attempts 20–14goals 1–0

  3. Vlasic – Braun18:03

    xG 0.58–0.72 (45%)attempts 17–19goals 0–1

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.

SJS 1.7 xGDAL 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 66/100 · #447 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.53 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 7% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +45 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 61% of the time.

SJS winsDAL wins

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

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