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Mon, Oct 15, 2018·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Dallas Stars 1, Ottawa Senators 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 63% of the time.

OTT winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL11409015138
OTT091738424

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:53DALJohn KlingbergPPAssists: Jason Spezza, Alexander Radulov · Snap, 0.23 xG1–0
  2. P2 19:40OTTMaxime LajoieAssists: Matt Duchene, Bobby Ryan · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P3 1:27OTTBrady TkachukGWGAssists: Dylan DeMelo, Chris Tierney · Deflected, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P3 10:12OTTMikkel BoedkerAssists: Matt Duchene · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:23OTTZack SmithENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.55 xG1–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 4:29OTTMark Borowiecki: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 12:49DALAlexander Radulov: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 16:13OTTMaxime Lajoie: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 11:05DALMiro Heiskanen: Interference2 min
  5. P2 15:52OTTChris Tierney: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 6:27OTTZack Smith: 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0OTT
46% to win54% to win
← DAL attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Seguin won the faceoff against Tierney
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALOTT
38Shots on goal24
2.3Expected goals3.0
68Shot attempts47
31Faceoffs won33
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
19Hits25
12Blocked shots15
7Giveaways15
2Takeaways6

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 – Seguin4:18

    xG 0.27–0.09 (74%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Comeau – Benn – Seguin8:21

    xG 0.16–0.16 (50%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Spezza – Radulov – Nichushkin7:31

    xG 0.18–0.28 (39%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

  4. Ritchie – Shore – Dickinson6:35

    xG 0.25–0.37 (40%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Carrick – Heiskanen15:28

    xG 0.47–0.44 (52%)attempts 15–15goals 0–1

  2. Methot – Honka9:33

    xG 0.45–0.46 (49%)attempts 12–8goals 0–2

  3. Klingberg – Lindell15:54

    xG 0.16–0.52 (24%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestStone – Tierney – Tkachuk4:38

    xG 0.56–0.16 (77%)attempts 8–2goals 1–0

  2. Boedker – Duchene – White6:59

    xG 0.35–0.07 (83%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Ryan – Boedker – Duchene2:18

    xG 0.26–0.08 (77%)attempts 5–2goals 2–0

  4. Ryan – Paajarvi – Tierney2:54

    xG 0.04–0.01 (80%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeMelo – Chabot7:09

    xG 0.50–0.14 (78%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  2. Wideman – Chabot7:25

    xG 0.47–0.22 (68%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  3. Jaros – Lajoie8:16

    xG 0.03–0.05 (38%)attempts 4–7goals 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 3.0 xGDAL 2.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 36/100 · #789 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.21 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 63% 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).