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Tue, Oct 16, 2018·Prudential Center, Newark

Dallas Stars 0, New Jersey Devils 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 74% of the time.

NJD winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL0701007024
NJD112211011334

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:42NJDKyle PalmieriPPGWGAssists: Will Butcher, Taylor Hall · Slap, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P2 2:03NJDBlake ColemanAssists: Damon Severson, Travis Zajac · Snap, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P2 16:19NJDJean-Sebastien DeaUnassisted · Snap, 0.05 xG0–3
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 2:41DALConnor Carrick: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 6:01DALJulius Honka: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 7:09NJDTaylor Hall: Delaying game2 min
  4. P1 7:09DALJamie Benn: Holding2 min
  5. P1 13:29NJDBen Lovejoy: Hooking2 min
  6. P1 16:28NJDTaylor Hall: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 7:38DALMattias Janmark: Holding2 min
  8. P2 13:07DALEsa Lindell: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 2:28NJDMiles Wood: Fighting5 min
  10. P3 2:28DALJamie Benn: Fighting5 min
  11. P3 4:05NJDKyle Palmieri: Slashing2 min
  12. P3 6:18DALJulius Honka: Interference2 min
  13. P3 17:43DALRoope Hintz: High sticking2 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 SOG0NJD
46% to win54% to win
← DAL attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hintz won the faceoff against Hischier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALNJD
24Shots on goal34
2.0Expected goals3.5
41Shot attempts58
34Faceoffs won27
3Power plays6
19Penalty minutes13
13Hits15
7Blocked shots7
1Giveaways8
5Takeaways11

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. Radulov – Benn – Seguin7:00

    xG 0.22–0.17 (56%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  2. Comeau – Janmark – Hintz8:32

    xG 0.26–0.27 (49%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Pitlick – Faksa – Shore7:54

    xG 0.04–0.32 (11%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  4. Spezza – Ritchie – Smith9:40

    xG 0.31–0.74 (30%)attempts 5–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Carrick – Heiskanen11:42

    xG 0.37–0.54 (41%)attempts 8–10goals 0–1

  2. Klingberg – Lindell12:45

    xG 0.39–0.56 (41%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  3. Polak – Honka8:11

    xG 0.27–0.47 (37%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestPalmieri – Hall – Hischier11:03

    xG 0.76–0.36 (68%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  2. Zajac – Coleman – Wood8:09

    xG 0.49–0.34 (59%)attempts 11–5goals 1–0

  3. Boyle – Noesen – Dea4:59

    xG 0.08–0.03 (73%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Johansson – Quenneville – Zacha7:04

    xG 0.09–0.32 (23%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLovejoy – Butcher7:42

    xG 0.69–0.20 (78%)attempts 10–4goals 1–0

  2. Greene – Severson12:51

    xG 0.76–0.31 (71%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  3. Vatanen – Mueller15:12

    xG 0.43–0.65 (40%)attempts 12–13goals 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.

NJD 3.5 xGDAL 2.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 4/100 · #1201 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.57 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 74% of the time.

NJD winsDAL wins

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

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