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Fri, Nov 23, 2018·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Ottawa Senators 4, Dallas Stars 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 80% of the time.

DAL winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT18113212433
DAL119224311654

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:05OTTRyan DzingelAssists: Bobby Ryan, Thomas Chabot · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:22DALJamie BennAssists: Tyler Seguin, Alexander Radulov · Deflected, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:02OTTBrady TkachukPPAssists: Thomas Chabot, Bobby Ryan · Wrist, 0.42 xG2–1
  4. P2 12:45DALMiro HeiskanenAssists: Alexander Radulov, Mattias Janmark · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. P2 18:48DALTaylor FedunAssists: Devin Shore, Roope Hintz · Backhand, 0.16 xG2–3
  6. P3 4:40DALMiro HeiskanenAssists: Mattias Janmark, Devin Shore · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–4
  7. P3 6:12DALBlake ComeauGWGAssists: Esa Lindell, Jason Dickinson · Snap, 0.03 xG2–5
  8. P3 10:36OTTMaxime LajoieAssists: Matt Duchene · Wrist, 0.01 xG3–5
  9. P3 13:54OTTZack SmithAssists: Bobby Ryan, Matt Duchene · Snap, 0.16 xG4–5
  10. P3 17:50DALGavin BayreutherENUnassisted · Snap, 0.54 xG4–6
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 12:07OTTMax McCormick: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 6:59OTTBobby Ryan: Interference2 min
  3. P2 9:42DALGavin Bayreuther: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 15:06OTTBen Harpur: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 2:24DALRoope Hintz: Holding2 min
  6. P3 18:31OTTZack Smith: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 18:31DALEsa Lindell: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 18:31OTTZack Smith: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 18:31DALRoman Polak: Roughing2 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTDAL
33Shots on goal54
3.3Expected goals5.6
54Shot attempts90
33Faceoffs won42
2Power plays3
10Penalty minutes8
17Hits20
21Blocked shots18
11Giveaways11
7Takeaways6

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestStone – Tierney – Tkachuk7:03

    xG 0.56–0.41 (58%)attempts 11–5goals 0–2

  2. Duchene – Batherson – Tkachuk3:07

    xG 0.11–0.01 (90%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0

  3. Ryan – Smith – Dzingel8:02

    xG 0.43–0.53 (44%)attempts 9–12goals 1–0

  4. Pyatt – Paajarvi – McCormick3:30

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeMelo – Harpur2:16

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. DeMelo – Lajoie2:08

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  3. Ceci – Chabot4:44

    xG 0.42–0.47 (48%)attempts 6–7goals 2–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestPitlick – Faksa – Nichushkin10:40

    xG 0.69–0.30 (70%)attempts 11–8goals 0–1

  2. Radulov – Benn – Seguin13:19

    xG 0.91–0.53 (63%)attempts 25–18goals 1–1

  3. Spezza – Shore – Hintz7:22

    xG 0.61–0.39 (61%)attempts 14–7goals 0–1

  4. Comeau – Janmark – Dickinson11:14

    xG 0.51–0.64 (44%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPolak – Bayreuther16:16

    xG 1.38–0.43 (76%)attempts 19–13goals 1–1

  2. Fedun – Hanley10:31

    xG 0.70–0.46 (61%)attempts 25–9goals 0–1

  3. Polak – Hanley2:35

    xG 0.29–0.05 (86%)attempts 4–3goals 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.

DAL 5.6 xGOTT 3.3 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 89/100 · #160 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.77 · 10 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 80% of the time.

DAL winsOTT wins

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

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