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Sat, Dec 1, 2018·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Dallas Stars 2, Vancouver Canucks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 55% of the time.

VAN winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL06011210227
VAN1601108125

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:18VANBo HorvatAssists: Antoine Roussel, Tyler Motte · Snap, 0.30 xG0–1
  2. P3 10:19DALJamie BennAssists: Tyler Seguin, Miro Heiskanen · Backhand, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P3 16:37DALAlexander RadulovGWGAssists: Jamie Benn · Backhand, 0.13 xG2–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 2:16DALTaylor Fedun: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 6:24DALJason Dickinson: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 13:01VANAntoine Roussel: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 9:19DALAlexander Radulov: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 17:54VANAdam Gaudette: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 17:54DALGavin Bayreuther: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 17:54VANAdam Gaudette: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 3:50DALJason Spezza: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 19:30VANBrock Boeser: Slashing2 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 SOG0VAN
46% to win54% to win
← DAL attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Horvat won the faceoff against Hintz
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALVAN
27Shots on goal25
1.9Expected goals2.2
54Shot attempts56
29Faceoffs won36
3Power plays4
10Penalty minutes8
13Hits22
17Blocked shots13
5Giveaways5
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 – Seguin5:19

    xG 0.45–0.03 (94%)attempts 8–2goals 2–0

  2. Pitlick – Faksa – Shore2:56

    xG 0.06–0.01 (83%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Spezza – Benn – Seguin7:43

    xG 0.51–0.47 (52%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  4. Radulov – Pitlick – Faksa2:02

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFedun – Hanley8:58

    xG 0.36–0.14 (72%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  2. Polak – Bayreuther16:15

    xG 0.55–0.56 (50%)attempts 15–15goals 0–0

  3. Lindell – Heiskanen12:37

    xG 0.44–0.49 (47%)attempts 12–9goals 1–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestGoldobin – Boeser – Pettersson11:04

    xG 0.54–0.27 (67%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

  2. Gagner – Horvat – Virtanen9:10

    xG 0.33–0.19 (64%)attempts 14–4goals 0–1

  3. Schaller – Motte – Gaudette4:15

    xG 0.12–0.05 (71%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Eriksson – Roussel – Granlund10:22

    xG 0.05–0.48 (10%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Edler – Biega14:38

    xG 0.37–0.37 (50%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  2. Hutton – Stecher14:23

    xG 0.40–0.42 (49%)attempts 10–17goals 0–0

  3. Del Zotto – Tanev13:17

    xG 0.55–0.91 (38%)attempts 12–16goals 0–2

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.

VAN 2.2 xGDAL 1.9 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 38/100 · #771 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.30 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 16% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +40 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 55% of the time.

VAN winsDAL wins

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

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