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Mon, Dec 3, 2018·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Edmonton Oilers 1, Dallas Stars 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 64% of the time.

DAL winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM08011110129
DAL14010311425

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:59DALJason DickinsonAssists: Mattias Janmark, Brett Ritchie · Snap, 0.19 xG0–1
  2. P3 1:51DALBrett RitchieGWGAssists: Mattias Janmark · Snap, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P3 7:24DALJamie BennPPAssists: Gavin Bayreuther, Alexander Radulov · Tip-in, 0.16 xG0–3
  4. P3 14:36EDMJujhar KhairaAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Chris Wideman · Tip-in, 0.20 xG1–3
  5. P3 17:46DALEsa LindellENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.41 xG1–4
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 11:49DALAnton Khudobin: Interference2 min
  2. P2 10:02EDMMatt Benning: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P3 6:44EDMZack Kassian: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P3 8:16EDMZack Kassian: Abuse of officials10 min
  5. P3 9:01EDMDarnell Nurse: Fighting5 min
  6. P3 9:01DALDevin Shore: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 9:01DALRoope Hintz: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 9:01EDMAlex Chiasson: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 9:01DALRoope Hintz: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 9:01EDMAlex Chiasson: Boarding2 min
  11. P3 17:15DALGavin Bayreuther: Delaying game2 min
  12. P3 19:25DALRadek Faksa: 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMDAL
29Shots on goal25
2.0Expected goals2.8
65Shot attempts52
27Faceoffs won33
3Power plays2
23Penalty minutes15
24Hits23
17Blocked shots17
11Giveaways17
3Takeaways11

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestLucic – Chiasson – Draisaitl8:16

    xG 0.41–0.10 (80%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  2. Rattie – Khaira – Draisaitl2:28

    xG 0.28–0.09 (75%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

  3. Rattie – Nugent-Hopkins – Caggiula3:22

    xG 0.18–0.11 (62%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  4. Nugent-Hopkins – Puljujarvi – Russell2:50

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

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Klefbom18:47

    xG 0.73–0.44 (62%)attempts 24–16goals 0–1

  2. Wideman – Gravel2:25

    xG 0.29–0.08 (78%)attempts 5–6goals 1–0

  3. Gravel – Benning6:29

    xG 0.25–0.11 (69%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestRadulov – Benn – Seguin3:53

    xG 0.26–0.03 (89%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  2. Ritchie – Janmark – Dickinson8:29

    xG 0.51–0.35 (59%)attempts 8–6goals 2–0

  3. Spezza – Benn – Seguin8:18

    xG 0.24–0.24 (49%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  4. Radulov – Shore – Hintz5:16

    xG 0.03–0.15 (16%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFedun – Hanley10:27

    xG 0.71–0.23 (75%)attempts 15–11goals 2–0

  2. Polak – Bayreuther14:53

    xG 0.36–0.38 (49%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

  3. Lindell – Heiskanen19:34

    xG 0.34–0.70 (33%)attempts 9–20goals 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.

DAL 2.8 xGEDM 2.0 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 22/100 · #970 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.56 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 64% of the time.

DAL winsEDM wins

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

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