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Thu, Dec 13, 2018·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Dallas Stars 2, San Jose Sharks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 62% of the time.

SJS winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL0311217222
SJS0511029324

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 3:35DALRadek FaksaAssists: Julius Honka, Valeri Nichushkin · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–0
  2. P2 16:20SJSTimo MeierAssists: Brent Burns, Logan Couture · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P3 2:50SJSTimo MeierAssists: Logan Couture, Erik Karlsson · Snap, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P3 7:56SJSJoe ThorntonGWGAssists: Radim Simek, Marcus Sorensen · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–3
  5. P3 12:24DALMiro HeiskanenAssists: Jamie Benn, Tyler Seguin · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–3
Penalties (1)
  1. P2 11:43DALDevin Shore: Delaying game2 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 SOG0SJS
46% to win54% to win
← DAL attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Seguin won the faceoff against Hertl
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALSJS
22Shots on goal24
1.7Expected goals1.3
40Shot attempts51
32Faceoffs won32
0Power plays1
2Penalty minutes0
26Hits22
17Blocked shots10
14Giveaways13
13Takeaways14

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 – Seguin15:27

    xG 0.70–0.40 (64%)attempts 14–12goals 1–0

  2. Pitlick – Faksa – Nichushkin9:29

    xG 0.41–0.18 (69%)attempts 8–13goals 1–2

  3. Comeau – Janmark – Dickinson11:28

    xG 0.19–0.12 (63%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  4. Spezza – Ritchie – Shore9:19

    xG 0.16–0.24 (40%)attempts 3–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLindell – Honka15:53

    xG 0.60–0.26 (70%)attempts 8–15goals 1–1

  2. Honka – Heiskanen2:13

    xG 0.37–0.03 (91%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Fedun – Hanley13:28

    xG 0.26–0.20 (56%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestCouture – Donskoi – Meier6:56

    xG 0.39–0.03 (92%)attempts 7–4goals 2–0

  2. Thornton – Pavelski – Sorensen6:56

    xG 0.19–0.08 (71%)attempts 8–3goals 1–0

  3. Kane – Hertl – Karlsson5:19

    xG 0.15–0.04 (79%)attempts 5–2goals 0–1

  4. Pavelski – Kane – Donskoi7:02

    xG 0.04–0.01 (79%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurns – Vlasic2:14

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  2. Karlsson – Dillon15:29

    xG 0.27–0.25 (52%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

  3. Burns – Simek12:39

    xG 0.42–0.41 (50%)attempts 13–7goals 1–1

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.

SJS 1.3 xGDAL 1.7 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 38/100 · #774 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.28 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 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 62% of the time.

SJS winsDAL wins

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

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