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Sat, Feb 2, 2019·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Dallas Stars 3, Nashville Predators 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 54% of the time.

NSH winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL14011211326
NSH113011015139

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:35NSHCalle JarnkrokAssists: Ryan Hartman, Colton Sissons · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:11DALTyler SeguinAssists: Alexander Radulov, Esa Lindell · Slap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P3 15:47DALBlake ComeauGWGAssists: Mattias Janmark, Radek Faksa · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–1
  4. P3 16:30DALMattias JanmarkAssists: Radek Faksa, Esa Lindell · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 18:58DALBlake Comeau: Roughing2 min
  2. P2 6:37NSHP.K. Subban: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  3. P2 10:48DALEsa Lindell: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 10:48NSHRyan Hartman: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 12:09DALMattias Janmark: Holding the stick2 min
  6. P3 7:40NSHRoman Josi: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P3 7:46DALJohn Klingberg: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 11:31DALJamie Benn: 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NSH
46% to win54% to win
← DAL attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Johansen won the faceoff against Seguin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALNSH
26Shots on goal39
2.8Expected goals2.6
45Shot attempts70
29Faceoffs won37
2Power plays4
13Penalty minutes9
19Hits12
16Blocked shots11
8Giveaways12
5Takeaways4

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. bestSpezza – Cogliano – Nichushkin8:27

    xG 0.23–0.07 (77%)attempts 7–5goals 0–1

  2. Radulov – Seguin – Janmark10:28

    xG 0.30–0.17 (63%)attempts 12–5goals 1–0

  3. Radulov – Benn – Seguin2:16

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  4. Comeau – Benn – Faksa9:21

    xG 0.04–0.39 (10%)attempts 3–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPolak – Heiskanen12:17

    xG 0.19–0.12 (61%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  2. Polak – Lindell2:22

    xG 0.15–0.17 (45%)attempts 3–3goals 1–0

  3. Klingberg – Lindell11:11

    xG 0.38–0.46 (45%)attempts 9–13goals 2–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestBlackwell – Grimaldi – Gaudreau6:06

    xG 0.47–0.06 (89%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. Bonino – Smith – Fiala7:49

    xG 0.43–0.07 (86%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Jarnkrok – Sissons – Hartman10:57

    xG 0.33–0.24 (58%)attempts 11–9goals 1–1

  4. Johansen – Forsberg – Arvidsson11:17

    xG 0.32–0.54 (37%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSubban – Ekholm17:36

    xG 0.93–0.22 (81%)attempts 27–8goals 0–0

  2. Hamhuis – Irwin8:15

    xG 0.47–0.07 (88%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

  3. Josi – Ellis16:17

    xG 0.20–0.73 (21%)attempts 8–21goals 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.

NSH 2.6 xGDAL 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 21/100 · #985 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.08 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +39 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 54% of the time.

NSH winsDAL wins

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

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