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Sun, Mar 17, 2019·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Vancouver Canucks 3, Dallas Stars 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 60% of the time.

DAL winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
VAN21001103031327
DAL015112114050246

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:52VANTim SchallerAssists: Jay Beagle, Loui Eriksson · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:53VANTim SchallerAssists: Elias Pettersson, Brock Boeser · Snap, 0.06 xG2–0
  3. P2 19:38DALJamie BennAssists: Valeri Nichushkin, Roman Polak · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P3 16:10DALTaylor FedunAssists: Alexander Radulov, John Klingberg · Slap, 0.04 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. DAL Tyler Seguin stopped
  2. 2. VAN Elias Pettersson stopped
  3. 3. DAL Alexander Radulov stopped
  4. 4. VAN Brock Boeser stopped
  5. 5. DAL Jamie Benn stopped
  6. 6. VAN Tanner Pearson stopped
  7. 7. DAL Roope Hintz stopped
  8. 8. VAN Josh Leivo scored
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 6:30VANJake Virtanen: Holding the stick2 min
  2. P2 4:58DALJohn Klingberg: Penalty shot holding on breakaway0 min
  3. P2 12:18DALJamie Benn: Roughing2 min
  4. P3 1:16VANTroy Stecher: Tripping2 min
  5. OT 1:03DALJamie Benn: 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANDAL
27Shots on goal46
2.6Expected goals3.3
58Shot attempts87
38Faceoffs won33
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
23Hits27
25Blocked shots18
15Giveaways17
9Takeaways11

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestLeivo – Boeser – Pettersson12:57

    xG 0.62–0.32 (66%)attempts 20–10goals 0–0

  2. Granlund – Virtanen – Gaudette6:06

    xG 0.14–0.08 (62%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Beagle – Schaller – Motte9:54

    xG 0.09–0.28 (25%)attempts 5–12goals 0–1

  4. Eriksson – Pearson – Horvat10:38

    xG 0.08–0.49 (14%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchenn – Sautner14:50

    xG 0.66–0.38 (64%)attempts 15–16goals 1–0

  2. Edler – Stecher2:20

    xG 0.06–0.19 (23%)attempts 3–5goals 1–0

  3. Brisebois – Stecher12:26

    xG 0.22–0.38 (36%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestRadulov – Benn – Seguin10:18

    xG 0.66–0.23 (74%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  2. Radulov – Seguin – Hintz2:46

    xG 0.16–0.02 (89%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Cogliano – Faksa – Nichushkin10:53

    xG 0.47–0.33 (58%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

  4. Janmark – Hintz – L'Esperance7:30

    xG 0.17–0.05 (77%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPolak – Heiskanen7:57

    xG 0.75–0.22 (77%)attempts 13–5goals 0–1

  2. Klingberg – Heiskanen14:06

    xG 0.42–0.18 (71%)attempts 17–12goals 0–0

  3. Polak – Lindell9:26

    xG 0.17–0.22 (43%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

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 3.3 xGVAN 2.6 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 71/100 · #375 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.71 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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 60% of the time.

DAL winsVAN wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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