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Sat, Mar 23, 2019·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Pittsburgh Penguins 3, Dallas Stars 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 61% of the time.

DAL winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT1121919330
DAL01026015231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:25PITJake GuentzelPPAssists: Phil Kessel, Kris Letang · Snap, 0.21 xG1–0
  2. P2 1:03DALTyler SeguinAssists: Alexander Radulov, Roope Hintz · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:41PITJared McCannAssists: Phil Kessel · Snap, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P2 18:40DALAndrew CoglianoAssists: John Klingberg, Valeri Nichushkin · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P3 4:20PITJared McCannSHGWGAssists: Teddy Blueger, Erik Gudbranson · Backhand, 0.08 xG3–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 14:34DALAlexander Radulov: Slashing2 min · PPG
  2. P2 6:43PITKris Letang: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 3:34PITJack Johnson: Holding2 min
  4. P3 18:40PITBryan Rust: Holding2 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.

PIT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITDAL
30Shots on goal31
2.8Expected goals3.5
60Shot attempts60
27Faceoffs won27
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
20Hits25
15Blocked shots17
10Giveaways15
5Takeaways5

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.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestKessel – Blueger – McCann13:32

    xG 0.49–0.28 (64%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

  2. Cullen – Hornqvist – Bjugstad2:07

    xG 0.41–0.21 (66%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Hornqvist – Bjugstad – Simon11:58

    xG 0.32–0.31 (50%)attempts 14–8goals 0–1

  4. Cullen – Wilson – Johnson4:23

    xG 0.04–0.50 (8%)attempts 3–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Schultz15:21

    xG 0.94–0.87 (52%)attempts 16–14goals 0–0

  2. Gudbranson – Pettersson14:25

    xG 0.23–0.26 (46%)attempts 14–9goals 0–1

  3. Letang – Dumoulin19:40

    xG 1.00–1.18 (46%)attempts 23–20goals 1–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestCogliano – Dickinson – Nichushkin3:24

    xG 0.50–0.05 (91%)attempts 8–3goals 1–0

  2. Radulov – Benn – Seguin7:03

    xG 0.41–0.34 (55%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Radulov – Seguin – Hintz8:34

    xG 0.39–0.39 (50%)attempts 12–7goals 1–1

  4. Benn – Dowling – L'Esperance4:55

    xG 0.09–0.10 (48%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPolak – Heiskanen9:43

    xG 0.78–0.47 (63%)attempts 15–6goals 1–1

  2. Lovejoy – Lindell2:12

    xG 0.39–0.07 (84%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Klingberg – Lindell13:15

    xG 0.94–0.68 (58%)attempts 11–21goals 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 3.5 xGPIT 2.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALPIT

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 PIT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 48/100 · #668 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.54 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50DAL 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 61% of the time.

DAL winsPIT wins

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

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