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Thu, Mar 28, 2019·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Dallas Stars 3, Edmonton Oilers 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 69% of the time.

EDM winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
DAL061618022322
EDM11511608031242

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:59EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Connor McDavid, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Snap, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:08EDMConnor McDavidAssists: Leon Draisaitl · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P2 6:20DALAlexander RadulovPPAssists: Tyler Seguin, Roope Hintz · Snap, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P3 7:47DALMiro HeiskanenAssists: Jason Dickinson, Roope Hintz · Snap, 0.10 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. EDM Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored
  2. 2. DAL Alexander Radulov stopped
  3. 3. EDM Leon Draisaitl stopped
  4. 4. DAL Tyler Seguin scored
  5. 5. EDM Connor McDavid stopped
  6. 6. DAL Miro Heiskanen stopped
  7. 7. EDM Sam Gagner stopped
  8. 8. DAL John Klingberg stopped
  9. 9. EDM Alex Chiasson stopped
  10. 10. DAL Jamie Benn scored
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 2:56DALRoope Hintz: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 15:39DALJohn Klingberg: Embellishment2 min
  3. P1 15:39EDMZack Kassian: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 5:59EDMJosh Currie: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 9:27EDMAdam Larsson: 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 SOG0EDM
46% to win54% to win
← DAL attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nugent-Hopkins won the faceoff against Hintz
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALEDM
22Shots on goal42
2.2Expected goals3.4
47Shot attempts64
28Faceoffs won26
2Power plays1
4Penalty minutes6
21Hits33
11Blocked shots18
12Giveaways17
6Takeaways10

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. bestBenn – Dickinson – Hintz8:36

    xG 0.77–0.48 (62%)attempts 12–10goals 1–0

  2. Radulov – Benn – Seguin2:08

    xG 0.12–0.04 (75%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Ritchie – Nichushkin – L'Esperance6:21

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  4. Radulov – Seguin – Janmark10:55

    xG 0.17–0.41 (29%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPolak – Heiskanen5:15

    xG 0.38–0.04 (90%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Klingberg – Lindell2:38

    xG 0.32–0.13 (72%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  3. Lovejoy – Fedun2:16

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestKassian – Draisaitl – McDavid16:29

    xG 1.17–0.36 (76%)attempts 17–13goals 1–0

  2. Chiasson – Nugent-Hopkins – Gambardella13:12

    xG 0.29–0.22 (57%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  3. Gagner – Rieder – Cave7:43

    xG 0.22–0.21 (51%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  4. Brodziak – Lucic – Currie7:14

    xG 0.19–0.28 (40%)attempts 7–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Klefbom17:15

    xG 1.20–0.57 (68%)attempts 22–11goals 1–1

  2. Benning – Nurse2:14

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Sekera – Benning12:54

    xG 0.24–0.33 (42%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

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.

EDM 3.4 xGDAL 2.2 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 64/100 · #461 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.44 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 13% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +33 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 69% of the time.

EDM winsDAL wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).