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Sat, Mar 30, 2019·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Dallas Stars 2, Vancouver Canucks 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 64% of the time.

VAN winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
DAL012012213030240
VAN21201008011331

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:52VANTim SchallerAssists: Jay Beagle, Alex Biega · Backhand, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:16VANSven BaertschiAssists: Brock Boeser · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P3 9:14DALAndrew CoglianoAssists: Radek Faksa · Wrist, 0.25 xG1–2
  4. P3 14:11DALAlexander RadulovAssists: John Klingberg, Mattias Janmark · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. VAN Elias Pettersson stopped
  2. 2. DAL Alexander Radulov stopped
  3. 3. VAN Brock Boeser stopped
  4. 4. DAL Tyler Seguin stopped
  5. 5. VAN Tanner Pearson stopped
  6. 6. DAL Jamie Benn stopped
  7. 7. VAN Josh Leivo stopped
  8. 8. DAL John Klingberg stopped
  9. 9. VAN Bo Horvat stopped
  10. 10. DAL Jason Spezza stopped
  11. 11. VAN Ryan Spooner stopped
  12. 12. DAL Miro Heiskanen stopped
  13. 13. VAN Quinn Hughes stopped
  14. 14. DAL Roope Hintz stopped
  15. 15. VAN Markus Granlund scored
  16. 16. DAL Mattias Janmark stopped
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 1:31VANTroy Stecher: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 2:24DALTyler Seguin: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 8:36VANAlex Biega: Holding2 min
  4. P2 1:09VANBen Hutton: Interference2 min
  5. P2 4:41DALBlake Comeau: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 0:44DALBlake Comeau: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 15:09DALRadek Faksa: Hooking2 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 SOG0VAN
46% to win54% to win
← DAL attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Faksa won the faceoff against Pettersson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALVAN
40Shots on goal31
3.7Expected goals2.8
70Shot attempts53
38Faceoffs won24
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
16Hits27
9Blocked shots17
2Giveaways7
5Takeaways6

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. bestComeau – Cogliano – Faksa9:15

    xG 1.24–0.45 (73%)attempts 14–5goals 1–1

  2. Benn – Seguin – Hintz2:36

    xG 0.23–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Spezza – Radulov – Nichushkin2:04

    xG 0.18–0.02 (89%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Radulov – Seguin – Janmark3:44

    xG 0.04–0.01 (76%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLovejoy – Fedun9:23

    xG 1.03–0.45 (69%)attempts 14–8goals 1–0

  2. Klingberg – Heiskanen14:55

    xG 0.78–0.21 (79%)attempts 21–3goals 1–1

  3. Klingberg – Lindell6:29

    xG 0.39–0.26 (60%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSpooner – Leivo – Gaudette8:39

    xG 0.81–0.52 (61%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  2. Baertschi – Boeser – Pettersson7:31

    xG 0.36–0.18 (67%)attempts 6–6goals 1–0

  3. Spooner – Leivo – Horvat2:25

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  4. Eriksson – Pearson – Horvat10:10

    xG 0.17–0.44 (28%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Edler – Biega14:09

    xG 0.48–0.49 (49%)attempts 9–16goals 1–0

  2. Schenn – Hughes10:35

    xG 0.26–0.30 (47%)attempts 8–12goals 1–0

  3. Hutton – Stecher14:19

    xG 0.94–1.12 (46%)attempts 15–16goals 0–1

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.

VAN 2.8 xGDAL 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 71/100 · #376 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.70 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +40 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 64% of the time.

VAN winsDAL wins

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

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