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Mon, Oct 14, 2019·KeyBank Center, Buffalo

Dallas Stars 0, Buffalo Sabres 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 59% of the time.

BUF winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL0508012025
BUF0621323422

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 6:27BUFVictor OlofssonPPGWGAssists: Rasmus Dahlin, Jack Eichel · Slap, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 17:56BUFSam ReinhartAssists: Victor Olofsson, Jack Eichel · Slap, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P3 4:20BUFJeff SkinnerAssists: Vladimir Sobotka, Henri Jokiharju · Backhand, 0.18 xG0–3
  4. P3 6:02BUFMarcus JohanssonAssists: Jake McCabe, Rasmus Ristolainen · Slap, 0.03 xG0–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 10:26DALJohn Klingberg: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 15:32BUFHenri Jokiharju: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 5:05DALNick Caamano: Delaying game bench2 min · PPG
  4. P2 10:36BUFVictor Olofsson: Interference2 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 SOG0BUF
45% to win55% to win
← DAL attackBUF attack →
  1. P1 20:00Eichel won the faceoff against Seguin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALBUF
25Shots on goal22
1.7Expected goals1.3
45Shot attempts42
28Faceoffs won21
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
18Hits19
8Blocked shots8
5Giveaways5
3Takeaways2

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. bestCogliano – Dowling – Gardner6:23

    xG 0.36–0.04 (90%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Faksa – Janmark – Caamano10:54

    xG 0.27–0.09 (76%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  3. Pavelski – Benn – Seguin5:15

    xG 0.12–0.11 (53%)attempts 5–3goals 0–1

  4. Pavelski – Seguin – Dickinson5:43

    xG 0.02–0.14 (13%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSekera – Heiskanen11:00

    xG 0.45–0.02 (97%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  2. Klingberg – Heiskanen3:39

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Fedun – Oleksiak11:29

    xG 0.20–0.23 (46%)attempts 11–6goals 0–1

Buffalo Sabres

Forward lines

  1. bestSobotka – Johansson – Skinner10:56

    xG 0.25–0.15 (63%)attempts 6–6goals 2–0

  2. Vesey – Rodrigues – Mittelstadt8:22

    xG 0.29–0.21 (57%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  3. Okposo – Larsson – Girgensons10:42

    xG 0.15–0.09 (64%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  4. Reinhart – Olofsson – Eichel13:32

    xG 0.40–0.45 (47%)attempts 13–14goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMiller – Dahlin15:13

    xG 0.49–0.35 (58%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  2. McCabe – Ristolainen17:42

    xG 0.26–0.41 (39%)attempts 13–14goals 1–0

  3. Scandella – Jokiharju14:48

    xG 0.27–0.56 (33%)attempts 7–14goals 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.

BUF 1.3 xGDAL 1.7 xG
00.511.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BUFDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 6/100 · #1024 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.63 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50BUF 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 59% of the time.

BUF winsDAL wins

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

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