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Wed, Oct 16, 2019·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Dallas Stars 2, Columbus Blue Jackets 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 67% of the time.

CBJ winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL11605111232
CBJ211010114335

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:42CBJZach WerenskiAssists: Gustav Nyquist, Seth Jones · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:01CBJAlexander WennbergUnassisted · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P1 18:08DALMiro HeiskanenAssists: Alexander Radulov, Taylor Fedun · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P3 9:07CBJSonny MilanoGWGAssists: Jakob Lilja, Riley Nash · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:55DALJoe PavelskiAssists: Tyler Seguin, Alexander Radulov · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 2:30CBJSonny Milano: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 11:32CBJPierre-Luc Dubois: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 3:21DALTaylor Fedun: Holding2 min
  4. P2 17:18DALAndrej Sekera: Holding2 min
  5. P3 15:46DALRoope Hintz: 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 SOG0CBJ
45% to win55% to win
← DAL attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Atkinson won the faceoff against Seguin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALCBJ
32Shots on goal35
2.6Expected goals1.8
56Shot attempts57
31Faceoffs won27
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
19Hits22
13Blocked shots14
8Giveaways10
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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestPavelski – Faksa – Dickinson9:50

    xG 0.50–0.10 (83%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  2. Radulov – Benn – Seguin12:46

    xG 0.79–0.45 (64%)attempts 14–14goals 0–1

  3. Cogliano – Gurianov – Gardner5:01

    xG 0.20–0.32 (39%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Perry – Janmark – Hintz9:28

    xG 0.19–0.37 (34%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSekera – Klingberg3:53

    xG 0.56–0.15 (79%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  2. Klingberg – Lindell10:45

    xG 0.91–0.67 (58%)attempts 16–11goals 0–1

  3. Sekera – Heiskanen9:32

    xG 0.27–0.16 (62%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. Nash – Milano – Lilja5:18

    xG 0.11–0.07 (62%)attempts 2–6goals 1–0

  2. Jenner – Texier – Bemstrom9:04

    xG 0.20–0.26 (43%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Foligno – Bjorkstrand – Wennberg10:21

    xG 0.25–0.46 (35%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  4. Nyquist – Atkinson – Dubois10:52

    xG 0.26–0.70 (27%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSavard – Gavrikov12:15

    xG 0.38–0.11 (78%)attempts 10–9goals 2–0

  2. Murray – Nutivaara13:36

    xG 0.27–0.50 (35%)attempts 13–15goals 0–0

  3. Jones – Werenski13:50

    xG 0.29–0.83 (26%)attempts 12–15goals 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.

CBJ 1.8 xGDAL 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 27/100 · #815 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.91 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 67% of the time.

CBJ winsDAL wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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