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Fri, Oct 18, 2019·PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh

Dallas Stars 2, Pittsburgh Penguins 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 81% of the time.

PIT winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL0511118224
PIT01011637433

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 5:10DALRoope HintzAssists: Jamie Benn, John Klingberg · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P2 17:36PITJared McCannAssists: Marcus Pettersson, Patric Hornqvist · Tip-in, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P3 6:34PITKris LetangAssists: Dominik Simon · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P3 10:20PITPatric HornqvistGWGAssists: Brian Dumoulin, Dominik Kahun · Tip-in, 0.04 xG1–3
  5. P3 12:01DALJohn KlingbergAssists: Miro Heiskanen · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:38PITKris LetangENAssists: Patric Hornqvist, Jake Guentzel · Wrist, 0.56 xG2–4
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 5:26DALDenis Gurianov: Hooking2 min
  2. P3 1:44PITBrandon Tanev: Roughing2 min
  3. P3 12:58DALJamie Oleksiak: Tripping2 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 SOG0PIT
45% to win55% to win
← DAL attackPIT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Crosby won the faceoff against Hintz
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALPIT
24Shots on goal33
1.6Expected goals3.5
47Shot attempts58
29Faceoffs won19
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
39Hits32
9Blocked shots13
9Giveaways10
4Takeaways4

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. Pavelski – Faksa – Janmark7:59

    xG 0.20–0.15 (56%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  2. Cogliano – Dowling – Gurianov4:52

    xG 0.06–0.03 (65%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Radulov – Seguin – Dickinson5:46

    xG 0.03–0.12 (19%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  4. Pavelski – Radulov – Faksa2:48

    xG 0.12–0.25 (32%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlingberg – Lindell15:01

    xG 1.06–0.53 (66%)attempts 19–16goals 1–1

  2. Klingberg – Heiskanen3:05

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 1–0

  3. Fedun – Oleksiak10:01

    xG 0.12–0.20 (38%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestBlandisi – Lafferty – Johnson6:37

    xG 0.30–0.06 (85%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  2. Hornqvist – McCann – Kahun9:32

    xG 0.29–0.12 (70%)attempts 9–8goals 2–0

  3. Blueger – Tanev – Aston-Reese10:25

    xG 0.26–0.17 (60%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

  4. Crosby – Guentzel – Simon15:42

    xG 0.91–0.97 (48%)attempts 18–15goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLetang – Dumoulin17:21

    xG 0.84–0.26 (77%)attempts 18–9goals 2–0

  2. Johnson – Marino14:49

    xG 0.48–0.27 (64%)attempts 9–15goals 0–2

  3. Schultz – Pettersson14:47

    xG 0.51–0.88 (37%)attempts 16–15goals 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.

PIT 3.5 xGDAL 1.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 47/100 · #609 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.41 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 81% of the time.

PIT winsDAL wins

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

-7
-6
-5
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-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+7

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