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Sat, Oct 19, 2019·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Dallas Stars 4, Philadelphia Flyers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 53% of the time.

PHI winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL2110124416
PHI11209018139

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:43PHISean CouturierAssists: Travis Konecny, Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:00DALRoope HintzAssists: Jamie Benn, Corey Perry · Wrist, 0.36 xG1–1
  3. P1 13:48DALEsa LindellPPGWGAssists: Denis Gurianov, Corey Perry · Tip-in, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P3 1:24DALCorey PerryUnassisted · Backhand, 0.06 xG3–1
  5. P3 18:05DALMiro HeiskanenENAssists: Tyler Seguin · Wrist, 0.58 xG4–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 0:45DALAlexander Radulov: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 7:07DALTyler Seguin: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 12:44PHITravis Sanheim: Holding2 min · PPG
  4. P1 13:50DALJamie Oleksiak: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 13:50PHIChris Stewart: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 12:23DALJustin Dowling: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 16:49PHIMatt Niskanen: High sticking2 min
  8. P2 17:38DALAlexander Radulov: 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 SOG0PHI
45% to win55% to win
← DAL attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Faksa won the faceoff against Laughton
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALPHI
16Shots on goal39
2.6Expected goals2.6
39Shot attempts64
21Faceoffs won36
2Power plays4
13Penalty minutes9
15Hits16
16Blocked shots9
17Giveaways10
4Takeaways2

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. bestPerry – Benn – Hintz7:37

    xG 0.64–0.17 (79%)attempts 7–5goals 2–0

  2. Radulov – Seguin – Dickinson8:48

    xG 0.11–0.08 (59%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  3. Cogliano – Dowling – Gurianov6:14

    xG 0.09–0.16 (37%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  4. Pavelski – Faksa – Janmark10:38

    xG 0.03–0.31 (8%)attempts 4–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFedun – Lindell7:07

    xG 0.26–0.09 (75%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  2. Fedun – Heiskanen2:48

    xG 0.08–0.03 (70%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Fedun – Oleksiak4:47

    xG 0.12–0.14 (47%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestvan Riemsdyk – Laughton – Raffl2:43

    xG 0.17–0.02 (90%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Giroux – Couturier – Konecny12:27

    xG 0.43–0.30 (59%)attempts 22–7goals 1–0

  3. van Riemsdyk – Pitlick – Laughton7:36

    xG 0.03–0.04 (41%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  4. Stewart – Raffl – Twarynski3:12

    xG 0.04–0.11 (28%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGostisbehere – Hagg11:17

    xG 0.49–0.04 (92%)attempts 21–4goals 0–0

  2. Braun – Sanheim11:03

    xG 0.57–0.32 (64%)attempts 11–10goals 0–1

  3. Gostisbehere – Sanheim2:21

    xG 0.11–0.01 (95%)attempts 1–1goals 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.

PHI 2.6 xGDAL 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 29/100 · #791 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.97 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 53% of the time.

PHI winsDAL wins

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

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