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Thu, Nov 14, 2019·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Dallas Stars 4, Vancouver Canucks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 69% of the time.

VAN winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL11029110429
VAN08212014234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:45DALJustin DowlingAssists: Tyler Seguin, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–0
  2. P2 4:03DALBlake ComeauAssists: Radek Faksa, Miro Heiskanen · Backhand, 0.19 xG2–0
  3. P2 5:21VANJake VirtanenAssists: Tanner Pearson, Bo Horvat · Backhand, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P2 11:30VANTroy StecherAssists: Jordie Benn, Elias Pettersson · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–2
  5. P2 18:29DALTyler SeguinGWGAssists: Miro Heiskanen, Joe Pavelski · Wrist, 0.18 xG3–2
  6. P3 17:24DALAlexander RadulovAssists: Joe Pavelski · Backhand, 0.18 xG4–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 3:05DALDenis Gurianov: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 3:05VANJordie Benn: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 5:00DALTyler Seguin: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 11:57VANTroy Stecher: Interference2 min
  5. P2 0:28DALJoe Pavelski: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 6:29DALRhett Gardner: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 9:11VANBo Horvat: Slashing2 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
45% to win55% to win
← DAL attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pavelski won the faceoff against Gaudette
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALVAN
29Shots on goal34
3.2Expected goals2.2
50Shot attempts62
37Faceoffs won25
2Power plays3
11Penalty minutes9
15Hits19
20Blocked shots9
2Giveaways8
7Takeaways5

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. bestBenn – Dowling – Seguin7:13

    xG 0.74–0.15 (83%)attempts 10–7goals 1–1

  2. Comeau – Faksa – Dickinson6:44

    xG 0.20–0.18 (53%)attempts 2–7goals 1–0

  3. Pavelski – Gurianov – Caamano6:36

    xG 0.30–0.29 (51%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Perry – Radulov – Gardner6:57

    xG 0.26–0.40 (39%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOleksiak – Heiskanen12:49

    xG 0.92–0.50 (65%)attempts 14–11goals 2–0

  2. Sekera – Polak14:16

    xG 0.51–0.35 (59%)attempts 9–15goals 0–0

  3. Fedun – Lindell12:27

    xG 0.47–0.42 (52%)attempts 8–13goals 1–1

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestBaertschi – Miller – Gaudette6:07

    xG 0.40–0.11 (79%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  2. Eriksson – Graovac – Schaller3:31

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Miller – Horvat – Boeser4:26

    xG 0.10–0.01 (89%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  4. Leivo – Boeser – Pettersson9:03

    xG 0.35–0.31 (53%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Tanev – Hughes10:46

    xG 0.25–0.21 (54%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Myers – Hughes4:12

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Benn – Stecher9:52

    xG 0.39–0.52 (43%)attempts 9–9goals 1–1

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 2.2 xGDAL 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 67/100 · #360 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.58 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50VAN 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, Dallas Stars win this game 69% 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).