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Fri, Dec 13, 2019·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Vegas Golden Knights 3, Dallas Stars 2 (OT)

Expected result

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

DAL winsVGK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
VGK072160712332
DAL115071701230

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:14DALTaylor FedunAssists: Alexander Radulov, Esa Lindell · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:20VGKWilliam KarlssonAssists: Jonathan Marchessault, Shea Theodore · Snap, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:41VGKChandler StephensonAssists: Max Pacioretty, Mark Stone · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P3 14:49DALJamie BennAssists: Tyler Seguin · Tip-in, 0.15 xG2–2
  5. OT 0:51VGKMax PaciorettyGWGAssists: Shea Theodore, Mark Stone · Backhand, 0.20 xG3–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 12:04DALBlake Comeau: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 18:19VGKShea Theodore: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 7:13VGKReilly Smith: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 9:33DALTaylor Fedun: Holding2 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.

VGK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
45% to win55% to win
← VGK attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Karlsson won the faceoff against Seguin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VGKDAL
32Shots on goal30
2.6Expected goals3.8
65Shot attempts62
30Faceoffs won32
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
21Hits24
22Blocked shots18
15Giveaways18
7Takeaways12

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.

Vegas Golden Knights

Forward lines

  1. bestPacioretty – Stone – Stephenson11:36

    xG 0.58–0.23 (71%)attempts 14–9goals 1–0

  2. Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault11:55

    xG 0.49–0.53 (48%)attempts 13–12goals 1–1

  3. Reaves – Carrier – Nosek8:34

    xG 0.36–0.63 (36%)attempts 13–10goals 0–1

  4. Stastny – Zykov – Tuch9:38

    xG 0.15–0.44 (25%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Engelland – Holden11:53

    xG 0.35–0.33 (52%)attempts 13–8goals 0–1

  2. McNabb – Schmidt16:41

    xG 0.57–0.70 (45%)attempts 15–20goals 1–1

  3. Merrill – Theodore15:47

    xG 0.34–0.75 (31%)attempts 16–12goals 1–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestBenn – Seguin – Hintz2:45

    xG 0.29–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 1–0

  2. Pavelski – Radulov – Hintz7:24

    xG 0.35–0.11 (77%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Perry – Dickinson – Gurianov6:58

    xG 0.36–0.24 (60%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  4. Benn – Seguin – Janmark7:14

    xG 0.45–0.41 (52%)attempts 9–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPolak – Lindell2:11

    xG 0.22–0.04 (85%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Fedun – Oleksiak5:27

    xG 0.23–0.07 (77%)attempts 2–2goals 1–0

  3. Fedun – Lindell7:39

    xG 0.38–0.31 (55%)attempts 10–13goals 1–2

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.

DAL 3.8 xGVGK 2.6 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALVGK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 59/100 · #457 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.78 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
VGK 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +39 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.

DAL winsVGK wins

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

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