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Mon, Dec 16, 2019·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Edmonton Oilers 2, Dallas Stars 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 82% of the time.

DAL winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM2120808228
DAL0908118135

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:07EDMZack KassianAssists: Connor McDavid, Darnell Nurse · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:13EDMLeon DraisaitlPPGWGAssists: Alex Chiasson, Connor McDavid · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–0
  3. P3 17:23DALTyler SeguinAssists: Joe Pavelski, Alexander Radulov · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 1:10DALAndrew Cogliano: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 13:54DALJamie Benn: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 18:12DALBlake Comeau: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 19:36EDMJoakim Nygard: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 2:24DALBlake Comeau: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 9:58DALJamie Oleksiak: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 11:09EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 7:55DALAndrej Sekera: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 12:11EDMCaleb Jones: 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMDAL
28Shots on goal35
1.9Expected goals4.0
43Shot attempts67
17Faceoffs won22
6Power plays3
6Penalty minutes12
17Hits31
20Blocked shots8
12Giveaways17
7Takeaways9

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. Sheahan – Archibald – Haas8:38

    xG 0.39–0.36 (52%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  2. Neal – Gagner – Draisaitl6:19

    xG 0.33–0.31 (52%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Kassian – McDavid – Nygard9:52

    xG 0.15–0.64 (19%)attempts 5–10goals 1–0

  4. Chiasson – Nugent-Hopkins – Khaira10:04

    xG 0.02–0.87 (2%)attempts 1–18goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Larsson – Klefbom15:12

    xG 0.52–0.51 (51%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

  2. Nurse – Bear11:24

    xG 0.29–0.56 (34%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  3. Russell – Jones10:15

    xG 0.24–1.07 (18%)attempts 6–17goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestPavelski – Janmark – Hintz8:38

    xG 0.80–0.06 (93%)attempts 15–3goals 0–0

  2. Radulov – Benn – Seguin10:09

    xG 0.89–0.29 (76%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  3. Comeau – Cogliano – Faksa7:41

    xG 0.50–0.02 (96%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  4. Perry – Dickinson – Gurianov5:23

    xG 0.04–0.26 (14%)attempts 2–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestOleksiak – Heiskanen13:58

    xG 1.05–0.58 (64%)attempts 19–11goals 0–0

  2. Klingberg – Lindell11:57

    xG 0.53–0.15 (78%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  3. Sekera – Polak7:25

    xG 0.31–0.25 (55%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

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.

DAL 4.0 xGEDM 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 12/100 · #970 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.78 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 82% of the time.

DAL winsEDM wins

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

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