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Thu, Dec 19, 2019·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Dallas Stars 4, Tampa Bay Lightning 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 79% of the time.

TBL winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DAL18151413420
TBL21711401601348

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:09DALAlexander RadulovPPAssists: Tyler Seguin, John Klingberg · Tip-in, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:58TBLMikhail SergachevPPAssists: Tyler Johnson, Ondrej Palat · Slap, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P1 15:24TBLAlex KillornPPAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Victor Hedman · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P2 3:22TBLOndrej PalatAssists: Mikhail Sergachev, Kevin Shattenkirk · Deflected, 0.10 xG1–3
  5. P2 17:57DALRadek FaksaAssists: John Klingberg, Denis Gurianov · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–3
  6. P3 15:42DALJason DickinsonAssists: Andrew Cogliano, Roman Polak · Backhand, 0.14 xG3–3
  7. OT 3:00DALTyler SeguinGWGAssists: Alexander Radulov · Wrist, 0.17 xG4–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 3:17TBLCarter Verhaeghe: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 8:28DALRoope Hintz: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 11:11DALAlexander Radulov: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P1 15:01DALAlexander Radulov: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  5. P3 12:08DALRadek Faksa: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 12:08TBLYanni Gourde: Roughing2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TBL
45% to win55% to win
← DAL attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Paquette won the faceoff against Faksa
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALTBL
20Shots on goal48
1.7Expected goals3.6
34Shot attempts80
35Faceoffs won34
1Power plays3
8Penalty minutes4
25Hits21
16Blocked shots6
8Giveaways8
4Takeaways7

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. bestComeau – Cogliano – Faksa9:52

    xG 0.51–0.45 (53%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  2. Pavelski – Janmark – Dickinson3:40

    xG 0.17–0.19 (47%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Perry – Dickinson – Gurianov2:45

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  4. Perry – Janmark – Dickinson3:17

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Sekera – Polak12:31

    xG 0.24–0.27 (47%)attempts 4–12goals 1–0

  2. Klingberg – Lindell17:06

    xG 0.47–0.62 (43%)attempts 12–22goals 1–0

  3. Oleksiak – Heiskanen15:03

    xG 0.34–0.76 (31%)attempts 7–16goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestMaroon – Gourde – Paquette9:56

    xG 0.84–0.06 (93%)attempts 14–2goals 0–0

  2. Palat – Kucherov – Point13:43

    xG 0.74–0.22 (77%)attempts 21–6goals 1–1

  3. Killorn – Stamkos – Cirelli14:03

    xG 0.65–0.23 (74%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  4. Johnson – Verhaeghe – Stephens7:26

    xG 0.40–0.50 (45%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcDonagh – Cernak15:45

    xG 1.18–0.12 (91%)attempts 24–6goals 0–0

  2. Shattenkirk – Sergachev13:45

    xG 1.09–0.17 (86%)attempts 15–5goals 1–1

  3. Hedman – Rutta17:05

    xG 0.50–0.79 (39%)attempts 19–11goals 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.

TBL 3.6 xGDAL 1.7 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 84/100 · #173 of 1082 this seasonSwing 2.05 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 11% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50TBL 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, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 79% of the time.

TBL winsDAL wins

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

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