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Sat, Jan 11, 2020·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Dallas Stars 1, San Jose Sharks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 51% of the time.

SJS winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL17010011128
SJS1911007226

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:32DALJamie BennPPAssists: Tyler Seguin, Miro Heiskanen · Tip-in, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:33SJSBrent BurnsAssists: Timo Meier, Erik Karlsson · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:56SJSPatrick MarleauGWGAssists: Tomas Hertl, Brent Burns · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 0:52SJSEvander Kane: High sticking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 0:52DALTyler Seguin: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 11:31DALRadek Faksa: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 12:37SJSBrenden Dillon: 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0SJS
45% to win55% to win
← DAL attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pavelski won the faceoff against Goodrow
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALSJS
28Shots on goal26
2.5Expected goals2.5
49Shot attempts55
27Faceoffs won25
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
23Hits14
15Blocked shots13
10Giveaways10
8Takeaways14

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 – Faksa9:49

    xG 0.31–0.13 (71%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  2. Radulov – Benn – Seguin11:44

    xG 0.58–0.67 (46%)attempts 14–16goals 0–0

  3. Janmark – Dickinson – Kiviranta8:16

    xG 0.39–0.49 (45%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Pavelski – Hintz – Gurianov10:07

    xG 0.10–0.22 (31%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFedun – Oleksiak6:04

    xG 0.55–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–0goals 0–0

  2. Sekera – Fedun6:10

    xG 0.23–0.31 (42%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  3. Oleksiak – Heiskanen9:01

    xG 0.18–0.27 (40%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestKane – Hertl – Labanc12:51

    xG 0.87–0.43 (67%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

  2. Thornton – Sorensen – Goodrow12:54

    xG 0.59–0.40 (60%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  3. Marleau – Meier – Suomela10:39

    xG 0.25–0.31 (45%)attempts 13–6goals 1–0

  4. Noesen – Karlsson – Kellman7:16

    xG 0.09–0.24 (26%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Karlsson14:21

    xG 0.81–0.13 (86%)attempts 18–7goals 0–0

  2. Karlsson – Simek2:14

    xG 0.20–0.02 (91%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Dillon – Ferraro3:38

    xG 0.07–0.02 (77%)attempts 1–4goals 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.

SJS 2.5 xGDAL 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 19/100 · #907 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.98 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 33% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 51% of the time.

SJS winsDAL wins

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

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