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Sat, Feb 1, 2020·Prudential Center, Newark

Dallas Stars 3, New Jersey Devils 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 66% of the time.

NJD winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DAL091111813331
NJD190811301231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:09NJDKevin RooneySHUnassisted · Slap, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 18:42DALJason DickinsonAssists: Corey Perry, Stephen Johns · Slap, 0.21 xG1–1
  3. P3 5:04DALJoel KivirantaAssists: Jamie Oleksiak · Snap, 0.24 xG2–1
  4. P3 11:53NJDNico HischierAssists: Jesper Bratt, Damon Severson · Snap, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:39DALJoe PavelskiGWGAssists: Mattias Janmark, Esa Lindell · Backhand, 0.21 xG3–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 0:17DALStephen Johns: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 12:06NJDP.K. Subban: Interference2 min
  3. P2 2:40DALStephen Johns: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 5:57NJDAndy Greene: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 5:41DALAndrew Cogliano: Tripping2 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 SOG0NJD
45% to win55% to win
← DAL attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Rooney won the faceoff against Faksa
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALNJD
31Shots on goal31
3.2Expected goals2.4
57Shot attempts52
34Faceoffs won23
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
10Hits19
9Blocked shots12
3Giveaways12
8Takeaways1

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. bestRadulov – Benn – Seguin13:07

    xG 0.80–0.46 (64%)attempts 17–11goals 0–0

  2. Pavelski – Janmark – Kiviranta8:14

    xG 0.36–0.10 (78%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  3. Perry – Dickinson – Gurianov7:45

    xG 0.25–0.17 (59%)attempts 3–7goals 1–0

  4. Comeau – Cogliano – Faksa7:53

    xG 0.23–0.36 (39%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohns – Heiskanen13:01

    xG 0.82–0.52 (61%)attempts 15–9goals 1–0

  2. Polak – Oleksiak12:13

    xG 0.35–0.16 (68%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  3. Klingberg – Lindell13:48

    xG 0.74–0.58 (56%)attempts 16–14goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestSimmonds – Zacha – Hughes8:11

    xG 0.55–0.17 (77%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  2. Palmieri – Bratt – Hischier10:23

    xG 0.47–0.58 (45%)attempts 10–15goals 1–0

  3. Hayden – Wood – Rooney8:04

    xG 0.15–0.29 (33%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

  4. Zajac – Coleman – Gusev12:30

    xG 0.40–0.88 (32%)attempts 15–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeverson – Butcher2:42

    xG 0.18–0.02 (90%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  2. Subban – Butcher2:36

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Greene – Severson2:34

    xG 0.26–0.16 (61%)attempts 4–2goals 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.

NJD 2.4 xGDAL 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 65/100 · #382 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.86 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +36 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 66% of the time.

NJD winsDAL wins

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

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