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Tue, Feb 4, 2020·Barclays Center, Brooklyn

Dallas Stars 3, New York Islanders 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 69% of the time.

NYI winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DAL181131901331
NYI1181131812441

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:30NYIAnthony BeauvillierAssists: Jordan Eberle, Ryan Pulock · Backhand, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:08DALDenis GurianovAssists: Corey Perry, Roope Hintz · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P2 12:12DALJason DickinsonAssists: Andrew Cogliano, Blake Comeau · Backhand, 0.18 xG2–1
  4. P2 13:38NYIDerick BrassardAssists: Michael Dal Colle, Kieffer Bellows · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P3 6:56DALJohn KlingbergSHAssists: Joe Pavelski, Alexander Radulov · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–2
  6. P3 16:01NYIMathew BarzalPPAssists: Devon Toews, Jordan Eberle · Wrist, 0.44 xG3–3
  7. OT 2:52NYIAnthony BeauvillierGWGAssists: Brock Nelson · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 4:10DALRoope Hintz: Interference2 min
  2. P1 7:47DALCorey Perry: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 13:19NYICasey Cizikas: Interference2 min
  4. P2 2:51DALAlexander Radulov: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 7:36DALRadek Faksa: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 9:08NYIJosh Bailey: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 0:44NYIMatt Martin: Holding2 min
  8. P3 14:11DALRoope Hintz: Holding2 min · PPG

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 SOG0NYI
45% to win55% to win
← DAL attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cizikas won the faceoff against Faksa
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALNYI
31Shots on goal41
3.3Expected goals4.6
56Shot attempts70
23Faceoffs won25
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
26Hits24
19Blocked shots16
15Giveaways11
1Takeaways1

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestPavelski – Radulov – Janmark8:25

    xG 0.59–0.23 (72%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  2. Benn – Seguin – Hintz9:56

    xG 0.53–0.52 (51%)attempts 13–9goals 0–1

  3. Comeau – Cogliano – Dickinson2:13

    xG 0.19–0.23 (45%)attempts 2–2goals 1–0

  4. Comeau – Cogliano – Faksa7:17

    xG 0.06–0.23 (21%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlingberg – Lindell15:28

    xG 1.21–0.67 (64%)attempts 16–12goals 2–0

  2. Oleksiak – Heiskanen14:22

    xG 0.34–0.67 (34%)attempts 14–9goals 0–1

  3. Sekera – Polak10:02

    xG 0.10–0.81 (11%)attempts 4–14goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestKomarov – Martin – Cizikas8:38

    xG 0.48–0.05 (90%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  2. Bailey – Nelson – Beauvillier10:04

    xG 0.36–0.20 (65%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

  3. Brassard – Dal Colle – Bellows7:45

    xG 0.61–0.54 (53%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

  4. Eberle – Lee – Barzal10:30

    xG 0.49–1.27 (28%)attempts 11–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMayfield – Toews8:38

    xG 0.47–0.13 (79%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  2. Boychuk – Dobson2:11

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Leddy – Pulock12:31

    xG 0.86–0.74 (54%)attempts 12–13goals 1–0

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.

NYI 4.6 xGDAL 3.3 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 92/100 · #84 of 1082 this seasonSwing 2.54 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 9% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +42 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 69% of the time.

NYI winsDAL wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).