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Sat, Mar 7, 2020·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Nashville Predators 1, Dallas Stars 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 64% of the time.

DAL winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NSH0711105123
DAL09014014037

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 10:29NSHRyan EllisPPGWGAssists: Matt Duchene, Viktor Arvidsson · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 8:34DALCorey Perry: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 8:34NSHJarred Tinordi: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 10:49DALJohn Klingberg: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 17:56NSHYakov Trenin: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 4:57NSHKorbinian Holzer: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 4:57DALRadek Faksa: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 8:32DALJamie Oleksiak: Interference2 min · PPG
  8. P2 15:22NSHRoman Josi: High sticking2 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.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHDAL
23Shots on goal37
3.9Expected goals3.2
59Shot attempts80
29Faceoffs won34
2Power plays2
8Penalty minutes8
10Hits33
27Blocked shots15
10Giveaways13
6Takeaways4

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.

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestDuchene – Granlund – Forsberg8:36

    xG 0.82–0.39 (68%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  2. Bonino – Smith – Grimaldi8:50

    xG 0.62–0.62 (50%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

  3. Turris – Arvidsson – Trenin7:25

    xG 0.03–0.22 (13%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  4. Jarnkrok – Johansen – Sissons9:48

    xG 0.42–0.70 (38%)attempts 10–18goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkholm – Fabbro14:00

    xG 1.17–0.40 (74%)attempts 17–15goals 0–0

  2. Josi – Ellis14:39

    xG 0.46–0.78 (37%)attempts 15–20goals 0–0

  3. Holzer – Tinordi9:11

    xG 0.06–0.78 (7%)attempts 3–13goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestPavelski – Hintz – Gurianov4:00

    xG 0.58–0.11 (84%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Perry – Benn – Seguin6:17

    xG 0.55–0.13 (81%)attempts 15–5goals 0–0

  3. Pavelski – Janmark – Hintz6:26

    xG 0.22–0.23 (49%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Perry – Dickinson – Gurianov4:06

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlingberg – Lindell15:52

    xG 0.90–0.80 (53%)attempts 27–15goals 0–0

  2. Polak – Oleksiak9:25

    xG 0.38–0.31 (54%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Klingberg – Oleksiak2:00

    xG 0.04–0.10 (28%)attempts 1–1goals 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.

DAL 3.2 xGNSH 3.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALNSH

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 NSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 9/100 · #993 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.72 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 64% of the time.

DAL winsNSH wins

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

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