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Fri, May 7, 2021·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Dallas Stars 5, Tampa Bay Lightning 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 60% of the time.

TBL winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL111310110531
TBL0611417227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:50DALJamie OleksiakAssists: Miro Heiskanen, Tanner Kero · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–0
  2. P2 5:17DALJoe PavelskiAssists: Roope Hintz · Backhand, 0.15 xG2–0
  3. P2 11:11TBLBlake ColemanAssists: Victor Hedman, Barclay Goodrow · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P2 13:05DALJoe PavelskiGWGAssists: Roope Hintz · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–1
  5. P2 19:45DALRoope HintzAssists: Joel Kiviranta, Joe Pavelski · Wrist, 0.05 xG4–1
  6. P3 3:49DALJoel KivirantaAssists: Joe Pavelski, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.17 xG5–1
  7. P3 8:29TBLAlex Barré-BouletPPAssists: Ondrej Palat, Alex Killorn · Snap, 0.23 xG5–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 8:36TBLBlake Coleman: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 16:49DALJason Dickinson: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 3:08DALJoe Pavelski: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 5:52DALEsa Lindell: Boarding2 min
  5. P3 7:58DALJoel Hanley: Tripping2 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 SOG0TBL
46% to win54% to win
← DAL attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cirelli won the faceoff against Dickinson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALTBL
31Shots on goal27
2.1Expected goals1.6
54Shot attempts48
40Faceoffs won24
1Power plays4
8Penalty minutes2
22Hits28
10Blocked shots16
1Giveaways3
5Takeaways2

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. bestPavelski – Hintz – Kiviranta9:49

    xG 0.53–0.27 (67%)attempts 12–8goals 2–0

  2. Comeau – Cogliano – Dickinson8:45

    xG 0.39–0.13 (75%)attempts 11–6goals 0–1

  3. Benn – Seguin – Robertson9:37

    xG 0.28–0.04 (88%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Faksa – Gurianov – Kero5:18

    xG 0.03–0.26 (12%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOleksiak – Heiskanen20:25

    xG 0.96–0.32 (75%)attempts 16–14goals 1–0

  2. Sekera – Lindell11:01

    xG 0.62–0.17 (79%)attempts 15–5goals 4–0

  3. Klingberg – Lindell7:51

    xG 0.30–0.05 (85%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestMaroon – Joseph – Colton3:04

    xG 0.11–0.06 (66%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Coleman – Goodrow – Gourde15:09

    xG 0.31–0.26 (55%)attempts 9–11goals 1–0

  3. Killorn – Johnson – Cirelli2:29

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  4. Maroon – Colton – Barré-Boulet4:47

    xG 0.12–0.13 (47%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHedman – Rutta3:54

    xG 0.17–0.05 (79%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Sergachev – Rutta10:17

    xG 0.32–0.34 (48%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

  3. Hedman – Savard2:26

    xG 0.04–0.07 (37%)attempts 2–3goals 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.

TBL 1.6 xGDAL 2.1 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 42/100 · #479 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.96 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 60% 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).