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Wed, Feb 24, 2021·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Dallas Stars 3, Florida Panthers 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 64% of the time.

FLA winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL1901126326
FLA017014012043

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:53DALJohn KlingbergGWGAssists: Joe Pavelski, Jason Dickinson · Slap, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P3 2:17DALEsa LindellAssists: Radek Faksa, Justin Dowling · Snap, 0.13 xG2–0
  3. P3 16:26DALJoel KivirantaENAssists: Joe Pavelski · Wrist, 0.71 xG3–0
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 7:55FLAAaron Ekblad: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 14:13DALJamie Benn: Interference2 min
  3. P1 15:44FLAAlexander Wennberg: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 18:45DALJamie Oleksiak: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 18:45DALJason Dickinson: Roughing2 min
  6. P1 18:45FLARadko Gudas: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 0:15FLAAleksander Barkov: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 9:54FLARadko Gudas: Interference2 min
  9. P3 14:21DALJoel Kiviranta: 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 SOG0FLA
46% to win54% to win
← DAL attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Benn won the faceoff against Barkov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALFLA
26Shots on goal43
2.4Expected goals3.2
42Shot attempts67
34Faceoffs won33
4Power plays3
8Penalty minutes10
38Hits42
15Blocked shots8
3Giveaways3
6Takeaways9

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. bestDowling – Caamano – Robertson3:59

    xG 0.22–0.03 (88%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Comeau – Dowling – Caamano2:03

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Comeau – Cogliano – Gardner7:09

    xG 0.07–0.26 (21%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Pavelski – Dickinson – Kiviranta9:21

    xG 0.16–0.41 (28%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Sekera – Oleksiak3:18

    xG 0.03–0.01 (81%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  2. Sekera – Pysyk8:23

    xG 0.07–0.18 (28%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

  3. Oleksiak – Heiskanen12:49

    xG 0.42–0.65 (39%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestDuclair – Verhaeghe – Barkov11:06

    xG 1.06–0.09 (92%)attempts 17–6goals 0–0

  2. Hornqvist – Huberdeau – Wennberg8:36

    xG 0.36–0.16 (69%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  3. Connolly – Vatrano – Luostarinen10:26

    xG 0.27–0.17 (62%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  4. Hinostroza – Lammikko – Lomberg7:22

    xG 0.14–0.35 (28%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestYandle – Gudas4:08

    xG 0.53–0.08 (87%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  2. Weegar – Ekblad9:24

    xG 0.49–0.19 (72%)attempts 12–5goals 0–1

  3. Gudas – Forsling4:17

    xG 0.22–0.07 (77%)attempts 3–4goals 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.

FLA 3.2 xGDAL 2.4 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLADAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 8/100 · #778 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.68 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 64% of the time.

FLA winsDAL wins

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

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