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Tue, Mar 30, 2021·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Dallas Stars 2, Nashville Predators 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 53% of the time.

NSH winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DAL0132130900235
NSH071711111326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 6:12DALJason RobertsonAssists: Denis Gurianov, Miro Heiskanen · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P2 9:04NSHRoman JosiPPAssists: Calle Jarnkrok, Eeli Tolvanen · Slap, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:02DALRoope HintzPPAssists: Miro Heiskanen, John Klingberg · Backhand, 0.18 xG2–1
  4. P3 4:05NSHCalle JarnkrokAssists: Luke Kunin, Mikael Granlund · Wrist, 0.24 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:29NSHEeli TolvanenGWGAssists: Viktor Arvidsson, Alexandre Carrier · Backhand, 0.16 xG2–3
Penalties (2)
  1. P2 8:14DALRhett Gardner: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 10:56NSHBen Harpur: 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 SOG0NSH
46% to win54% to win
← DAL attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Faksa won the faceoff against Sissons
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALNSH
35Shots on goal26
2.4Expected goals2.6
57Shot attempts47
35Faceoffs won24
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
28Hits23
6Blocked shots10
6Giveaways10
4Takeaways4

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. bestKero – Gardner – Dellandrea8:33

    xG 0.25–0.06 (80%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Benn – Faksa – Gurianov13:51

    xG 0.50–0.49 (51%)attempts 13–14goals 0–0

  3. Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson14:17

    xG 0.68–0.67 (50%)attempts 14–12goals 0–0

  4. Comeau – Cogliano – Dickinson10:19

    xG 0.24–0.38 (39%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPysyk – Hanley11:54

    xG 0.35–0.07 (84%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  2. Oleksiak – Heiskanen20:19

    xG 0.81–0.81 (50%)attempts 17–17goals 1–0

  3. Klingberg – Lindell20:00

    xG 0.44–1.17 (28%)attempts 13–18goals 0–1

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestJarnkrok – Granlund – Kunin14:39

    xG 1.11–0.43 (72%)attempts 13–14goals 1–0

  2. Johansen – Arvidsson – Tolvanen14:12

    xG 0.56–0.26 (69%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  3. Sissons – Trenin – Olivier12:55

    xG 0.30–0.34 (47%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  4. Haula – Cousins – Grimaldi10:54

    xG 0.22–0.80 (22%)attempts 6–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBenning – Harpur16:34

    xG 0.78–0.39 (67%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

  2. Josi – Fabbro20:20

    xG 0.94–0.55 (63%)attempts 22–14goals 0–0

  3. Ekholm – Carrier16:51

    xG 0.30–0.89 (25%)attempts 8–22goals 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.

NSH 2.6 xGDAL 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 56/100 · #373 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.69 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +30 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 53% of the time.

NSH winsDAL wins

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

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