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Thu, Apr 15, 2021·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Columbus Blue Jackets 1, Dallas Stars 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 55% of the time.

DAL winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ170506118
DAL0521927431

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:16CBJJack RoslovicAssists: Michael Del Zotto, Mikhail Grigorenko · Tip-in, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P2 16:42DALDenis GurianovAssists: Jason Dickinson, Joel Hanley · Backhand, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P2 18:01DALMiro HeiskanenGWGAssists: Jamie Oleksiak, Denis Gurianov · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P3 8:16DALDenis GurianovAssists: Esa Lindell, John Klingberg · Slap, 0.05 xG1–3
  5. P3 15:08DALJoe PavelskiAssists: Roope Hintz, Jason Robertson · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–4
Penalties (2)
  1. P1 11:57DALMiro Heiskanen: Holding2 min
  2. P1 16:45CBJAndrew Peeke: Hooking2 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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
46% to win54% to win
← CBJ attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Benn won the faceoff against Dunne
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJDAL
18Shots on goal31
2.3Expected goals2.6
43Shot attempts65
18Faceoffs won35
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
20Hits17
19Blocked shots8
9Giveaways9
0Takeaways6

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.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestMatteau – Sherwood – Dunne6:15

    xG 0.68–0.11 (87%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. Atkinson – Grigorenko – Roslovic5:10

    xG 0.24–0.03 (88%)attempts 8–2goals 1–0

  3. Dalpe – Texier – Robinson9:00

    xG 0.26–0.27 (49%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  4. Atkinson – Bjorkstrand – Roslovic2:13

    xG 0.01–0.07 (17%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDel Zotto – Jones19:37

    xG 1.35–0.98 (58%)attempts 20–21goals 1–2

  2. Kukan – Peeke16:43

    xG 0.36–0.69 (34%)attempts 9–17goals 0–1

  3. Harrington – Gavrikov16:19

    xG 0.28–0.66 (29%)attempts 9–19goals 0–1

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestBenn – Dickinson – Gurianov11:28

    xG 0.98–0.02 (98%)attempts 17–3goals 2–0

  2. Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson13:34

    xG 0.52–0.55 (49%)attempts 15–10goals 1–0

  3. Comeau – Cogliano – Faksa12:24

    xG 0.30–0.34 (47%)attempts 10–12goals 0–1

  4. Dowling – Kero – Gardner8:00

    xG 0.26–0.79 (25%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVatanen – Hanley12:24

    xG 0.93–0.20 (82%)attempts 17–6goals 2–0

  2. Oleksiak – Heiskanen19:22

    xG 0.86–0.42 (67%)attempts 21–10goals 1–0

  3. Vatanen – Lindell2:28

    xG 0.09–0.00 (98%)attempts 3–2goals 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 2.6 xGCBJ 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALCBJ

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 CBJ. Dots are goals.

Excitement 31/100 · #562 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.05 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 55% of the time.

DAL winsCBJ wins

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

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