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Sat, May 1, 2021·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Dallas Stars 0, Nashville Predators 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 73% of the time.

NSH winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DAL0120110500028
NSH060140915134

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. OT 3:32NSHErik HaulaGWGAssists: Mattias Ekholm · Wrist, 0.26 xG0–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 5:38DALAnton Khudobin: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 11:14NSHAlexandre Carrier: Interference2 min
  3. P2 11:11DALAndrew Cogliano: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 11:11NSHMatt Benning: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 11:11DALBlake Comeau: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 11:11NSHErik Gudbranson: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 15:30NSHErik Gudbranson: Embellishment2 min
  8. P3 15:30DALJason Robertson: Cross checking2 min
  9. OT 0:58DALJason Robertson: 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NSH
46% to win54% to win
← DAL attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sissons won the faceoff against Faksa
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALNSH
28Shots on goal34
1.7Expected goals2.9
44Shot attempts64
25Faceoffs won24
1Power plays2
10Penalty minutes8
17Hits24
15Blocked shots10
8Giveaways7
4Takeaways14

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 – Robertson12:46

    xG 0.52–0.25 (68%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  2. Benn – Kero – Kiviranta2:00

    xG 0.25–0.06 (81%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Comeau – Cogliano – Faksa10:11

    xG 0.18–0.18 (50%)attempts 5–12goals 0–0

  4. Benn – Dickinson – Kero3:49

    xG 0.00–0.18 (0%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Sekera – Vatanen2:15

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  2. Vatanen – Lindell8:35

    xG 0.35–0.41 (46%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

  3. Klingberg – Lindell5:16

    xG 0.01–0.15 (8%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestSissons – Trenin – Jeannot10:51

    xG 0.18–0.03 (86%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Richardson – Duchene – Haula9:25

    xG 0.34–0.34 (50%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  3. Johansen – Forsberg – Tolvanen10:43

    xG 0.34–0.43 (44%)attempts 15–5goals 0–0

  4. Jarnkrok – Granlund – Kunin11:44

    xG 0.14–0.39 (27%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJosi – Ellis13:48

    xG 0.67–0.05 (93%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  2. Gudbranson – Benning9:22

    xG 0.28–0.08 (78%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Ellis – Ekholm2:55

    xG 0.14–0.04 (78%)attempts 4–4goals 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.

NSH 2.9 xGDAL 1.7 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 2/100 · #850 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.67 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3OTEnd

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 73% 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).