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Wed, Nov 10, 2021·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Nashville Predators 4, Dallas Stars 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 52% of the time.

DAL winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NSH182816422
DAL05112110227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:08NSHRyan JohansenAssists: Tanner Jeannot, Yakov Trenin · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P2 4:51NSHTanner JeannotAssists: Philip Tomasino, Mattias Ekholm · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–0
  3. P2 17:36NSHMatt DucheneGWGAssists: Tommy Novak, Matt Benning · Snap, 0.09 xG3–0
  4. P2 17:51DALRoope HintzAssists: Joe Pavelski, Jason Robertson · Wrist, 0.22 xG3–1
  5. P3 10:43DALMiro HeiskanenPPAssists: Alexander Radulov, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:17NSHColton SissonsENAssists: Mikael Granlund · Wrist, 0.56 xG4–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 4:54DALJamie Benn: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 9:16NSHAlexandre Carrier: Interference2 min
  3. P2 12:05NSHLuke Kunin: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 8:56NSHRoman Josi: Holding2 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.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
48% to win52% to win
← NSH attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pavelski won the faceoff against Granlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHDAL
22Shots on goal27
2.4Expected goals2.3
35Shot attempts58
20Faceoffs won32
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
23Hits29
20Blocked shots6
7Giveaways13
3Takeaways3

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.

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestMcCarron – Novak – Tolvanen6:30

    xG 0.15–0.05 (76%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Johansen – Jeannot – Tomasino9:24

    xG 0.31–0.26 (55%)attempts 5–4goals 1–0

  3. Sissons – Trenin – Olivier8:24

    xG 0.19–0.41 (32%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

  4. Duchene – Granlund – Kunin14:06

    xG 0.43–0.74 (37%)attempts 8–16goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkholm – Myers3:01

    xG 0.29–0.07 (81%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

  2. Ekholm – Fabbro3:52

    xG 0.60–0.45 (57%)attempts 5–7goals 0–1

  3. Josi – Fabbro12:42

    xG 0.41–0.29 (58%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestPavelski – Hintz – Robertson10:35

    xG 0.56–0.17 (77%)attempts 10–3goals 1–1

  2. Radulov – Seguin – Kiviranta2:02

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Seguin – Gurianov – Kiviranta3:05

    xG 0.10–0.07 (61%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Radulov – Benn – Faksa5:04

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLindell – Heiskanen14:51

    xG 0.80–0.22 (79%)attempts 17–5goals 1–0

  2. Hakanpää – Lindell3:46

    xG 0.11–0.07 (62%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Heiskanen – Harley2:46

    xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–1

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 2.3 xGNSH 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALNSH

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 NSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 63/100 · #550 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.02 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50DAL 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, Nashville Predators win this game 52% of the time.

DAL winsNSH wins

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

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