Thu, Dec 2, 2021·American Airlines Center, Dallas
Columbus Blue Jackets 2, Dallas Stars 3
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 79% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CBJ | 111 | 16 | 05 | 222 |
| DAL | 16 | 219 | 012 | 337 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 1:08DALJason RobertsonAssists: Joe Pavelski, Jani Hakanpää · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–1
- P1 6:53CBJBoone JennerUnassisted · Backhand, 0.23 xG1–1
- P2 1:25CBJAlexandre TexierAssists: Adam Boqvist, Vladislav Gavrikov · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–1
- P2 16:25DALTyler SeguinAssists: Jani Hakanpää, Radek Faksa · Deflected, 0.10 xG2–2
- P2 17:14DALJason RobertsonGWGAssists: Joe Pavelski, Ryan Suter · Snap, 0.13 xG2–3
Penalties (3)
- P3 5:01DALJamie Benn: Boarding2 min
- P3 13:13CBJMax Domi: Too many men on the ice2 min
- P3 19:58DALJason 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Jenner won the faceoff against Benn
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach 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
- Nyquist – Jenner – Bjorkstrand15:24
xG 0.44–0.53 (45%)attempts 9–15goals 1–0
- Domi – Roslovic – Danforth9:45
xG 0.34–0.53 (39%)attempts 7–13goals 0–1
- Kuraly – Texier – Robinson13:12
xG 0.45–0.85 (35%)attempts 9–17goals 1–1
- Voracek – Chinakhov – Sillinger9:11
xG 0.10–0.73 (12%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestGavrikov – Boqvist8:50
xG 0.35–0.00 (99%)attempts 6–6goals 2–0
- Werenski – Peeke2:29
xG 0.18–0.06 (76%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0
- Werenski – Boqvist2:45
xG 0.04–0.10 (26%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0
Dallas Stars
Forward lines
- bestRadulov – Benn – Peterson7:19
xG 0.98–0.09 (91%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0
- Seguin – Faksa – Raffl8:11
xG 0.72–0.09 (89%)attempts 12–1goals 1–0
- Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson12:41
xG 0.68–0.19 (78%)attempts 18–2goals 1–1
- Seguin – Glendening – Kiviranta2:58
xG 0.05–0.05 (47%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestLindell – Heiskanen23:30
xG 1.43–0.35 (81%)attempts 24–12goals 0–0
- Suter – Hakanpää15:45
xG 1.10–0.58 (65%)attempts 26–12goals 3–2
- Sekera – Hanley9:42
xG 0.49–0.43 (54%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
DAL's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line DAL is favoured, below it CBJ. Dots are goals.
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 79% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (DAL − CBJ), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).