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Tue, Jan 25, 2022·Prudential Center, Newark

Dallas Stars 5, New Jersey Devils 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 59% of the time.

NJD winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL37115110532
NJD09112016137

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:14DALJoe PavelskiAssists: Jason Robertson · Slap, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P1 9:45DALJacob PetersonGWGAssists: Alexander Radulov, Joel Kiviranta · Backhand, 0.09 xG2–0
  3. P1 16:48DALJoe PavelskiAssists: Miro Heiskanen, Roope Hintz · Tip-in, 0.04 xG3–0
  4. P2 0:15DALRoope HintzAssists: Joe Pavelski · Wrist, 0.07 xG4–0
  5. P2 12:16NJDJesper BrattPPAssists: Jack Hughes, Damon Severson · Snap, 0.09 xG4–1
  6. P3 17:35DALJani HakanpääENAssists: Joe Pavelski · Wrist, 0.43 xG5–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 2:31DALRiley Damiani: Interference2 min
  2. P1 12:12DALAndrej Sekera: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  3. P1 12:12NJDNathan Bastian: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  4. P2 11:33DALJamie Benn: High sticking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 18:44DALLuke Glendening: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 18:44NJDMichael McLeod: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 12:41NJDAndreas Johnsson: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 18:20DALTyler Seguin: Tripping2 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 SOG0NJD
48% to win52% to win
← DAL attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pavelski won the faceoff against Hischier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALNJD
32Shots on goal37
3.4Expected goals3.9
46Shot attempts74
40Faceoffs won31
1Power plays3
13Penalty minutes9
21Hits19
21Blocked shots9
5Giveaways13
7Takeaways6

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 – Robertson11:20

    xG 0.45–0.25 (64%)attempts 9–10goals 3–0

  2. Radulov – Peterson – Kiviranta9:54

    xG 0.44–0.30 (60%)attempts 6–11goals 1–0

  3. Benn – Seguin – Gurianov10:34

    xG 1.03–0.94 (52%)attempts 14–14goals 0–0

  4. Glendening – Kero – Damiani5:46

    xG 0.25–0.29 (46%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Suter – Heiskanen21:11

    xG 1.18–1.27 (48%)attempts 20–21goals 4–0

  2. Hakanpää – Lindell16:26

    xG 0.85–1.23 (41%)attempts 13–27goals 0–0

  3. Sekera – Hanley10:36

    xG 0.32–0.77 (29%)attempts 5–14goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestVesey – Sharangovich – Mercer3:55

    xG 0.45–0.08 (84%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. Bratt – Sharangovich – Hughes3:34

    xG 0.50–0.20 (72%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  3. Johnsson – Bratt – Hughes6:11

    xG 0.68–0.61 (53%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  4. Tatar – Zacha – Hischier5:52

    xG 0.30–0.30 (50%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSubban – Graves15:40

    xG 1.70–0.98 (64%)attempts 25–12goals 0–1

  2. White – Jaros9:28

    xG 0.51–0.16 (76%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  3. Severson – Siegenthaler17:21

    xG 0.63–0.85 (43%)attempts 20–13goals 0–2

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.

NJD 3.9 xGDAL 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 13/100 · #1140 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.62 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 59% of the time.

NJD winsDAL wins

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

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