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Thu, Feb 24, 2022·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Dallas Stars 1, Nashville Predators 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 73% of the time.

NSH winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
DAL081908030128
NSH190504021220

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:56NSHPhilip TomasinoAssists: Dante Fabbro · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:21DALJason RobertsonAssists: Joe Pavelski, Ryan Suter · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. NSH Matt Duchene stopped
  2. 2. DAL Jason Robertson stopped
  3. 3. NSH Filip Forsberg stopped
  4. 4. DAL Joe Pavelski stopped
  5. 5. NSH Roman Josi stopped
  6. 6. DAL Tyler Seguin stopped
  7. 7. NSH Mikael Granlund scored
  8. 8. DAL Jacob Peterson stopped
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 0:37NSHTanner Jeannot: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 0:37DALRadek Faksa: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 6:54DALJohn Klingberg: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 13:24NSHAlexandre Carrier: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 5:15DALJamie Benn: High sticking double minor4 min
  6. P2 9:41DALRyan Suter: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 14:15NSHMatt Duchene: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 17:13DALRyan Suter: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 7:33NSHRyan Johansen: Slashing2 min
  10. OT 1:24NSHMikael Granlund: 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 SOG0NSH
48% to win52% to win
← DAL attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Glendening won the faceoff against Sissons
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALNSH
28Shots on goal20
3.1Expected goals1.7
60Shot attempts44
27Faceoffs won20
4Power plays5
15Penalty minutes13
31Hits44
16Blocked shots12
14Giveaways18
7Takeaways9

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 – Robertson10:54

    xG 0.45–0.13 (78%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  2. Benn – Seguin – Gurianov8:03

    xG 0.54–0.28 (66%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  3. Glendening – Faksa – Raffl2:50

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Radulov – Faksa – Raffl4:17

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Heiskanen16:10

    xG 0.98–0.28 (78%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  2. Klingberg – Lindell12:35

    xG 0.56–0.23 (71%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  3. Hakanpää – Harley8:05

    xG 0.22–0.18 (55%)attempts 7–4goals 0–1

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestMcCarron – Luff – Tolvanen7:13

    xG 0.22–0.12 (65%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  2. Duchene – Granlund – Forsberg12:08

    xG 0.19–0.28 (40%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Sissons – Trenin – Jeannot8:38

    xG 0.05–0.35 (12%)attempts 5–7goals 0–1

  4. Johansen – Kunin – Tomasino5:14

    xG 0.00–0.64 (0%)attempts 1–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBenning – Myers2:01

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Josi – Benning3:40

    xG 0.03–0.00 (92%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Josi – Myers3:55

    xG 0.07–0.11 (40%)attempts 2–2goals 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.

NSH 1.7 xGDAL 3.1 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 40/100 · #833 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.40 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +22 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 73% of the time.

NSH winsDAL wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).