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Tue, Mar 8, 2022·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Dallas Stars 1, Nashville Predators 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 62% of the time.

NSH winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL0508110123
NSH01001427231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 0:32DALJohn KlingbergAssists: Esa Lindell, Denis Gurianov · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P3 13:08NSHRyan JohansenAssists: Alexandre Carrier, Matt Duchene · Backhand, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P3 18:38NSHRoman JosiGWGAssists: Dante Fabbro, Ryan Johansen · Slap, 0.01 xG1–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 18:27NSHLuke Kunin: Cross checking2 min
  2. P2 4:20DALRadek Faksa: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 8:33DALJohn Klingberg: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 11:44DALJamie Benn: Boarding2 min
  5. P3 11:44NSHMattias Ekholm: Roughing2 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
23Shots on goal31
1.9Expected goals2.5
42Shot attempts65
26Faceoffs won19
1Power plays2
6Penalty minutes4
30Hits33
16Blocked shots9
6Giveaways14
5Takeaways5

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. Benn – Seguin – Kiviranta2:41

    xG 0.11–0.09 (54%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson10:47

    xG 0.36–0.42 (46%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  3. Glendening – Tufte – Kiviranta4:05

    xG 0.09–0.15 (37%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  4. Radulov – Faksa – Raffl7:06

    xG 0.07–0.23 (24%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlingberg – Harley6:05

    xG 0.25–0.10 (71%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Lindell – Hanley3:47

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Hakanpää – Lindell2:29

    xG 0.12–0.03 (77%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestSissons – Trenin – Jeannot10:52

    xG 0.58–0.10 (85%)attempts 16–5goals 0–0

  2. Duchene – Johansen – Forsberg12:14

    xG 0.47–0.37 (56%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  3. Cousins – McCarron – Tomasino7:52

    xG 0.14–0.11 (55%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  4. Granlund – Kunin – Tolvanen10:06

    xG 0.31–0.30 (50%)attempts 9–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkholm – Carrier15:28

    xG 0.64–0.22 (74%)attempts 17–5goals 0–0

  2. Benning – Harpur12:19

    xG 0.69–0.36 (66%)attempts 18–8goals 0–0

  3. Josi – Fabbro16:53

    xG 0.27–0.47 (36%)attempts 15–11goals 1–1

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.

NSH 2.5 xGDAL 1.9 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 44/100 · #786 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.43 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 14% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +43 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 62% 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).