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Tue, Apr 5, 2022·American Airlines Center, Dallas

New York Islanders 2, Dallas Stars 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 76% of the time.

DAL winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI1713011221
DAL218111011340

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:29DALMarián StudenicAssists: Miro Heiskanen, Jamie Benn · Snap, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:47NYIJean-Gabriel PageauAssists: Noah Dobson, Josh Bailey · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:13DALTyler SeguinAssists: Joel Hanley, John Klingberg · Deflected, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P2 0:31NYIBrock NelsonAssists: Noah Dobson · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–2
  5. P2 10:29DALRadek FaksaSHGWGAssists: Luke Glendening · Tip-in, 0.16 xG2–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 7:29NYIMathew Barzal: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
  2. P2 9:58DALMarián Studenic: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P3 4:14NYIRoss Johnston: Roughing2 min
  4. P3 4:14DALJamie Benn: Roughing removing opponents helmet2 min
  5. P3 6:35NYIGrant Hutton: Holding the stick2 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIDAL
21Shots on goal40
2.1Expected goals3.8
44Shot attempts65
27Faceoffs won28
1Power plays2
6Penalty minutes4
28Hits16
15Blocked shots13
6Giveaways13
4Takeaways7

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.

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestBailey – Palmieri – Pageau12:10

    xG 0.48–0.35 (58%)attempts 6–9goals 1–0

  2. Parise – Barzal – Wahlstrom8:13

    xG 0.71–0.59 (55%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  3. Martin – Cizikas – Johnston7:35

    xG 0.22–0.24 (48%)attempts 5–8goals 0–1

  4. Lee – Nelson – Beauvillier10:58

    xG 0.25–0.82 (24%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPelech – Dobson3:44

    xG 0.27–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. Greene – Dobson2:30

    xG 0.24–0.16 (60%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  3. Greene – Hutton9:40

    xG 0.40–0.73 (35%)attempts 8–12goals 0–1

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestBenn – Seguin – Studenic9:37

    xG 1.65–0.30 (84%)attempts 20–5goals 2–0

  2. Radulov – Namestnikov – Kiviranta6:25

    xG 0.57–0.17 (77%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  3. Glendening – Faksa – Raffl10:07

    xG 0.35–0.33 (51%)attempts 7–9goals 0–1

  4. Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson11:59

    xG 0.24–0.68 (26%)attempts 7–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlingberg – Hanley14:20

    xG 1.79–0.64 (74%)attempts 20–12goals 1–2

  2. Suter – Heiskanen19:59

    xG 1.10–0.77 (59%)attempts 22–13goals 1–0

  3. Hakanpää – Harley13:08

    xG 0.13–0.50 (21%)attempts 8–12goals 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.

DAL 3.8 xGNYI 2.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALNYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 47/100 · #756 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.52 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 76% of the time.

DAL winsNYI wins

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

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