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Tue, Apr 12, 2022·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Tampa Bay Lightning 0, Dallas Stars 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 65% of the time.

DAL winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL0706012025
DAL07012110129

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 15:10DALRoope HintzGWGAssists: Joe Pavelski, Jason Robertson · Snap, 0.25 xG0–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 4:23TBLAlex Killorn: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 8:06TBLNick Paul: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 8:06DALJamie Benn: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 11:35DALVladislav Namestnikov: Hooking2 min
  5. P1 19:07TBLBrayden Point: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 7:49DALEsa Lindell: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 17:09DALEsa Lindell: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 0:27TBLMikhail Sergachev: 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.

TBL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLDAL
25Shots on goal29
3.1Expected goals4.0
56Shot attempts58
29Faceoffs won30
3Power plays3
11Penalty minutes11
15Hits12
17Blocked shots21
10Giveaways13
4Takeaways8

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.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestKillorn – Cirelli – Hagel7:33

    xG 0.48–0.06 (88%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. Stamkos – Paul – Colton6:56

    xG 0.15–0.03 (81%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Perry – Maroon – Bellemare6:38

    xG 0.19–0.08 (69%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  4. Palat – Kucherov – Point8:53

    xG 0.30–0.86 (26%)attempts 7–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcDonagh – Cernak14:49

    xG 0.40–0.18 (69%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0

  2. Sergachev – Foote4:53

    xG 0.21–0.16 (57%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. McDonagh – Sergachev2:27

    xG 0.14–0.13 (52%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestPavelski – Hintz – Robertson8:45

    xG 0.69–0.28 (71%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  2. Seguin – Peterson – Studenic2:29

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Pavelski – Seguin – Robertson2:28

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Benn – Seguin – Gurianov7:04

    xG 0.14–0.21 (40%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Heiskanen14:43

    xG 1.12–0.50 (69%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0

  2. Hakanpää – Hanley8:02

    xG 0.27–0.00 (100%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  3. Klingberg – Lindell15:31

    xG 0.45–0.94 (32%)attempts 7–14goals 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 4.0 xGTBL 3.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALTBL

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 TBL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 11/100 · #1181 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.87 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +36 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 65% of the time.

DAL winsTBL wins

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

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