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Mon, Apr 18, 2022·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Dallas Stars 2, Vancouver Canucks 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 90% of the time.

VAN winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL1131908230
VAN2921725631

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:28VANConor GarlandAssists: Vasily Podkolzin, Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Slap, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:12DALRoope HintzPPAssists: Alexander Radulov, Joe Pavelski · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P1 15:09VANElias PetterssonAssists: Sheldon Dries · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P2 1:23VANBrock BoeserGWGAssists: Elias Pettersson, Jason Dickinson · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–3
  5. P2 4:45DALRoope HintzSHAssists: Radek Faksa, Jani Hakanpää · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–3
  6. P2 10:33VANJason DickinsonAssists: Brock Boeser, Brad Hunt · Tip-in, 0.06 xG2–4
  7. P3 0:49VANVasily PodkolzinAssists: Quinn Hughes, Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–5
  8. P3 16:59VANElias PetterssonENAssists: Brock Boeser, Jason Dickinson · Wrist, 0.74 xG2–6
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 7:58VANBrock Boeser: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 3:43DALTyler Seguin: Holding2 min
  3. P2 17:46DALJamie Benn: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 17:46VANLuke Schenn: Fighting5 min
  5. P3 18:06DALAlexander Radulov: Holding2 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 SOG0VAN
48% to win52% to win
← DAL attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Faksa won the faceoff against Lammikko
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALVAN
30Shots on goal31
2.1Expected goals5.0
51Shot attempts59
33Faceoffs won27
1Power plays2
9Penalty minutes7
30Hits25
11Blocked shots14
9Giveaways7
6Takeaways9

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. Radulov – Glendening – Kiviranta2:54

    xG 0.16–0.11 (59%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Benn – Seguin – Studenic5:49

    xG 0.49–0.54 (47%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

  3. Faksa – Raffl – Gurianov4:35

    xG 0.10–0.16 (39%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson11:14

    xG 0.18–0.37 (32%)attempts 7–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Suter – Heiskanen18:05

    xG 0.74–0.77 (49%)attempts 20–15goals 0–0

  2. Sekera – Hakanpää11:04

    xG 0.22–0.46 (33%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

  3. Klingberg – Hanley17:23

    xG 0.49–0.92 (35%)attempts 16–16goals 0–3

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestRichardson – Petan – Dries6:19

    xG 0.41–0.08 (84%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Miller – Garland – Podkolzin14:44

    xG 0.65–0.33 (67%)attempts 12–8goals 2–0

  3. Lammikko – Highmore – Lockwood10:35

    xG 0.46–0.20 (70%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  4. Dickinson – Boeser – Pettersson11:47

    xG 0.35–0.78 (31%)attempts 8–18goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHunt – Dermott12:19

    xG 0.89–0.18 (83%)attempts 15–9goals 1–0

  2. Myers – Ekman-Larsson17:23

    xG 0.72–0.53 (58%)attempts 14–15goals 1–0

  3. Hunt – Hughes2:12

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 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.

VAN 5.0 xGDAL 2.1 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 53/100 · #684 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.20 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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, Vancouver Canucks win this game 90% of the time.

VAN winsDAL wins

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

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