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Thu, Oct 13, 2022·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Dallas Stars 4, Nashville Predators 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 78% of the time.

NSH winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL21211017429
NSH09011112132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:31DALMason MarchmentAssists: Tyler Seguin · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:56DALMason MarchmentPPGWGAssists: Nils Lundkvist, Tyler Seguin · Wrist, 0.25 xG2–0
  3. P2 19:09DALJoe PavelskiAssists: Roope Hintz, Jason Robertson · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–0
  4. P3 4:22DALWyatt JohnstonPPAssists: Tyler Seguin, Ryan Suter · Wrist, 0.09 xG4–0
  5. P3 4:53NSHRyan JohansenAssists: Eeli Tolvanen · Deflected, 0.06 xG4–1
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 7:54DALMiro Heiskanen: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 13:51DALJani Hakanpää: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 13:51NSHYakov Trenin: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 13:51NSHTanner Jeannot: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 18:03NSHKiefer Sherwood: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  6. P2 12:14NSHEeli Tolvanen: Elbowing2 min
  7. P2 15:06DALColin Miller: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 1:18DALJani Hakanpää: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 3:01NSHAlexandre Carrier: Holding2 min · PPG
  10. P3 8:23DALEsa Lindell: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 18:09DALJani Hakanpää: Cross checking2 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
49% to win51% to win
← DAL attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Granlund won the faceoff against Johnston
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALNSH
29Shots on goal32
4.0Expected goals2.1
47Shot attempts58
28Faceoffs won28
4Power plays5
15Penalty minutes13
30Hits45
17Blocked shots7
9Giveaways8
8Takeaways7

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 – Robertson9:16

    xG 0.58–0.18 (77%)attempts 8–7goals 1–0

  2. Glendening – Faksa – Kiviranta7:59

    xG 0.40–0.26 (61%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Benn – Gurianov – Johnston7:56

    xG 0.23–0.23 (50%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  4. Seguin – Marchment – Dellandrea8:52

    xG 0.46–0.49 (48%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMiller – Heiskanen12:51

    xG 1.07–0.29 (79%)attempts 17–5goals 1–0

  2. Suter – Hakanpää11:31

    xG 0.28–0.29 (49%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  3. Heiskanen – Lundkvist2:06

    xG 0.04–0.08 (32%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestJohansen – Niederreiter – Tolvanen8:19

    xG 0.43–0.12 (79%)attempts 14–4goals 0–0

  2. Sissons – Trenin – Jeannot8:02

    xG 0.24–0.30 (44%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. McCarron – Sherwood – Smith5:09

    xG 0.03–0.23 (13%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  4. Duchene – Granlund – Forsberg9:46

    xG 0.28–0.64 (30%)attempts 6–7goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestJosi – Fabbro2:40

    xG 0.18–0.02 (88%)attempts 9–1goals 0–0

  2. Borowiecki – Fabbro6:21

    xG 0.34–0.21 (62%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Josi – Carrier12:26

    xG 0.42–0.50 (45%)attempts 12–6goals 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 2.1 xGDAL 4.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 16/100 · #1158 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.75 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +13 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 78% of the time.

NSH winsDAL wins

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

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