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Mon, Oct 24, 2022·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Dallas Stars 2, Ottawa Senators 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 58% of the time.

OTT winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL11209110231
OTT0911439432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:31DALJoel KivirantaAssists: Esa Lindell · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P2 19:23OTTThomas ChabotPPAssists: Alex DeBrincat, Brady Tkachuk · Slap, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P3 4:17OTTBrady TkachukAssists: Tim Stützle, Drake Batherson · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P3 10:11OTTShane PintoGWGAssists: Tyler Motte, Thomas Chabot · Snap, 0.09 xG1–3
  5. P3 11:30OTTDerick BrassardUnassisted · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–4
  6. P3 17:44DALWyatt JohnstonAssists: Tyler Seguin · Snap, 0.16 xG2–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 3:54OTTClaude Giroux: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 10:54DALRyan Suter: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 17:06OTTBrady Tkachuk: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 4:27OTTTravis Hamonic: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 8:46DALTyler Seguin: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 13:09DALJani Hakanpää: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 18:19DALJoel Kiviranta: Holding2 min · PPG

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 SOG0OTT
49% to win51% to win
← DAL attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Seguin won the faceoff against Stützle
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALOTT
31Shots on goal32
3.2Expected goals3.6
55Shot attempts67
30Faceoffs won30
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
20Hits33
21Blocked shots16
6Giveaways11
5Takeaways9

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 – Robertson8:54

    xG 0.94–0.14 (87%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Glendening – Faksa – Kiviranta5:32

    xG 0.46–0.19 (71%)attempts 5–7goals 1–1

  3. Benn – Seguin – Marchment2:16

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  4. Benn – Dellandrea – Johnston5:42

    xG 0.11–0.33 (25%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMiller – Heiskanen12:33

    xG 0.95–0.61 (61%)attempts 11–15goals 0–1

  2. Suter – Lundkvist4:39

    xG 0.54–0.23 (70%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

  3. Hakanpää – Lindell2:47

    xG 0.19–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 1–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. Giroux – Brassard – DeBrincat9:47

    xG 0.63–0.61 (51%)attempts 14–7goals 1–0

  2. Batherson – Tkachuk – Stützle10:04

    xG 0.69–0.83 (45%)attempts 14–10goals 1–2

  3. Watson – Kastelic – Kelly7:18

    xG 0.34–0.50 (41%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  4. Motte – Joseph – Pinto6:42

    xG 0.17–0.33 (34%)attempts 2–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHolden – Brannstrom8:46

    xG 0.61–0.34 (64%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  2. Hamonic – Sanderson10:27

    xG 0.43–0.61 (41%)attempts 13–10goals 2–0

  3. Chabot – Zub16:30

    xG 0.71–1.41 (34%)attempts 17–16goals 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.

OTT 3.6 xGDAL 3.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 47/100 · #792 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.40 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50OTT 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, Ottawa Senators win this game 58% of the time.

OTT winsDAL wins

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

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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).