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Thu, Oct 27, 2022·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Washington Capitals 0, Dallas Stars 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 58% of the time.

DAL winsWSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WSH0708012027
DAL1130618227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:50DALJason RobertsonGWGAssists: Nils Lundkvist, Roope Hintz · Tip-in, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P3 10:54DALJoel KivirantaSHUnassisted · Backhand, 0.10 xG0–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 9:52DALJoel Hanley: Holding the stick2 min
  2. P2 11:49DALMason Marchment: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 11:49WSHGarnet Hathaway: Roughing2 min
  4. P3 3:03WSHMartin Fehérváry: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 9:14DALRoope Hintz: Interference2 min
  6. P3 15:56WSHConor Sheary: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 16:10DALNils Lundkvist: Holding2 min
  8. P3 19:52WSHT.J. Oshie: Slashing2 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.

WSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
49% to win51% to win
← WSH attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pavelski won the faceoff against Eller
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WSHDAL
27Shots on goal27
3.0Expected goals3.4
58Shot attempts54
18Faceoffs won39
3Power plays3
8Penalty minutes8
21Hits10
15Blocked shots16
4Giveaways10
10Takeaways6

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.

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestOshie – Johansson – Kuznetsov9:16

    xG 0.32–0.12 (72%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  2. Eller – Mantha – Protas9:35

    xG 0.25–0.25 (50%)attempts 7–4goals 0–1

  3. Ovechkin – Sheary – Strome11:29

    xG 0.52–0.54 (49%)attempts 10–17goals 0–0

  4. Dowd – Hathaway – Malenstyn6:40

    xG 0.20–0.52 (28%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGustafsson – van Riemsdyk12:43

    xG 0.61–0.36 (63%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  2. Carlson – Orlov14:15

    xG 0.93–0.80 (54%)attempts 22–18goals 0–0

  3. Jensen – Fehérváry14:32

    xG 0.12–0.57 (18%)attempts 6–14goals 0–1

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestGlendening – Faksa – Kiviranta7:40

    xG 0.58–0.23 (71%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  2. Seguin – Gurianov – Marchment10:11

    xG 0.51–0.22 (70%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  3. Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson10:49

    xG 0.63–0.47 (57%)attempts 9–9goals 1–0

  4. Benn – Dellandrea – Johnston9:19

    xG 0.16–0.57 (22%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMiller – Lindell13:16

    xG 0.75–0.24 (75%)attempts 20–7goals 0–0

  2. Suter – Lundkvist15:06

    xG 0.61–0.41 (60%)attempts 11–16goals 1–0

  3. Hakanpää – Hanley10:44

    xG 0.27–0.57 (32%)attempts 11–9goals 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 3.4 xGWSH 3.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALWSH

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 WSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 1/100 · #1309 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.64 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
WSH 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 58% of the time.

DAL winsWSH wins

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

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