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Fri, Nov 11, 2022·American Airlines Center, Dallas

San Jose Sharks 5, Dallas Stars 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 59% of the time.

DAL winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS2112413518
DAL27011211429

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:42DALJamie BennUnassisted · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 6:13SJSAlexander BarabanovPPAssists: Tomas Hertl, Logan Couture · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P1 12:18SJSEvgeny SvechnikovAssists: Oskar Lindblom, Steven Lorentz · Snap, 0.19 xG2–1
  4. P1 19:39DALJamie BennAssists: Ty Dellandrea · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P2 0:29SJSTimo MeierAssists: Kevin Labanc · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–2
  6. P2 1:05SJSLogan CoutureAssists: Alexander Barabanov · Snap, 0.15 xG4–2
  7. P3 0:29SJSTomas HertlGWGAssists: Timo Meier, Jaycob Megna · Backhand, 0.13 xG5–2
  8. P3 6:18DALRoope HintzAssists: Jason Robertson, Joe Pavelski · Wrist, 0.06 xG5–3
  9. P3 12:06DALJoe PavelskiAssists: Jason Robertson, Miro Heiskanen · Snap, 0.11 xG5–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 6:03DALRoope Hintz: High sticking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 14:20DALTy Dellandrea: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 17:00SJSLuke Kunin: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 17:00DALMiro Heiskanen: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 17:09SJSLogan Couture: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 17:09DALJamie Benn: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 2:20SJSMatt Benning: Interference2 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSDAL
18Shots on goal29
2.6Expected goals3.1
30Shot attempts75
29Faceoffs won32
2Power plays1
9Penalty minutes11
23Hits17
24Blocked shots6
2Giveaways7
4Takeaways6

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.

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestHertl – Labanc – Meier12:04

    xG 0.47–0.26 (64%)attempts 8–8goals 2–0

  2. Couture – Svechnikov – Barabanov3:12

    xG 0.15–0.15 (50%)attempts 1–4goals 1–0

  3. Lindblom – Svechnikov – Lorentz5:35

    xG 0.23–0.25 (48%)attempts 2–7goals 1–0

  4. Couture – Nieto – Barabanov5:25

    xG 0.01–0.17 (6%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKarlsson – Ferraro3:21

    xG 0.40–0.31 (56%)attempts 3–7goals 0–1

  2. Vlasic – Benning11:51

    xG 0.39–0.34 (53%)attempts 5–14goals 2–1

  3. Karlsson – Megna11:24

    xG 0.37–0.39 (49%)attempts 7–12goals 2–2

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestPavelski – Hintz – Robertson10:06

    xG 0.57–0.15 (80%)attempts 11–4goals 2–1

  2. Benn – Dellandrea – Johnston8:58

    xG 0.32–0.00 (100%)attempts 16–0goals 1–0

  3. Seguin – Marchment – Blümel10:32

    xG 0.46–0.53 (47%)attempts 12–9goals 0–2

  4. Glendening – Faksa – Kiviranta6:29

    xG 0.12–0.35 (25%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMiller – Heiskanen16:14

    xG 0.60–0.15 (80%)attempts 19–3goals 1–1

  2. Lindell – Heiskanen2:30

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Hakanpää – Lindell9:05

    xG 0.20–0.27 (44%)attempts 6–6goals 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 3.1 xGSJS 2.6 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALSJS

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 SJS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 84/100 · #260 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.67 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 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 59% of the time.

DAL winsSJS wins

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

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