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Thu, Dec 8, 2022·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Ottawa Senators 3, Dallas Stars 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 54% of the time.

DAL winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
OTT2140131202331
DAL270811215432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:07DALMiro HeiskanenAssists: Roope Hintz, Joe Pavelski · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 6:55DALMiro HeiskanenAssists: Wyatt Johnston, Nils Lundkvist · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P1 13:52OTTDerick BrassardAssists: Drake Batherson · Snap, 0.18 xG1–2
  4. P1 18:47OTTThomas ChabotAssists: Brady Tkachuk, Mathieu Joseph · Slap, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. P3 1:27OTTTravis HamonicAssists: Alex DeBrincat, Jake Sanderson · Tip-in, 0.13 xG3–2
  6. P3 14:54DALNils LundkvistAssists: Roope Hintz · Wrist, 0.01 xG3–3
  7. OT 4:31DALTyler SeguinGWGAssists: Wyatt Johnston · Snap, 0.33 xG3–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 5:24DALMason Marchment: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P2 8:49DALJoe Pavelski: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 19:01DALNils Lundkvist: Cross checking2 min
  4. P3 5:07OTTDerick Brassard: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 11:44OTTBrady Tkachuk: Roughing2 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTDAL
31Shots on goal32
3.9Expected goals3.6
72Shot attempts62
35Faceoffs won40
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
24Hits21
19Blocked shots24
6Giveaways9
3Takeaways9

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Tkachuk – Stützle11:58

    xG 1.11–0.26 (81%)attempts 18–10goals 0–1

  2. Motte – Joseph – Gambrell5:17

    xG 0.21–0.13 (62%)attempts 4–4goals 0–1

  3. Brassard – Watson – Kastelic6:17

    xG 0.09–0.17 (34%)attempts 3–3goals 0–1

  4. DeBrincat – Batherson – Pinto12:05

    xG 0.26–0.51 (33%)attempts 18–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamonic – Sanderson16:34

    xG 1.26–0.63 (67%)attempts 20–15goals 1–0

  2. Holden – Brannstrom10:21

    xG 0.27–0.42 (38%)attempts 16–6goals 0–1

  3. Chabot – Zaitsev16:32

    xG 0.49–0.72 (40%)attempts 16–22goals 2–2

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestPavelski – Hintz – Robertson10:32

    xG 0.40–0.21 (66%)attempts 14–5goals 2–0

  2. Benn – Seguin – Marchment2:01

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Benn – Marchment – Johnston2:45

    xG 0.14–0.09 (61%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Seguin – Faksa – Marchment7:12

    xG 0.09–0.14 (39%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHeiskanen – Lundkvist13:50

    xG 0.86–0.40 (68%)attempts 18–16goals 3–2

  2. Suter – Heiskanen2:38

    xG 0.15–0.09 (64%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Suter – Miller12:23

    xG 0.51–0.72 (42%)attempts 13–11goals 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 3.6 xGOTT 3.9 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 90/100 · #185 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.24 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 14% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +40 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 54% of the time.

DAL winsOTT wins

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

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