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Tue, Dec 13, 2022·Prudential Center, Newark

Dallas Stars 4, New Jersey Devils 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 60% of the time.

NJD winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL05215212432
NJD06120010136

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 6:03DALTy DellandreaAssists: Ryan Suter · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:55NJDMiles WoodAssists: Kevin Bahl, Yegor Sharangovich · Tip-in, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P2 19:57DALRoope HintzGWGAssists: Miro Heiskanen, Jason Robertson · Backhand, 0.22 xG2–1
  4. P3 18:51DALEsa LindellENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.37 xG3–1
  5. P3 19:48DALMason MarchmentENAssists: Tyler Seguin · Snap, 0.52 xG4–1
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 7:52NJDMichael McLeod: Kneeing2 min
  2. P2 14:36DALMiro Heiskanen: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 12:14DALMason Marchment: High sticking2 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 SOG0NJD
49% to win51% to win
← DAL attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pavelski won the faceoff against Hischier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALNJD
32Shots on goal36
3.7Expected goals3.1
58Shot attempts73
36Faceoffs won28
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
19Hits9
23Blocked shots15
6Giveaways9
6Takeaways1

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 – Robertson12:46

    xG 0.75–0.40 (65%)attempts 13–13goals 1–0

  2. Glendening – Faksa – Kiviranta7:39

    xG 0.27–0.27 (50%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

  3. Benn – Gurianov – Johnston10:00

    xG 0.23–0.48 (32%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  4. Seguin – Marchment – Dellandrea11:32

    xG 0.35–0.91 (28%)attempts 11–13goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHakanpää – Lindell15:04

    xG 0.97–0.26 (79%)attempts 15–16goals 0–0

  2. Suter – Heiskanen2:10

    xG 0.47–0.05 (91%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Heiskanen – Lundkvist15:03

    xG 0.76–0.69 (53%)attempts 16–17goals 1–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. Haula – Hughes – Mercer10:21

    xG 0.23–0.20 (54%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  2. Wood – McLeod – Sharangovich8:52

    xG 0.41–0.38 (52%)attempts 12–6goals 1–1

  3. Johnsson – Boqvist – Zetterlund5:20

    xG 0.04–0.16 (20%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Bratt – Sharangovich – Hughes2:16

    xG 0.27–0.43 (38%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Graves – Marino14:25

    xG 0.64–0.68 (48%)attempts 19–13goals 0–0

  2. Severson – Bahl14:04

    xG 0.57–0.90 (39%)attempts 15–12goals 1–1

  3. Hamilton – Siegenthaler13:55

    xG 0.34–0.80 (30%)attempts 14–20goals 0–1

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.

NJD 3.1 xGDAL 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 35/100 · #929 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.17 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 60% of the time.

NJD winsDAL wins

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

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