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Mon, Dec 19, 2022·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Dallas Stars 2, Columbus Blue Jackets 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 75% of the time.

CBJ winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL01411317234
CBJ0130718128

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:55DALWyatt JohnstonAssists: Ryan Suter, Jamie Benn · Snap, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P3 18:53DALJason RobertsonENGWGUnassisted · Snap, 0.50 xG2–0
  3. P3 19:45CBJKent JohnsonAssists: Jack Roslovic, Gustav Nyquist · Backhand, 0.08 xG2–1
Penalties (1)
  1. P2 19:54DALNils Lundkvist: 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CBJ
49% to win51% to win
← DAL attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Johnson won the faceoff against Pavelski
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALCBJ
34Shots on goal28
3.9Expected goals2.3
73Shot attempts59
32Faceoffs won19
0Power plays1
2Penalty minutes0
9Hits33
12Blocked shots26
4Giveaways10
5Takeaways6

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 – Robertson14:12

    xG 1.52–0.44 (77%)attempts 21–10goals 0–0

  2. Benn – Marchment – Johnston9:46

    xG 0.93–0.26 (78%)attempts 22–8goals 1–0

  3. Seguin – Dellandrea – Kiviranta10:07

    xG 0.38–0.38 (50%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  4. Glendening – Faksa – Tufte9:01

    xG 0.11–0.31 (27%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Miller15:45

    xG 0.86–0.46 (65%)attempts 25–12goals 1–0

  2. Heiskanen – Lundkvist17:27

    xG 0.83–0.50 (63%)attempts 20–13goals 0–0

  3. Hakanpää – Heiskanen2:24

    xG 0.27–0.07 (81%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestNyquist – Roslovic – Marchenko5:44

    xG 0.32–0.17 (65%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. Meyer – Marchenko – Dunne2:39

    xG 0.09–0.01 (86%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Nyquist – Roslovic – Meyer5:57

    xG 0.23–0.35 (40%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  4. Gaudreau – Laine – Johnson16:06

    xG 0.60–0.81 (42%)attempts 14–18goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPeeke – Christiansen13:31

    xG 0.62–0.38 (62%)attempts 18–12goals 0–0

  2. Gavrikov – Peeke2:28

    xG 0.15–0.34 (30%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Gudbranson – Berni18:13

    xG 0.59–1.04 (36%)attempts 20–27goals 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.

CBJ 2.3 xGDAL 3.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 12/100 · #1198 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.64 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50CBJ 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 75% of the time.

CBJ winsDAL wins

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

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