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Mon, Jan 16, 2023·T-Mobile Arena, Paradise

Dallas Stars 4, Vegas Golden Knights 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 81% of the time.

VGK winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL110114212436
VGK0601308027

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:45DALJamie BennGWGAssists: Ty Dellandrea · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P2 12:28DALJoel KivirantaAssists: Fredrik Olofsson, Miro Heiskanen · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–0
  3. P3 7:51DALRyan SuterAssists: Nils Lundkvist, Ty Dellandrea · Wrist, 0.00 xG3–0
  4. P3 19:16DALTyler SeguinENAssists: Joe Pavelski · Wrist, 0.77 xG4–0
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 10:39DALJoel Kiviranta: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 5:23VGKNicolas Hague: Holding2 min
  3. P2 9:08VGKReilly Smith: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 17:10DALTyler Seguin: Tripping2 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 SOG0VGK
49% to win51% to win
← DAL attackVGK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Benn won the faceoff against Eichel
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALVGK
36Shots on goal27
4.4Expected goals2.4
69Shot attempts56
31Faceoffs won25
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
33Hits39
15Blocked shots18
4Giveaways7
9Takeaways9

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 – Seguin – Robertson10:52

    xG 1.20–0.13 (90%)attempts 17–2goals 0–0

  2. Faksa – Olofsson – Kiviranta6:05

    xG 0.45–0.05 (90%)attempts 12–1goals 0–0

  3. Benn – Dellandrea – Johnston10:18

    xG 0.52–0.34 (60%)attempts 12–7goals 2–0

  4. Glendening – Gurianov – Marchment8:08

    xG 0.16–0.24 (40%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHakanpää – Lindell12:08

    xG 0.85–0.44 (66%)attempts 18–9goals 0–0

  2. Miller – Heiskanen14:56

    xG 0.78–0.54 (59%)attempts 22–15goals 1–0

  3. Suter – Lundkvist10:38

    xG 0.46–0.28 (62%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

Vegas Golden Knights

Forward lines

  1. Froese – Kolesar – Rondbjerg4:01

    xG 0.08–0.08 (51%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Stephenson – Eichel – Kolesar2:12

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault11:20

    xG 0.59–0.68 (47%)attempts 10–18goals 0–0

  4. Kessel – Stephenson – Amadio4:16

    xG 0.01–0.14 (7%)attempts 1–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPietrangelo – McNabb3:08

    xG 0.41–0.06 (87%)attempts 5–4goals 0–2

  2. Hutton – Korczak3:38

    xG 0.04–0.03 (60%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Martinez – Hutton4:56

    xG 0.04–0.18 (19%)attempts 2–9goals 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.

VGK 2.4 xGDAL 4.4 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VGKDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 9/100 · #1250 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.72 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50VGK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 81% of the time.

VGK winsDAL wins

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

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