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Wed, Jan 18, 2023·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Dallas Stars 3, San Jose Sharks 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 71% of the time.

SJS winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL110210016336
SJS06312210528

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:43DALTy DellandreaAssists: Miro Heiskanen, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P2 3:54DALJason RobertsonAssists: Colin Miller, Miro Heiskanen · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–0
  3. P2 6:57DALRadek FaksaAssists: Fredrik Olofsson, Nils Lundkvist · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–0
  4. P2 9:41SJSSteven LorentzAssists: Noah Gregor · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–1
  5. P2 11:49SJSNick BoninoAssists: Alexander Barabanov, Erik Karlsson · Wrist, 0.14 xG3–2
  6. P2 15:18SJSTimo MeierPPAssists: Erik Karlsson, Tomas Hertl · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–3
  7. P3 10:41SJSErik KarlssonGWGAssists: Nick Bonino, Nico Sturm · Snap, 0.10 xG3–4
  8. P3 19:24SJSLogan CoutureENAssists: Erik Karlsson · Wrist, 0.60 xG3–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 10:47SJSMario Ferraro: Holding2 min
  2. P1 19:19SJSJaycob Megna: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 1:17DALJason Robertson: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 7:16DALMiro Heiskanen: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 13:43DALJamie Benn: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 19:44SJSMichael Eyssimont: 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 SOG0SJS
49% to win51% to win
← DAL attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Seguin won the faceoff against Couture
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALSJS
36Shots on goal28
2.2Expected goals3.5
53Shot attempts52
28Faceoffs won28
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
18Hits23
10Blocked shots9
8Giveaways5
6Takeaways11

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. bestFaksa – Olofsson – Kiviranta4:59

    xG 0.37–0.24 (61%)attempts 11–3goals 1–1

  2. Glendening – Gurianov – Marchment5:03

    xG 0.15–0.06 (72%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Faksa – Marchment – Kiviranta2:28

    xG 0.24–0.19 (56%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Pavelski – Seguin – Robertson10:55

    xG 0.18–0.58 (23%)attempts 4–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMiller – Heiskanen13:32

    xG 0.88–0.38 (70%)attempts 19–7goals 3–0

  2. Suter – Heiskanen2:53

    xG 0.06–0.17 (25%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Suter – Lundkvist12:19

    xG 0.40–0.55 (42%)attempts 9–12goals 0–1

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestHertl – Meier – Eyssimont11:17

    xG 1.01–0.35 (75%)attempts 15–8goals 0–2

  2. Couture – Nieto – Barabanov7:57

    xG 0.54–0.05 (92%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  3. Bonino – Gregor – Sturm8:43

    xG 0.32–0.31 (50%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  4. Lindblom – Lorentz – Gadjovich6:54

    xG 0.20–0.32 (38%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKarlsson – Megna14:11

    xG 0.80–0.34 (70%)attempts 18–8goals 1–1

  2. Vlasic – Benning11:14

    xG 0.53–0.34 (61%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

  3. Benning – Ferraro2:37

    xG 0.24–0.09 (73%)attempts 3–2goals 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.

SJS 3.5 xGDAL 2.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 90/100 · #175 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.73 · 8 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 6% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 71% of the time.

SJS winsDAL wins

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

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