Mon, Jan 23, 2023·American Airlines Center, Dallas
Buffalo Sabres 3, Dallas Stars 2 (OT)
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 72% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | OT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF | 18 | 09 | 16 | 12 | 325 |
| DAL | 114 | 07 | 110 | 00 | 231 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 1:48DALJamie BennPPAssists: Roope Hintz, Joe Pavelski · Wrist, 0.26 xG0–1
- P1 11:29BUFRasmus DahlinAssists: Casey Mittelstadt · Slap, 0.02 xG1–1
- P3 1:44BUFVictor OlofssonAssists: Jeff Skinner, Tage Thompson · Slap, 0.07 xG2–1
- P3 5:58DALJason RobertsonAssists: Joe Pavelski · Snap, 0.19 xG2–2
- OT 0:56BUFOwen PowerGWGAssists: Tage Thompson, Alex Tuch · Slap, 0.27 xG3–2
Penalties (4)
- P1 1:23BUFTage Thompson: High sticking2 min · PPG
- P1 3:41DALRyan Suter: Tripping2 min
- P1 12:14DALRoope Hintz: High sticking2 min
- P3 16:41DALJason Robertson: 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Glendening won the faceoff against Krebs
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.
Buffalo Sabres
Forward lines
- bestOlofsson – Jost – Mittelstadt10:53
xG 0.59–0.22 (73%)attempts 14–6goals 1–0
- Okposo – Girgensons – Krebs11:38
xG 0.37–0.32 (53%)attempts 10–7goals 0–1
- Skinner – Tuch – Thompson13:55
xG 0.45–0.83 (35%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0
- Cozens – Quinn – Peterka6:52
xG 0.11–0.85 (11%)attempts 4–15goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestSamuelsson – Dahlin19:26
xG 0.95–0.78 (55%)attempts 24–17goals 2–0
- Bryson – Lyubushkin10:48
xG 0.47–0.48 (49%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0
- Jokiharju – Power17:15
xG 0.29–0.56 (35%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0
Dallas Stars
Forward lines
- bestGlendening – Faksa – Kiviranta8:03
xG 0.53–0.19 (73%)attempts 8–8goals 0–1
- Seguin – Gurianov – Marchment2:17
xG 0.33–0.04 (89%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0
- Hintz – Gurianov – Marchment6:56
xG 0.47–0.30 (60%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0
- Benn – Dellandrea – Johnston10:36
xG 0.39–0.33 (54%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestMiller – Heiskanen15:15
xG 0.87–0.17 (84%)attempts 11–5goals 1–1
- Suter – Heiskanen4:21
xG 0.36–0.22 (61%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0
- Hakanpää – Lindell13:49
xG 0.65–0.64 (50%)attempts 14–13goals 0–1
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
DAL's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line DAL is favoured, below it BUF. Dots are goals.
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 72% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (DAL − BUF), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).