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Mon, Feb 27, 2023·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Vancouver Canucks 5, Dallas Stars 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 83% of the time.

DAL winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
VAN311130611521
DAL192201900438

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:27VANAnthony BeauvillierAssists: Elias Pettersson, Andrei Kuzmenko · Snap, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:37DALJamie BennSHAssists: Tyler Seguin · Backhand, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P1 9:00VANSheldon DriesPPAssists: Conor Garland, Christian Wolanin · Tip-in, 0.13 xG2–1
  4. P1 15:03VANVasily PodkolzinAssists: Aatu Räty, Quinn Hughes · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–1
  5. P2 4:33DALEvgenii DadonovAssists: Wyatt Johnston, Ryan Suter · Wrist, 0.16 xG3–2
  6. P2 11:28VANAnthony BeauvillierAssists: Quinn Hughes, Andrei Kuzmenko · Snap, 0.15 xG4–2
  7. P2 17:46DALRoope HintzPPAssists: Jamie Benn, Joe Pavelski · Wrist, 0.13 xG4–3
  8. P3 3:25DALNils LundkvistAssists: Mason Marchment, Ty Dellandrea · Snap, 0.05 xG4–4
  9. OT 0:48VANAndrei KuzmenkoGWGAssists: Anthony Beauvillier, Quinn Hughes · Deflected, 0.14 xG5–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 7:57DALRoope Hintz: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 9:50DALTy Dellandrea: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 5:22VANBrock Boeser: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P2 12:12VANNoah Juulsen: Kneeing2 min
  5. P2 17:28VANJack Studnicka: Slashing2 min · PPG
  6. P2 18:30VANElias Pettersson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P3 4:39DALJason Robertson: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 9:47VANQuinn Hughes: Interference2 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
49% to win51% to win
← VAN attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Johnston won the faceoff against Aman
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANDAL
21Shots on goal38
2.4Expected goals4.8
42Shot attempts79
28Faceoffs won40
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
24Hits15
21Blocked shots9
9Giveaways16
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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. Beauvillier – Pettersson – Kuzmenko10:28

    xG 0.65–0.61 (52%)attempts 10–14goals 2–0

  2. Dries – Podkolzin – Räty2:23

    xG 0.10–0.18 (36%)attempts 3–2goals 1–1

  3. Boeser – Studnicka – Kravtsov5:44

    xG 0.09–0.35 (20%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Joshua – Garland – Aman11:04

    xG 0.19–0.53 (26%)attempts 4–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurroughs – Hughes3:37

    xG 0.38–0.09 (81%)attempts 6–2goals 2–0

  2. Juulsen – Hughes11:42

    xG 0.37–0.38 (50%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0

  3. Burroughs – Brisebois3:01

    xG 0.00–0.17 (0%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestPavelski – Hintz – Robertson11:01

    xG 0.75–0.25 (75%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  2. Seguin – Marchment – Dellandrea10:46

    xG 0.81–0.43 (66%)attempts 16–6goals 1–2

  3. Benn – Dadonov – Johnston8:53

    xG 0.50–0.35 (59%)attempts 11–7goals 1–1

  4. Faksa – Olofsson – Karlstrom6:01

    xG 0.21–0.25 (46%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMiller – Heiskanen12:22

    xG 0.81–0.18 (82%)attempts 17–7goals 0–0

  2. Suter – Lundkvist8:27

    xG 0.45–0.08 (84%)attempts 7–4goals 1–0

  3. Hakanpää – Heiskanen4:42

    xG 0.40–0.19 (68%)attempts 6–2goals 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.

DAL 4.8 xGVAN 2.4 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALVAN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 96/100 · #74 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.48 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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, Dallas Stars win this game 83% of the time.

DAL winsVAN wins

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

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