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Sat, Mar 11, 2023·Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle

Dallas Stars 4, Seattle Kraken 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 51% of the time.

SEA winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DAL011261711425
SEA014192602331

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:51DALRoope HintzAssists: Esa Lindell, Jani Hakanpää · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:41SEAJordan EberleAssists: Matty Beniers, Vince Dunn · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:29DALMason MarchmentAssists: Ryan Suter, Ty Dellandrea · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P3 10:03SEARyan DonatoAssists: Daniel Sprong, Carson Soucy · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–2
  5. P3 16:35SEAOliver BjorkstrandPPAssists: Alexander Wennberg, Vince Dunn · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:50DALJoe PavelskiAssists: Roope Hintz, Miro Heiskanen · Snap, 0.06 xG3–3
  7. OT 3:26DALMiro HeiskanenGWGAssists: Max Domi, Evgenii Dadonov · Snap, 0.19 xG4–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 1:38SEAVince Dunn: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 2:49DALRoope Hintz: Holding2 min
  3. P3 5:24DALTy Dellandrea: High sticking double minor4 min
  4. P3 14:46DALJason Robertson: Tripping2 min · PPG

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 SOG0SEA
49% to win51% to win
← DAL attackSEA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pavelski won the faceoff against Wennberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALSEA
25Shots on goal31
2.5Expected goals2.4
55Shot attempts57
31Faceoffs won24
1Power plays4
8Penalty minutes2
13Hits27
13Blocked shots19
6Giveaways5
8Takeaways16

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 – Robertson11:47

    xG 0.94–0.29 (76%)attempts 16–11goals 1–0

  2. Domi – Marchment – Dellandrea10:45

    xG 0.36–0.41 (47%)attempts 12–11goals 1–1

  3. Faksa – Olofsson – Kiviranta7:59

    xG 0.07–0.14 (34%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Benn – Dadonov – Johnston10:50

    xG 0.12–0.52 (19%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Hanley6:50

    xG 0.44–0.19 (70%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Hakanpää – Lindell18:10

    xG 0.53–0.39 (57%)attempts 12–18goals 1–0

  3. Miller – Heiskanen11:37

    xG 0.19–0.23 (44%)attempts 10–7goals 0–1

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestDonato – Sprong – Tanev7:40

    xG 0.29–0.05 (86%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  2. Eberle – McCann – Beniers10:31

    xG 0.30–0.25 (55%)attempts 8–10goals 1–2

  3. Gourde – Tolvanen – Froden10:09

    xG 0.27–0.35 (43%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  4. Schwartz – Bjorkstrand – Wennberg11:49

    xG 0.37–0.77 (33%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Dunn17:59

    xG 0.66–0.28 (70%)attempts 20–11goals 1–1

  2. Schultz – Soucy11:19

    xG 0.48–0.83 (37%)attempts 10–18goals 0–1

  3. Oleksiak – Borgen14:04

    xG 0.22–0.61 (27%)attempts 11–12goals 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.

SEA 2.4 xGDAL 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SEADAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 94/100 · #118 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.72 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 6% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50SEA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +40 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 51% of the time.

SEA winsDAL wins

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

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